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Welcome to Stringing Words Together!  My name is Shoba and I am a freelance writer and editor based in the New York metropolitan area. I have spent time in enough places to believe that home is a state of mind as much as a sense of place. The places I have lived and the people I have met have taught me an appreciation of variety. From culture and cuisine, to weather and geography, the wonderful diversity of human experience is worthy of celebration.

While I started this blog originally to play around with WordPress and post some of my early social media and Web 2.0 learnings, it has since meandered and taken a different course, reflecting a different stage of my journey. While I don’t post regularly, I do update my reviews ever so often. Expanding the publishing universe is important to me and I am interested in all opportunities to increase representation for BIPOC writers.

I am open to opportunities to review books, interview artists, and offer editorial perspective.