Do you think you have a busy life? Yes? Have you written three books, made two films, married, raised two children, started your own production company and launched the careers of some singers? Then had time to pen poetry, short stories and keep a blog up to date? How about winning awards for nearly all of the above? If you answered yes, you are either lying (naughty) or are Shamim Sarif (hi!).

Shamim Sarif (left with her wife, Hannan, in the background) is the author of Despite the Falling Snow, I Can’t Think Straight and The World Unseen. She, along with her wife Hannan, produced and directed the film adaptations of the two latter films, which starred the gorgeous Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth.  Sexy lesbians falling in love, yes please!

Shamim’s work has always reflected her own life, indeed the story of I Can’t Think Straight is the story of how she met and fell in love with Hannan. So, it’s not surprising that she was scribbling away on a blog when making the films and when setting up the production company, Enlightenment Productions. It seeped into her home life too, giving us a peek into the life of two women raising their kids, loving their friends and running around like headless chickens.

Funny and insightful, the blogs follow Shamim’s life as an exhausted 21st century Renaissance woman. As the blog started to fill up and proved to be hugely popular, Sarif is publishing some of her musings in a book, Wrote the Book, Made the Movie, Raised the Kids, Now the Blog. The book includes an introduction by Lisa Ray who is a close friend of the couple as well as the star of the movies.

Lisa (right) has recently won her battle with a rare form of cancer. To make things worse, it turns out that her health care doesn’t cover the treatment she needed, so 10% of all sales of Shamim’s book will go to her.

To follow Shamim click on her Facebook or follow her on Twitter. For more on the book, click here

To see how Lisa Ray is getting along, you can go to her on Twitter

• Shamim Sarif, “Wrote the Book, Made the Movie, Raised the Kids, Now the Blog: 21st Century Musings from an Exhausted Renaissance Woman” (Enlightenment Press, 1st edition 15th March 2010) is out now
  

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