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So, I wrote a book... Now What?Ep 24 Shameez Patel. Write What feels Good for YouIn this engaging conversation, Shameez Patel shares her journey as an author, discussing her early inspirations, the challenges of writing and editing, and the nuances of publishing in both the romance and fantasy genres. She reflects on her writing process, the importance of character development, and the role of feedback from beta readers. The discussion also touches on the pressures of meeting deadlines and the evolution of her writing style, culminating in her excitement for future projects.You can buy her romance novel Playing Flirty here. And her fantasy trilogy here.
2025-05-2255 min
The Hidden Lives of WritersS05 E01 Shameez PatelShameez Patel Papathanasiou is taking her writing in a new direction.
The author of the Selene Trilogy of fantasy novels, has gone back to her one true love - contemporary romance.
Shameez joins Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel to talk about what inspired this pivot and how much fun she had writing her new hit novel, PLAYING FLIRTY.
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2025-03-241h 03
The Incoherent FangirlWhat is Sleep? I’ve Never Heard of Her.Send us a textThe Fangirls get extra nerdy this week with author Shameez Patel as they chat about her nerdy romance PLAYING FLIRTY and geek out over board games, video games, and all things fangirl. Keep up to date with Shameez by checking out her website!List of books mentioned in the podcast: https://theincoherentfangirl.com/booksEmail us @ theincoherentfangirl@gmail.comVisit our website @ https://theincoherentfangirl.comFollow us on social media!Bluesky: https://theincoherentfangirl.com/blueskyFacebook: https://theincoherentfangirl.com/facebookInstagram...
2025-03-141h 15
PAGECASTPlaying Flirty with Shameez Patel: Nerdy Romance, Board Games & Big RisksThis week on Pagecast, Qarnita Loxton is in conversation with Shameez Patel about her latest book, a geeky romantic comedy called Playing Flirty.
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For Rose Marie Jones, risks are a hard no–except for Game Night. For one precious evening a week, Rose can forget about her demanding boss and her lackluster love life and focus on beating the pants off her friends. But none of them brings out her hyper-competitive side quite like William Ashdern.
Her best friend’s half-brother, William is the paragon of a sexy nerd. The tall, dorky...
2025-02-1730 min
Book Friends ForeverPlaying Flirty By Shameez Patel, Read By Nirvi Shah (Audiobook Excerpt)The game is on for two nerds who love to outplay each other . . . even when their hearts are on the line, in this charming and geeky romantic comedy perfect for fans of Olivia Dade and Jen DeLuca.
For Rose Marie Jones, risks are a hard no–except for Game Night. For one precious evening a week, Rose can forget about her demanding boss and her lackluster sex life and focus on beating the pants off her friends. But none of them brings out her hyper-competitive side quite like William Ashdern.
Her best friend’s half-brother, William is the paragon of a se...
2024-12-2004 min
IGN's WatchlistIGN's Watchlist 041 - Penis and Prison Food Not IncludedThis is episode 041 of IGN Africa's 2nd entertainment podcast, where we keep it geek all hour long.
So due to technical difficulties, Shameez is nowhere to be heard for the first five minutes of the pod, but we promise she is there and she was talking. YOU just couldn't hear her. But this episode is all about The Other Guys a hilarious comedy that made us laugh so much we forgot all the funny bits and so have to wathch it again and again.
Watchlist is a podcast where our team of Zaid Kriel, Shameez...
2022-12-0852 min
PAGECASTKelly Commaille chats with Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, author of The Last FeatSouth African-born, debut author brings a threat-and-danger, hidden-world fantasy with touches of Suzanne Collins which fans of VE Schwab or Sarah J Maas will love.
Twenty-two-year-old Cassia's sister is dying, and she doesn't know why. Cassia wakes up in another realm to find her missing best friend, Lucas, who knows how to save her sister.
Lucas is part of a community of Reborns, people who were born on earth and after death, were reborn in this realm with magical abilities. The original beings of the realm, the Firsts, rule over them.
To keep the...
2022-09-0522 min
Crushing On with CarynS05E01: A Realm Worth Dying For (w/ Shameez Patel Papathanasiou)Welcome to season 5! In our first episode we welcomed back to the pod, author Shameez Patel Papathanasiou to chat about her latest book, The Last Feather. We also chatted about Bennifer’s wedding, Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian’s breakup, the Unofficial Bridgerton Musical drama, Bullet Train, Dune and Beyonce’s Renaissance.
The Last Feather: Twenty-two-year-old Cassia's sister is dying, and she doesn't know why. Soon after, Cassia wakes up in another realm, not only does she find her missing best friend, Lucas, but he knows how to save her sister.
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2022-08-0951 minIGN's WatchlistIGN's Watchlist 033 - X-Men: First Class is First Class!This is episode 033 of IGN Africa's 2nd entertainment podcast, where we keep it geek all hour long. We talk about X-Men: First Class, the only movie in the mutant franchise you absolutely have to see. We also challenge Netflix to sign a movie deal with Shameez and complete the production of the adaptation of her debut novel, The Last Feather, in two weeks and some change. We believe in you Netflix.
Watchlist is a podcast where our team of Zaid Kriel, Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, Kervyn Cloete, and Shadley Desai each nominate a movie that's been on their...
2022-08-031h 13
IGN's WatchlistIGN's Watchlist 026 - Shameez's Oscar Nominated BiopicThis is episode 026 of IGN Africa's 2nd entertainment podcast, where we keep it geek all hour long. The movie of the week was Pixar's Turning Red, which was based on the life of Shameez Patel Papathanasiou. People think its a fantasy film for kids, but its literally based on her life. Everything happened exactly as portrayed. Listen to the podcast you'll see what we mean.
Watchlist is a podcast where our team of Zaid Kriel, Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, Kervyn Cloete, and Shadley Desai each nominate a movie that's been on their personal watchlist forever and get the...
2022-06-081h 12IGN's WatchlistIGN Watchlist 016 - A Holiday With A SubstituteThis is episode 016 of IGN Africa's 2nd entertainment podcast, where we keep it geek all hour long. Watchlist is a podcast where our team of Zaid Kriel, Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, Kervyn Cloete, and Shadley Desai each nominate a movie that's been on their personal watchlist forever and get the public to vote on which one they will all watch next.
With Shameez out of action, Nuhaa 'Best Maatjie' Bardien fills her seat as the team discusses The Holiday. Naturally, Zaid gets piled on because he doesn't think its that great, while the rest of the team fall...
2022-02-241h 10
Lead the Wave - MSC RadioShameez Patel Papathanasiou - 30.11.21Shameez Patel Papathanasiou was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. She is a civil engineer by day, fantasy author by night and a choc-chip cookie fiend somewhere in between. Her literary adventures take her to new worlds filled with magic, monsters and someone to fall in love with.
2021-11-3016 minIGN's WatchlistIGN Watchlist 001 - The Abuse of the Kissing BoothThis is episode 001 of IGN Africa's 2nd entertainment podcast, where we keep it geek all hour long. Watchlist is a podcast where our team of Zaid Kriel. Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, Kervyn Cloete, and Shadley Desai each nominate a movie that's been on their personal watchlist forever and get the public to vote on which one they will all watch. In this first episode, the villainess Shameez nominated Netflix's Kissing Booth 3 which won an overwhelming 74% of the public vote. Come listen in wonder at our pain and her smug cackles.
The team also digs into the Spider-man: No...
2021-08-251h 13
Crushing On with CarynTom Hiddleston and Other Anti-Heroes (w/ Shameez Patel Papathanasiou)This week on the podcast, we were joined by Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, engineer, author and fangirl extraordinaire. We chat about our favourite concerts, crazy fandom moments, her love for Mika and her weakness over Tom Hiddleston.
2020-11-091h 12