I want to speak to you directly. I didn’t begin by teaching—I began by surviving. The first twenty-two novels are my own journey, my own map of transformation. They are the quiet, often unseen work of learning to choose boundaries instead of endless endurance, and self-trust instead of self-erasure. I wrote them because I needed to find my own strength, and because I knew that if I could navigate this path, someone else could too.  

These stories are fiction, yes, but the lessons, the emotions, the shifts you’ll feel—they are real. Each novel carries a message meant for you. A reminder that even if you’ve learned to disappear to survive, even if you’ve carried exhaustion, silence, or shame for years, you can find yourself again. You can recognize the patterns that have shaped you and begin to release what no longer serves you. My words are here to meet you, wherever you are, with presence and honesty, and to show you that healing is possible in its own time, in its own way.  

Once I built my own foundation, I imagined the Resilience and Healing Academy high in the mountains—a sanctuary in my mind, a place where people could come freely to rest, to release, and to remember who they were before survival shaped them. It’s not a real place, but it lives in the imagination, and in reading, it can feel very real. This space is not about saving anyone. It’s about presence. Witnessing. Offering a safe place where honesty can surface, where your own truth can quietly unfold.  

With each novel, I reach toward you, the reader. I reach toward the part of you that may have learned to hide, to shrink, or to endure without being seen. I write to hold a mirror, to open a door, and sometimes to whisper a reminder: you are not alone. You are stronger than you realize. Your voice matters. Your experiences matter.  

Now, with Novel 33, we encounter the Glass Pillar—a symbol in imagination of clarity, luminosity, and unbreakable strength. Across the thirty-three interconnected novels of the Soraya Series, you’ll find a nonlinear map of healing, of resilience, of remembering. Each story, each encounter, each quiet moment of reflection is meant to touch something within you and help you feel known.  

I am also working on bringing this entire series—these thirty-three novels and possibly more—to TV, to reach millions and millions of people. My hope is that the seed planted by these stories will grow into something larger, inspiring empathy, understanding, and perhaps a better world.  

If you have ever learned to disappear to survive, I want you to know this: you are seen here. You are welcome. You are safe. And you are capable of becoming luminous and unbreakable in your own right.  

This is why I write. This is why these novels exist. Not to save, not to fix, but to guide, to illuminate, and to remind you that your journey, with all its struggles and triumphs, matters.  

Nikky