

“Otherwise, I would have tired of it years ago,” she explained. Designing feeds the visual half of my soul, and writing sates my literary half.”įaizal said what she loves most about the creative process is how often her own varies, which keeps it “fun and challenging.” “I tend to spend copious amounts of time when it comes to describing architecture, characters, and symbols- even the embroidery on an outfit’s cuffs! I honestly don’t think I can love one more than the other. “Being a designer makes me a very visual writer,” she said. “I wrote and queried four manuscripts, all YA and science fiction, before I realized fantasy is where my heart thrives.”įaizal says her background as a designer often impacts how she approaches writing. “ around the same time I started writing,” she said. Faizal was seventeen when she founded the design company. You may know her as the founder of IceyDesigns, which boasts many bestselling author clients and has been featured on Huffpost Style, Brit + Co., Buzzfeed, and Bookriot. “When I created my book blog, it gave me an excuse to keep revamping the look every so often, and as my audience grew, more and more people began inquiring about my services.” “Designing is in my blood, thanks to my father, so I started tinkering with design at an early age- thirteen, to be exact- simultaneously learning the ropes of code,” Faizal said.


Though the novel has received much praise from authors and advance readers all across the board, Faizal’s first and most infamous love is design.
