Young author publishes Popularity Rules

• December 28 2019
• http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/article/20191228/ARTICLE/191229774/1056

At just 22 years old, Shamika Lindsay has already crossed one item off her bucket list, becoming a published author.

 
A dream that she has harboured since early childhood, Lindsay now speaks of her self-published, young adult/ mystery novel, Popularity Rules, with great pride. However, the story of Jason Forbes, an extremely popular high school student who has grown tired of his life as the centre of attention, did not come easy.

 
Lindsay wrestled on and off for years, with her own doubts and with criticisms from those around her. Eventually, she decided that the story that was trapped within her mind needed to come out.

The middle child of her family, Lindsay told the Jamaica Observer that she credits her parents with stroking her interest in writing. 

 
Writing was a natural progression once Lindsay discovered how much she loved to read. For the next couple of years throughout her preparatory and early high school life, Lindsay used her writing as a creative outlet.  

She admits to filling countless notebooks with various stories, though she conceded that many of those early stories were not all that good. However, the tiny spark continued to be fanned into a flame, with classmates encouraging her to write more stories.  

Lindsay began drafting Popularity Rules in 2013 while she was still a student at St Hugh's High for girls. That is where the tumultuous six-year journey, which led to the final product that is now available for purchase on Amazon, began.