Desney King is a writer, author, reader and stroke survivor, having had eight strokes since 2012. She's also a mother, a friend, retired book editor, an environmental and human rights advocate and activist, a vegetarian, a meditator, a healer and a nature lover. All of which comes through in her debut novel Transit of Angels. Post-strokes, Desney lives on her bed, making occasional forays into the outside world in her purple wheelchair. Desney's overbed table is a desk, as well as being her meal table. In this episode Pam chats to Desney about her writing, the challenges of publishing a novel, both mental and physical, and what is really at the heart of her writing.