Welcome to Writepudding. My name is Liana. I am a writer, editor, journalist and tea lover, who although was born in Tehran, has lived in Los Angeles mostly all her life. I started this website in 2006 as an outlet while I was in school, studying for that ever alluring bachelor’s degree. Since then, I’ve graduated, bought a lot of shoes, traveled and spent my days thinking about writing an NY Times bestseller, as well as taking care of Henry. You can learn more about Henry through the About Henry page.

I work full time as an editor at a new media company by day where I work with writers and publications like the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and media publishers like Hearst, and as a journalist by night. My work has appeared in The Glendale News-Press, Burbank Leader, Paste, Bitch, Spot.us, Ararat magazine  and Edible Los Angeles.

Currently, I run an independent multimedia online publication called ianyan, which focuses on the Armenian Diaspora and the Caucasus and occasionally the Middle East.

When I have spare time, you can find me working on my alter-ego, The Cunning Adventures of Margeaux Clyde and doing my best to make it in the crazy world of journalism. I am currently pursuing investigative and feature journalism and contemplating graduate school.  I am interested in international relations, human rights, animal issues, women’s issues, education, philanthropy and culture and ethnicity.

You can find my portfolio  here.

When I’m not writing or dealing with writers, I like to paint, bake,knit, sew and watch Bollywood movies. I also like to take photos.

I love tea, technology, the printed word, collecting magazines, digestive biscuits, cashmere, alpacas and David Brent. I can’t live without the internet, The Smiths and John Lennon. I like babooshkas, reading children’s books, catching spelling mistakes, finding bargains, useless trivia and snow.

I dislike hypocrites, impressionable people, people who are picky about their chocolate, drivers who leave their signal lights on for 5,000 miles, parents who take infants to theme parks and social events and most people from my generation

“Writepudding” was created when my boyfriend and I put together my love for writing and his love for rice pudding. We like to eat snow cones together in Central Park. During the process, I became a big fan of rice pudding as well. Over time, “writepudding” as evolved to mean, at least to me, a way that I can write about anything I want, without limitations or restrictions, just like you can put a whole slew of ingredients to make your own special pudding.