Author Archives: About Sally Basmajian

Sally Basmajian is an ex-broadcast executive, and has spent much of her professional life selling, marketing, acquiring, and scheduling other people’s artistic visions. Over the past year she has started dabbling in writing and has found some success, winning the 2014 Rising Spirits Award and placing in ScreaminMamas and Canadian Stories creative non-fiction contests in 2015. She was once a piano major at Queen’s University and she holds a Master of Arts degree in Musicology from the University of Toronto.


While self-mutilation is often linked to severe trauma or abuse, it may also arise as an emotional release for a difficult situation. Writer Sally Basmajian offers us an eloquent tale of distress, both delicate in its language and cutting in its commentary.
While self-mutilation is often linked to severe trauma or abuse, it may also arise as an emotional release for a difficult situation. Writer Sally Basmajian offers us an eloquent tale of distress, both delicate in its language and cutting in its commentary.