True confession – I am the laziest of writers. I have always read, with no small envy, accounts of established writers who have a clear, defined schedule for their writing blocks – they wake up, settle down in that special corner where their pristine workstation is set up, and begin typing tidily at the laptop… Continue reading Exploring Worlds via Words
DISSOLVE TO stage. Lights, camera, action! Adrenaline pumps! Music swells! Strobe lights intersect at the gaping entrance of the runway specially constructed for this event. No one could feel more powerful striding down the columns of seasoned mahogany strips if they tried. DISSOLVE TO backstage. Shrill commands and curt directions ring through the air. Frazzled… Continue reading THE LAND, WHERE FASHION AND OIL COLLIDE
Once Upon Our Childhood is live today on major e-book retailers - Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, Okada Books - and also available in print via Amazon for international readers! Also a bonus update - a second print version will be released locally in Q3 2020! I’m equally nervous and excited but overall, relieved… Continue reading Once Upon Our Childhood: eBook & Limited Print Available Now!
The cover art for Once Upon Our Childhood was designed by Carmen Sutherland of Spark Creative. This was an amazing design process dating back to 2014 - I secretly believe I’ve tried the hell out of Carmen’s patience over the years but she has been quite gracious every single time I have reached out to… Continue reading OUOC – The Cover Art
In the Acknowledgements section of Once Upon Our Childhood, I mention that my first draft was written when I was fourteen, but I don't expatiate on why. I had fallen in love with many of the books I read in the past decade, African Lit included, but something salient was missing that I only realize… Continue reading WRITING OUOC…
Somebody made a statue of me Left me cold Frozen Cloaked In layers Unable to feel a thing Yet I want to Get naked With you I want to strip this layer And the next And the next Until I am Naked With you *** Someone made a monument of me Left me embalmed Buried Hidden Under barriers … Continue reading Naked
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