Today I’m not talking about grabbing your readers’ attention—start with a sizzling paragraph and you’ve got readers hooked—I’m talking about keeping that attention, because unless you cultivate that skill, your reader will move on to the next book that has an even more sizzling opening paragraph.
How To Keep A Reader Interested In Your Novel Read Post »
There are so many genres to explore and with the African clime chock full of folktales, superstitions and traditional beliefs, you cannot begin to imagine the epics that would come out of bending our rich reality into these genres.
Horror In African Fiction And Why We Need Genre Fiction Read Post »
If suffering from writer’s block was a sport, I’d likely win a medal. You probably would too.
Demystifying Writer’s Block Read Post »
Protest: a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
Protest Literature and Why African Literature Protests Read Post »
Last year I spent Christmas in the village. The highlight of the festivities for me, followed closely by my skilled
Masquerades And The Thing With Individual Perception Read Post »
I am only appreciating our growth and ability to write about Africa without needing to reference anyone else—no pre-colonial, no colonial, and certainly no post-colonial. Just Africa.
Modern African Literature and The European Influence Read Post »
The discussion about exactly what a line or copy edit entails is one as old as time. Some editors swear they are one and the same, others argue about which comes first, and almost all of us have different definitions of these stages of the editing process.
To copy Or To Line: Editing A Manuscript Read Post »
Not the bubble baths and scented candles, although they are a part of it, but the self-care that is specific to the struggles writers face.
Self-care For Writers: How To Glow Up Like A Smart Creative Read Post »
I’m not talking about the first, second or third point of view either. I’m talking about the person who tells the story. The eyes through which we see that world: Scout’s.
find your storyteller: A lesson on point of view from scout finch. Read Post »
All I am saying is this: When writing about people like you, do not write detached from the story. Write like you are in the story. Let us taste the uziza in your ofe nsala.
On writing our stories like foreigners Read Post »