I had friends who texted, emailed, and called me all the time. My mother and my sisters also visited and stayed with me at different points in those first six months. They were [...]
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Four days after we broke up, my ex moved out. That was three days earlier than he said he would. That day I had come back from work to see that he had [...] Read More THE END OF LOVE - 2: HARD TO LET GO My ex was my first real boyfriend. I met him when I was twenty-one and in my third level in university. I was doing my internship with a bottling company and he was [...] Read More THE END OF LOVE 1: BREAK UP This was one of the recurring questions at the last meet up. Every story you write needs to be edited before they will be published here. This also goes for other material you may [...] Read More Ways to help polish your writing Before you start writing your novel, do you outline? How do you work in your characterization, especially for the main characters? This worksheet was developed by Jody Hedlund, an author herself, to help novelists visualize and realize the protagonists, in order to have, not only a well rounded MC but also a consistent one. [...] Read More MAIN CHARACTER WORKSHEET Listen to a review of The thing around your neck, and The Road Home, two books about the immigrant experience. KUOW Seattle interviews Myne Whitman on her thoughts about leaving home and settling in a new place. [...] Read More The Thing Around Your Neck - Audio Review In my experience of writing, especially the way it is done these days, being a writer is not such a solitary work anymore. Previously, a writer suffered over their books alone and when it [...] Read More Editing and the Writer Writer’s Block is something that we as writers frequently pass through. You’re writing and suddenly, the words stop coming. These are words that seemed to flow from the tip of your pen earlier, rushing [...] Read More Getting over writer’s block As most of you know, Naija Stories was set up based on my experience writing my blog and publishing my book, A Heart to Mend online. I felt I had something to offer as [...] Read More Introducing the Editor’s Blog Our Featured Writer for the month of November is TheBeautifulTruth. Her story, Nnamdi, got the highest views in the month of October. TBT has also previously won Best of the Month in July with [...] Read More The Beautiful Truth - November Our Featured Writer for the month of October is Marya Kudos. Her story, ‘Corporate Affairs series’ topped the Best of the Month board with the highest comments and views in the month of September. [...] Read More Marya Kudos - October Our Featured Writer for the month of September is Boomingsols. Her story, ‘Oh Pastor!’ topped the Best of the Month board with the highest comments and views in the month of August. To read [...] Read More Boomingsols - September |
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