Archive for the 'Writing' Category

Everything to do with my writing

Looking for help…

June 19th, 2006

It would be very wrong of me to presume my blog is being widely read — forget the Google ranking — but I’m trying to get some Nigerians who frequent my blog to assist me with my book.
I made a post on Nairaland but so far no one has come to the rescue. I’ll sit [...]

Excerpt: The Farce

June 9th, 2006

I’ve taken off the former prologue and started with something I think is more feminine. Here’s an excerpt from what I’ve written so far:
Ramat stood in the rain, fiddling with her car keys and trying to get one into the keyhole. She was completely soaked — her blouse stuck like a second skin, and her [...]

The Farce, a study

June 5th, 2006

I’ve been very busy for some days now, reading books that explore the outlook of women on various aspects of life — sexuality, community, friendship, beauty — and I keep learning new things. Women are exotic and it pays to see things through their eyes in a man’s world.
I’m currently drawing up the psyche of [...]

The Farce

May 21st, 2006

I started a book last year — or deceived myself that I was starting one. It’s called The Farce and the plot’s a Niger Delta conspiracy in Nigeria.
I’m taking two unusual stances in it — writing in the first person as a young liberal muslim lady in Nigeria. I’m not female — and neither am [...]

Stereotypes

May 13th, 2006

My novel-reading career started with Dickens’ The Great Expectations when I was five. Since then, I’ve read more than 10,000 books. When I penned my first story at the age of eight, I had come to realize that stereotypes exist in the world of fiction — nothing in most fiction is true to life.
It seems, [...]

Vantage Press & Writing

March 24th, 2006

I checked my mail today and I saw an extra-large envelope from Vantage Press. I wondered what business I had with them. On slitting it, I discovered there was something about offering to publish my book. Everything fell into place.
There was a program on their site that caters to up-and-coming writers. I requested information and [...]