A character can be defined as a being in a story. But this is only for some of the time. Some other time a character may choose to be a non-being, as in the case Read More
Apr 052013
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Mar 252013
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing Read More
Jan 292013
For National Youth Service Corps Members Only It was as I walked past some excited Corps members practicing some exotic dance steps that the idea occurred to me. What better way for Corps members Read More
Dec 012012
There are certain behaviors that are expected from good stories, and there are attitudes that good writers should exhibit. Aside from the good attitudes of arrogance, pride and superiority, a good writer should also exhibit Read More
Oct 312012
There is something about the depth of the artiste – it is only gotten by going into the heart of this one. Several years ago, I would marvel at the profoundness of the works of Read More
Aug 062012
@enoquin. I agree with you on the importance of paying writers. And I wouldn’t have given the below response if you had kept your complaint to a single comment. But maybe if you know a Read More
Jul 302012
THE COUCIL OF VULTURES In the darkest of the night, up at the roof of the big Iroko tree, sat some council of vultures, with their beaks dripping with blood. Their claws, clutching tight Read More
Jul 272012
MEND The guns merry mend, The gong weary mend, The voices wail mend, The pen sail mend. The guns cry louder than the voices, fun for flesh birds, ready to swoop, Read More
May 312012
Aneke stood at the door post that leads to the verandah staring at his sister Akunnayia who was seated on her curdling chair, staring intensively at the dark cloud; as if she could read Read More
Oct 192011
Submit an Entry The commonwealth short story prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction from 2000 – 5000 words. Submissions must be made by the author of the short story in Read More
Jul 292011
The second literary cafe event has been scheduled; Date: Friday, 5th of August,2011. Venue: Risenetworks Library, No 20, Bayode Oluwole street, by Balogun street, off Awolowo way, Ikeja, Lagos. Time: 3:00pm Featured writers: Oyindamola Affinnih, Read More
Jun 142011
Every writer, I hear, gets to feel very much like a fraud now and then, that feeling of inadequacy, of pretending to be something he/she has little if no right to assume. Well, this is Read More