Dear Imposter, I know. I know why you drag your feet, why you hesitate to tell people about your new craft. You fear. The moment they will need confirmation, anything that will test your new abilities. A knowledge you barely even have. You are a fake. Faking it until you make it, except you aren’t sure…
Death told me I wasn’t important and that nobody cares, but I hope someday I’ll be loud enough that they have no choice.
A little kindness goes a long way One of the worst things that can happen is meeting rude and unkind people when you leave your house. It can sour your whole day. Unfortunately for me, I met one last week — a bank cashier. After standing and waiting for an hour, he told me my…
I think I'm the worst kind of writer.Or human sef. Life pushed me straight from childhood to adulthood and I can’t even talk about it. Anytime I try to think about deeper-than-the-surface-stuff, my mind goes screeeech, halt and blank. I really don't know why. I'm left with a blank mind, no thoughts, no emotions and…
Those first five words echoed in my head for years. Failure is not an option. Do you hear it too? Maybe not, but most of us live in line with those words. Until the day failure stops by to say hi. I was in SS2 when it happened. In Nigeria, we have 16 years of…
On Writing, On Living 