The Ultimate Guide to Publishing Your Book on Amazon-Kindle from Nigeria
Amazon Kindle publishing is growing like wildfire all across the world. Independent authors (Indies) are rising from various aspects of life to publish books and are making quite a lot of money from doing so. A few Nigerians have caught up to this trend as well, but very few have had any worthwhile results, and […]
Top 3 Tips to Making Money from Blogging without AdSense
What mostly comes to mind for bloggers when it comes to monetizing their blog is AdSense. It is no surprise as AdSense is one of the best contextual online advertising networks for any blog as well as one of the safest blog monetization networks available to today, thanks to the quality of Ads and the […]
Tech Aids for Writers
Truth be told, being a writer isn’t always easy, you can ask me. Sometimes you pick a pen to write and it flows and you wish you could go like that forever, but the very next day you’re stuck, you just can’t write. With the advent of technology, a lot of aids have been developed […]
On Stories and Writing: Quotes From 10 Nigerian Writers
“Without stories, we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. Even in silence we are living our stories.” ― Ben Okri, Birds of Heaven “Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity […]
5 Reasons You Should Have a Hobby
A hobby is any activity you indulge in during your spare time. Hobbies are a great way to spend free time, especially when it is pleasing and satisfying and you almost won’t realise how much time you have spent on that activity. There are several benefits to count when you carry out a favourite activity like a […]
Learn a Skill Wednesday: 7 Steps to Owning a Blog
Blogging has become one of the most popular ways of communicating and spreading information and news with others. It’s also a great way to express yourself and set free your inner person. Long before now, we used diaries to pen our thoughts, experiences and day to day activities; some of those activities are private […]
9 Arts and Crafts That Go Into Creative Writing
Writing an article or book can be a herculean task, particularly if you want to make a masterpiece of it. The steps showcased below with different arts and crafts could help anyone with the dream of being a bestselling author sometime in the future. For the few who already are, this could probably help […]
The Difference Between A Short Story and Flash Fiction
As an individual who has written in both forms, I’m still never entirely sure that I do not cross the very thin line that separates short stories from flash fiction. As if I wasn’t confused enough, I came across a quote by South African writer Nadine Gordimer: ‘Short story writers see by the […]
7 Fun Steps to Overcoming Writer’s Block
Ever had the fear that your creative juices would say good bye to you one day? Most of us have. But there is that temporary “goodbye” by our creative juices which most writers’ sometimes experience called the writer’s block. Seun Salami, at our 1st Writers’ Conference, explicitly stated that he does not believe in writers’ […]
5 Minutes with Kemi Ogunniyi, Author, Tales of Mr. Tortoise
Kemi Ogunniyi, author of Foreign Otondo: Your NYSC Survival Guide, recently published her first children’s book, Tales of Mr. Tortoise. She talks to Connect Nigeria about her journey. 1. Tell us a bit about your professional background I’m a communications and business consultant. I specialise in helping small or medium enterprises develop their business […]
Blog of the Week: Musings of a Caramel Latte Addict
I doubt that the organisers of the Nigeria Blog Awards were surprised when earlier this year the popular vote for “Best Book, Poetry, or Writing Blog 2012” went to Musings of a Caramel Latte Addict. Run by Temi, “a young lady who loves to muse…maybe a bit too much…” the blog offers much more than […]
5 Minutes With Steve Harris
Steve Harris, motivational speaker and bestselling author of From College Dropout to Corporate Sellout, has just written a new book, From Friend to Fiancée. We caught up with him to ask him some questions. 1. What inspired you to become an author? I’d never really thought I had anything to put down, but when I […]
5 Tips for Writing a Compelling Business Proposal
Some weeks ago I received a call from a friend of mine, asking me how he should go about writing a business proposal. I giggled a bit before responding, because I felt he ought to be able to draft a proposal by himself at this stage of his business, but then it dawned on me, […]
Wish That I Could Have Those Moments for Life
The week July 8th-14th was a life changing experience for me. Fidelity Bank organized a Creative Writing Workshop and I was privileged to be chosen as one of the participants. I’ve never written so much within a few days like I did during the workshop. I’d usually just wait for inspiration, which takes forever to come around. I like to say that it’s like a girl, you know, fronting and all.
Writing Your Way To Greatness: Towards A Better Society
The 5th Edition of the Fidelity International Creative Writing Workshop began on Sunday July 8 2012 in Lagos. The week – long event is a vital part of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility Program, CSR, through which the bank continues to push for a better society by developing the writing as well as reading skills of young Nigerians. About five graduands of the Workshop series have received scholarship to study Creative Writing abroad…
Nigeria’s Rotimi Babatunde Wins the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing
Described as Africa’s leading literary award, the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing was yesterday awarded to Nigeria’s Rotimi Babatunde. He took home a cash prize of £10,000 at the awards dinner held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK, for his short story about Nigerian soldiers who fought in the Burma campaign during Worl War 2. The story entitled ‘Bombay’s Republic’ was published in ‘Mirabilia Review’.