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KimberlyWest:
Evajael you summoned me I'm still on exam matter o. I will finally face 'Oga physics' tomorrow.

Hello everyone, I'm kimberlywest, don't worry, I'm not in any way related to Kanye West or the Kardashians, Just a pen name. So far, I've written 3 stories, Love Hiccups, Rabbit love and one that I can't recall the name now Newton's laws of motion has taken it place in my memory.

So sorry that some part of love hiccups had to be pulled down and I'm also super sorry for the long absence, school things I hope to be more active on nairaland and probably drop a story after my exams.

Evajael thanks for your effort, sincerely I also noticed how silent this place became all of a sudden.

To our new writers welcome on board!

*drops pen*

Centino:
Sorry just seeing this. I feel committed to this thread so let's do it.

For me, the setting comes with the inspiration. If a story is about common people, I won't be thinking Rolling Hills California or Lekki Lagos. I will drive to mushin or Ajegunle and feel the place and then pick up my pen the following day

Skylard101:
Present ma

Onetop:
I'm Onetop, I love reading and writing stories, especially when am bored Nairalanders(literature section) are helpful so far.


One funny thing is that; updating can be tiring sometimes, I don't know if it's only me.


As for ghostreaders; they are so discouraging , they don't know the power of comments, quotes, likes, and shares on writers, especially new writers.


Here is the link to my story, not forgeting I appreciate everyone following my story.


www.nairaland.com/4445957/ajayi-tenants

Eberechi24:
alright. am always at your back. mention whenever you start

she's really a vibrant reader i must admit also, very supporting and encouraging. I admire her zealous commitment toward stories and its writers.

Pearl05:
Bring It On. Finally it's here, the long awaited story by Cbella.




So as the chief of this story am inviting you all to come and be comfortably seated.



Gloryejims
Evajael
Oly0511
Pinkfeet
Penshallom
Purples25

Eberechi24:
it's been funfill until recently but am glad you came back

your storylines are captivity




#accolades

holarbolu:
I'm Ayub by name, an aspiring being with no less than four novels to my credit, although none has been published yet on any platform. Only you sweeting people on NL are permitted the luxury to enjoy my stories.

HORLADSTAR:
So am no more ur personal person. Issokay(USED TO BE).

Welcome back Eva, I really missed ur writeup.Keep going more high higher on the smooth ladder.
#horladstar cares.

Eberechi24:
yea, hidden diamonds, you are a great writer

Centino:
“If I want to read a novel, I write one” – Benjamin Disreali

I’m Centino. Relatively new here. The above quote is why I write. I have no heroes of the letter; I follow in the footsteps of none. I am my own inspiration.

I got bored stiff with “literature” and began to fancy myself to do a good enough job for me. I reckoned if I wrote my kind of book, surely I would find likeminded people who will appreciate my style.

I do not like fluff. If something happened in the afternoon, tell me what happened. I don’t see the point of describing the sun. How the environment laughed because the yellowish red hue of the sun tantalized the roofs. What’s that? I know what an afternoon looks like! I like a story. A good plot. Who likes who? Who hates who? Who is after who? Who fvcked who? The human experience is robust and I just want to hear of it. From every perspective. And for goodness sake go straight to the point! If an adverb will drive home a point, I will use an adverb. If a simile sounds silly, I cut it out. If you are obsessed with words and you want to wa.nk to them go and read a poem. Rules? They are not for me. I will write my own the way I want to. “Better to write for yourself and have no public, than write for the public and have no self” – Cyril Conolly. Word.


“The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income…" Ellen Gilchrist. And I will add, then you can experience true freedom.

I will not write about an asylum seeking PHD holder who ends up as a cab driver in New York so that I can be appreciated internationally. I will not carry my Katakata Street to okada books and sell 10 copies in one year so that I can get something for my troubles. I will not read “how to be a successful author” and burn myself out trying to sound like someone else. If you want to be the next Chinua Achebe, sorry you came 60 years late. So I make sure I am not hungry. If the money comes, I want it on my own terms. So I write when I want to write, if I want to write, how I want to write. The only people I want to kill are the ghost readers of Nairaland. Come on guys…Tell a brother/sister that s/he is trying. You don’t know how far that can go. You think this is easy? Try it.


Finally. Most tellingly… “One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable, speak the unspeakable and ask difficult questions” – Salman Rushdie

At Easter, I wrote a chapter I called "food for thought". In it, I asked why anyone thinks Jesus whose flesh was dust like mine and yours would ascend to heaven where there is no such consistency. Do you think God is in the business of impressing people? Do you think creating heaven and earth and trying to save the souls of man is a circus? (Didn’t put it quite like that but you get my drift…). The result? I got the fewest likes that week. And guess what? It doesn’t matter. I will say it. I am a writer.

Aunty Eva Jael. That is me o.

Having said that, you can now bundle over here and see what I do for Nairaland mostly on Sundays. Many thanks.

https://www.nairaland.com/3893393/number-225-katakata-street

HORLADSTAR:
Viewing this thread in 4D

Eberechi24:
nice move Eva,

I'll appreciate it if this section will be revived, seriously.

am not a writer but I can read for Africa. I have read so many stories here, hope am welcomed?

shontellybee:
I just hollered back.....
Hello dude!
..........what exactly am I supposed to type now?
(thinking)

queenitee:
Big head, I'm here. #winks

kayo80:
Nice move Evajael... And welcome back.

Let me introduce myself, my name is Kayode Odusanya... I'm a romance novelist. I focus on short stories and novelettes...they are easier for me to write than Novellas and Novels. My dream is to be Nigeria's first billionaire author. I don't know how I am going to achieve that goal yet, I just know I am going to do it.

Pinkfeet:
you are welcome

FireforGod:
Yes,it is my pleasure

FireforGod:
No problem,i am waiting for other writers

holarbolu:
To check out my works here on NL, kindly follow these links:https://www.nairaland.com/4451017/flash-fiction-collection

https://www.nairaland.com/4390225/supernaculars-renascence-sci-fantasy-novel

Centino:
A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people - Thomas Mann.

gracile:

None I've written yet, don't mind me the story been in my mind alright I'll just need to start pouring them out. Its pure laziness, i know you understand lol

Cindymorgan:
I Missed U Evajael,Welcome Back

kikiwendy:
I know right.. I'm fine dear.. How about you?

gracile:
Ok *runs to go and check for new writers*

Hi Evajael, I've missed you!

cbella:
I saw my name but not sure what I'm supposed to write...

kikiwendy:
I'm here even without been mentioned

FireforGod:
These are the links to the stories
https://www.nairaland.com/4477046/campus-life https://www.nairaland.com/4449103/jungle-justice
I am just a developing writer and so far some of the stories i have read are good and some bad,also i have seen debates between groups of people as well as critics,so far all have been good

Piercy:
it's been amazing honestly though I haven't been active as I used to be due to school activities but words alone don't say how much Nairaland and everyone here has helped me become a better writer , the support, the criticisms ,it is always amazing here.

Piercy:
My name is Henry Ademokhal aka the freelancer.
I am a final year computer science student from Edo ,AAU.
I am a writer and an a practicing crime analysis,
writing is life to me, reading is living that life.
I and my humble self say hello to everyone here.