Nov 19, 2013 | Non-Fiction, Personal |
After ploughing through a book and reaching ‘the end,’ you can physically close it and put it down. You can put it back in your personal library, return it to the local library, stand on it in the hopes that it will turn into a magic carpet, etc. What...
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Nov 18, 2013 | General, Non-Fiction |
I heard this at a seminar I attended recently, and thought to share. William Faulkner, the American writer from Mississippi, who was also a Nobel laureate, struggled with writer’s block. But that’s not the cool part. He had two methods for overcoming the...
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Nov 17, 2013 | Non-Fiction, Personal |
Since I discovered the wonders of free e-books via sites like Project Gutenberg and Google Books, I have been downloading them like crazy. Many of the classics are there for free. Thanks to e-reader apps on my phone like Kobo (which is my favorite e-reader app,...
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Nov 16, 2013 | Non-Fiction |
The answer is Yes. When I picked up my pen and started writing again last year, my intention was to write strictly mystery. But as I kept writing, I found romance creeping into my stories. It wasn’t intentional, but it certainly felt natural. So, I began to...
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Nov 14, 2013 | Non-Fiction |
If you take one look at the calendar, you’ll notice that it says ‘November.’ After November comes, what? December! That’s right. That gives you less than two months to rock those outfits you’ve been saving before 2013 ends. Anyone who...
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Nov 13, 2013 | Non-Fiction |
It happens all the time. Guy meets girl. Let’s assume she’s a fine girl. We don’t really care if the guy is fine because he is going to get lost in a few minutes. Just wait. Our friend starts pestering fine girl for her number and/or address, and...
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Nov 11, 2013 | Non-Fiction |
I was listening to a podcast on Gidilounge some months back, and heard for the first time about aso-ebi ipad cases. Did such things exist? Yes indeed, and you can trust Naija people to be spear-heading this … I don’t even know … Revolution? Trend?...
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