The Perfect Family

“These boys are not related to me in any shape or form.”

“How can you say that?” Simi’s eyes floods. “I carried these boys in my womb for ten whole months and nearly died on the surgery table.”

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Mr. Akande poses as the patriarch of the perfect Nigerian family. After choosing the best wife, what else would he be seen as?

He wants to continue his lineage of perfection and believes that his daughter-in-law, Simi, and her twin sons are blots that must be removed.

So, he invites his son’s family back to Nigeria under the guise of taking a family picture to prove Simi’s infidelity regardless of the cost to himself and his son.

After all, the perfect family is the most important thing in the world and the blots must be removed before the photographer arrives.

Saudade: Behind the Name

Saudade is the name of my work-in-progress. What is the meaning behind the name?

Saudade: The Purpose.

That should be a guide but the issue with Saudade is that it is quickly becoming an over extended writing prompt. The clichés in the story don’t help. (But I’ll deal with that while editing😌). I took some time to think of my purpose of writing in general and I tried to see how Saudade would fit in the grand scheme of things. Come and learn a little more about the book I’m currently writing: Saudade.

Saudade Cover Trials

One of the things I love to make is books covers- My book covers to be precise. I am not saying that I am a graphic artist legend but I do love to make those covers. I got an idea for a novella that I hope to post on this blog, once it’s finished. The name of the book is Saudade.

Jasper Schedule

SCHEDULE: 1) Characterization: Focus on side/secondary characters. 🔸Activity: To be decided. 2) Setting: White room (The concept of characters performing action and dialogue in what seems like a white space. Lack of proper physical description) 🔸Activity: I’ll write a dialogue, action and other elements of fiction from a scene but leave out any description of…

Colours of Joy

She jerked at the sound of her name. Her hands jostled as she capped the bottle before turning to face the woman who had peered into the bathroom.

“Yes?” She held the pills behind her back.

“Are you okay?”

“Erm.. Yes, I am.” Durotayo hoped she looked in control of her feelings.

She had started to lose her control in the party. It had started with yelling, then screaming before she felt the dread of loss that had characterized her life.

Caught #1

CAUGHT: A short story of love and betrayal. This is the first of a series of posts.

Who knew Flash Fiction could save the day?

I spend a lot of time on wattpad and I happen to be on two wattpad writers group chat. I was scrolling through our chats one day and realized that the group had been inactive for a while. I decided to do something about it. I held a flash fiction contest and it worked. The…

The Break

Anjola loves Dolapo and the moment he takes a break from his off and on relationship with her best friend’s friend, she is ready to be with him. She is determined that no one will stop her. Not even her best friend, Tobi. Dolapo was supposed to be hers from the beginning and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

REED on REBELLION

The future of Nigeria’s literary scene lies in the hands of the young right? So, a young one with 21.2k reads to his wattpad book titled ‘REBELLION’ ought to be celebrated. This is my personal interview with the teen author.