A Writer's Tale

Now that's offensive. There's a reason people go out of their way to find means to pay people for these "simple" tasks and services. Everyone respects engineers, pilots, chefs, bakers; heck, they respect TikTok content creators (no disrespect intended). But what does the stereotype have to say about people who sit in dark rooms to pour their hearts on parchment and digital paper?  "It's just a bunch of words", "even AI can do it", "it's just to copy and paste", "just do ten thousand words a week", "it's just  writing".  And this goes for everyone that spits creativity. Even if it's crayons. Where are my pen lovers? Don't try to explain the mental stress that comes with attempting to do something so outstanding that it gains zero attention. Do your thing and let them be but by all means, if they so much as equate it to a negative "God abeg" situation, you are free to creatively terminate t...

So... Yeah, this was supposed to start off later this weekend (I was initially aiming for a Saturday night kickoff, so to speak) but then it just hit me outta the blue: It's Valentine's Day! Should I really let this chance slip past? Not even one little romance themed story for the season? Nah. So, with that in mind, let's kick Read of the Week off with some love themed books to immerse yourself into! Lovers for Life We'll start off with my pick for the more generic 'romantic' stories. For the more classical 'novel readers' out there, my pick for this year is Nora Roberts' Tribute . It's a powerful story of legacy, secrets, finding one's place and, of course, love.  Tribute is a personal favorite of mine even amongst Nora Roberts' library of works. In fact, not only do I admire the character of Ford Sawyer, I had a bit of a crush on Cilla (and yes, I thought up entire plotlines for Brid, too!) If you're a fan of contemporary romance, ...

Alright: starting a week from now, we'll be posting our Reads of the Week. These are literary works that we enjoyed and feel you guys would get a kick out of reading as well. The stories will run the gamut from fanfics, Wattpad and Ao3 works to published works from new, established and outright legendary authors. You might catch a novel from Lady Díá one week and a fanfic from The Ethereal Lord the next or you might get a double-update alert from us, meaning two new recommendations in that week. Whichever the case may be, we hope to help you fill out your library with some truly epic reads. And don't be shy either! If you've got recommendations for us then let us know in the comments: at least one of us will read through it and you might just get to see your favorite stories as our Read of the Week!