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...

The quest for... what? Maybe it's a bit of inspiration. It usually is. You get past wondering whether you should or should not put yourself out there, and when you eventually do, you regret it almost immediately because you feel that you are probably never going to get the result you so desire because of the feeling of inadequacy. Maybe it's solace. It could be. Perhaps a quest to create a world in which you have a say? You can spin a tale or two in many directions as you direct the outcome of the life you breathe into your new world. Could that be it? Or could it be the thirst for a means of expression? Wanna know what's really important? Of course, you do. The answer to that one lies solely with you. Why do you want to write? What about? To achieve what? What's your trigger? How much are you willing to invest in this? The quest of being is one many find most difficult at the initial stage of things. The art of birthing a concept; stems from something you need to find ...

Okay, wow ; it has been a while since I've had a chance to just sit at a keyboard and type my heart away!  I've just come out of an hour-long type-fest (yes; I know that's just pitiful 😂 ) and the feeling I got as my brain cooled off... Holy Crap!   The catharsis was so visceral it was just... Unbelievable! It was also nostalgic as hell because it took me back to the my early days as an aspiring author... My first true foray into the world of writing (no, I don't count the very first drabbles I put down because I was just groping in the dark back then) kicked off with my book, E.L.I.T.E.S, commencement date: September 7th 2007. Back then, I'd just come out of a serious WITCH phase (you really should read WITCH if you haven't) so, for about three years after that, all my book titles were acronyms of the major characters but that's just an aside; the important thing to note here is that back then, I wasn't exactly the happiest kid on the block...