Humour Writing? Not Yet!

I have been writing fiction for over twenty years now. Some over five years ago, I started to learn how to write humour… No, it’s not going well. I can only point to 2 shorts as “maybe successful” attempts: https://bit.ly/3X9eSPc and https://bit.ly/4dQgDrL. My most recent attempt (mid-2024) was so stiff that I let it be
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Forgiveness & Reconciliation: God’s Heartbeat by Pastor Iwajomo

What won’t you do for God? What won’t you forgive? What are your “red lines”? What does God have to say about about it? Is forgiveness easy for you or hard? Daily? Is it really 70 x 7?Do we really have to stop recounting the action of those who hurt us after we say they
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Chief Noise Maker by Francis Oladunmoye

Chief Noise Maker is the autobiography of Chief F. S. Oladunmoye, an octogenarian who worked and retired in the Ondo State Civil Service in Nigeria.His is a story about how far one can go just by being relentlessly hardworking and doing life with a loving spouse.This story is important for these days when it is
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What to Expect After a Publisher Accepts Your Book

Aspiring authors stepping into the world of big publishing houses must be prepared to actively engage in the editing, proofreading, and indexing phases. This collaboration ensures the final product maintains the author’s intended vision while reaching the highest quality standards. Collaborative EditingUpon manuscript acceptance, a collaborative editing process begins. While professional editors provide valuable insights,
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Your Editor Should Speak Your Language

I must begin this discussion with a disclaimer so I won’t wake up tomorrow to see that “BMS” is the trending topic on Instablog and Twitter for excessive self-promotion. No, forget about the disclaimer. Let me begin with a scenario. Have you ever handed a manuscript to someone to be edited, and when the edited
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Which Metaphor Describes your Job?

I love metaphors because they bypass unnecessary wordiness to succinctly express ideas in images. These images do miraculous things to human understanding. They take up wings. They fly. They receive air and breathe. They assume and form and capture the total essence of everything a writer could hope to express. Metaphors have helped many people
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