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Humour is indispensable in life. We need it to survive both in the writing life and other lives as well.

— E. C. Osondu

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Sourcing for blurbs/endorsements for your book is a hard and energy sapping process and you have to do the sourcing yourself.

A life of relentless horror is another definition of hell. Humor is the elixir for survival. To quote a poet –the world is too much with us, but as Samuel Beckett reminds us, we must go on.

Every story is unique. Every story determines how it should be told. Some come like the rain and is poured out in one fell swoop, some come in drips and some come squeaking like an ungreased piece of metal.

People will urge you to go to school. They’ll tell you an American education is useful. That is not true. That is 80’s. You are here to hustle.

I think it is a blessing to write and get your work published and out there and have people buy and read your book and love or hate it. Think of the number of immensely talented people who have not been blessed in this way

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