Behind the Book

2020: Year in Review

Well, what a year its been! I wanted to write this blog post to go hand-in-hand with the Instagram Live session we'd be doing to review...

"Publishing in a lockdown": My 'King's Reflecting Together' submission

First - My Submission Well, what in heaven's name was I thinking going ahead with launching my first book in the middle of a Global...

Seize the day!

A few weeks ago, a very dear aburo was listening to a book podcast and she then tweeted the podcaster to say she should check out my book...

The MONSTER in your mind!

This is sort of a follow up to my initial post on how I eventually decided it was time to get my book out there! Do have a read if you...

Done is better than perfect

So there's 15 years and 7 months and a whole lotta LIFE between me writing in those ordinary exercise books and holding the paperback in...

First things first - even before camp

I have to tell you how I found out I had been posted to Kano! I was coming to the end of my housemanship which marked the formal...

What do you mean 'Lazy Korfa'?!

It is hard to keep up with all the slangs that the soldiers use. When Corpers start acting tired or we do not do the drills correctly,...

Seed sown

When I first set out to write this journal, it was just for my personal records. I had no intention of doing anything with it really. It...