Hey guys, Suyi here. Over on Facebook, I’ve been trying to show everyone how I make time to read and write amidst a busy life. Chisom blocked me one night at the car park and asked why I wasn’t sharing this juicy info with you guys. So, because I feared for my life, I had to succumb. […]
Hello all; it’s Suyi here. So, our first Dear Writer Newsletter went live on Friday. Man, if you haven’t subscribed yet, you’re missing out terribly. June’s newsletter was titled Dear Writer: What d’you mean you don’t have time? and was packed with lots of advice and a barrage of fun. Here are some excerpts: Chisom says: Think […]
Hello guys, Suyi here. First, I want to say a big welcome back to everyone. The WAW team has been on a bit of a hiatus, trying to build more structures behind the scenes, and for that lapse in time, we apologise. However, we’re glad to say we’re back in the fray now, coming in slow-and-steady. Since we’ve […]
The WAW Fiction Micromasterclass: Character is a practical guide from the lesson notes and materials used at the WAW Fiction Masterclass on Character. The book was extensively researched, compiled and bound by the WAW Team, and in the simplest words, you will find it adequately satisfies your needs as a writer of fiction. It is now […]
Igodo Umuavulu – Issue #5 is a magazine publication compiled, edited, published and curated by WAW Project Series. The theme of this issue is ‘A Budding Heritage’ and it revolves around the culture of the Umuavulu Abor people in Udi LGA, Enugu state of South-eastern Nigeria. See an excerpt of the Editorial note below: “The […]
Notice to writers from WAW Project Series: The magazine will be available for download in pdf format by Sunday. If you download and find your piece published, kindly send your account details to wordsarework@gmail.com for payment. For those who do not find their pieces published, your pieces were not selected. Thank you all, in advance, […]
WAW Project Series, a project vehicle of Words Are Work and Accelo Creative hereby calls for submissions to an Igbo traditional online and print publication titled ‘Igodo Umuavulu 2016’. Igodo Umuavulu is essentially the cultural scroll of Umuavulu Ujaligwa–a gifted and versatile people of Udi L.G.A. in Enugu state–and it is curated by WAW Project […]
Dear Mother, I hate cooking. I. HATE. COOKING. You know it never came naturally to me. I’ve always had to write down your recipes because I never really understood the entire concept of cooking. At first, I worried that maybe there was something wrong with me, I mean, every ‘normal’ girl should know how […]
Dear Fatherland, In numbers we die even after the tie. Are we still one when from ourselves we run? Neglecting peace, expecting our pieces. Am I prey for murder because I pray not like my brother? From a difference of latitudes to a difference of attitudes Different phases of terror. First there was the aqua […]
Word length: 200-300 Blackness. Someone is frantically calling my name. A tiny light. I walk towards it. It keeps growing. I follow it. ***** I wake up on the floor. Why am I on the ground by the roadside? And why is there a crowd around me? I don’t remember lying down here. I remember […]
