One of my pet peeves is when authors skim over details in describing sex. When the act of two or more people fucking, making love, being intimate is glossed over or merely implied. I recognise that writing about sex, a bit like speaking about sex is often portrayed as low brow, as if it doesn’t take talent and imagination to describe acts of lust, passion and love. And so I feel a lot of joy (and a trembling in my …
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Ghana, my cousin Nana Malone, best selling romance writer is in town, and is being hosted by Writers Project of Ghana at a special reading Saturday 1st July at One Corner Restaurant, Mensah Sarbah Rd, Kokomemle, Accra. If …
Hey Adventurers, I’m super excited to be the Writer’s Project of Ghana’s featured writer this month. This event takes place on Wednesday 28th June at 7pm prompt. Earlier today I was planning what I am going …
Having a good sex life isn’t something that just happens. Like any good skill, practice is needed before you reach the top of your game. But not just practicing in the physical form. Yes being sexual …
I am super excited to be heading to Uganda early next week to participate in the 2015 edition of Writivism as one of the festival’s guests. I have been fortunate enough to receive a travel grant …
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[This is a two part post. To read part one please click here] After a two year stint without reading romance novels, I borrowed two paperbacks from a friend. I set aside reading time and eagerly …
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I love reading books. I have been reading since the age of four or five and I have been a book lover since. I’ve jokingly told family and friends that I gave my heart to books …
My friends and I have been talking about ‘selfies’, and discussing whether they play into mainstream pornographic framing of what sexiness is. Or whether selfies can be a radical act of portraying bodies that are usually …