She Blossoms...

• Hanging upside down

  Posted: July 30, 2009, 10:36 pm by Juliet Maruru

  So I will not be attending the Storymoja Hay Festival. Yeah, I’m kinda lying in bed with my leg hanging up on a stirrup, and my mind sort of rearranging itself without my permission. I am sad, and angry, and I envy everyone else who will be attending the Festival. I hope you all go and [...]

• Manuscript Doctor Session at the SHFK

  Posted: July 28, 2009, 2:50 am by Juliet Maruru

  You no doubt understand the frustrations and challenges of getting your work published on print. Storymoja has arranged a session at the SHFK which will help writers which will not only help writers perfect their writing but also help them understand the intricacies of the publishing world. Saturday 1st August 2009 at 10am – 11:30am [...]

• When the chill sets in…

  Posted: July 24, 2009, 4:53 am by Juliet Maruru

  I grew up on a street, where I could come home from school, and play kati, bladda, and a weird kind of tennis – played with a piece of flat wood, and a tennis ball. The grown ups on the street looked out for each other’s kids, sometimes even disciplining their neighbours kids, but mostly [...]

• Coz I had nothing more constructive to do

  Posted: July 23, 2009, 4:09 am by Juliet Maruru

  Posted in She will be a woman someday...

• Oldest woman in Kenya dies

  Posted: July 21, 2009, 12:19 am by Juliet Maruru

  Rahab Wangui Ng’ang’a died peacefully in her bedroom at her son’s house at Thakwa in Githunguri on July 11, 2009. Her year of birth, registered on the ID card she received in 1979 indicated that she was born in 1884. Her oldest child was born in 1917, and her youngest in 1936. Her year of [...]

• The Queen

  Posted: July 21, 2009, 2:58 am by Juliet Maruru

  Hush… Whisper to the wind, Sigh to the wave, Flutter with the linen, Caress like the silk, Sigh, Groan, Old wood, Coral, Jade blue The queen of my dreams. Posted in She will be a woman someday...

• Kenyan poetry goes North?

  Posted: July 18, 2009, 3:08 pm by Juliet Maruru

  The literature magazine Komma is based in Lulea, on the northern coast of Sweden and not far away from the Arctic Circle. Komma publishes newly written poems and prose. Among those who contribute the readers will find both established writers and those who are in progress. It also happens that Komma reviews foreign poetry. We [...]

• Keep Growing – As a Writer

  Posted: July 16, 2009, 3:52 am by Juliet Maruru

  This is a response to an email I received a few days ago from a young woman looking to launch her writing career into higher orbit. Dear C, I am very honored that you would consider me for advice. I’ll tell you how I’ve been able to get a measure of success. 1. I make a point to present [...]

• Kenyaimagine Updates – hadn’t we heard those words before

  Posted: July 16, 2009, 3:39 am by Juliet Maruru

  Do you think you, and many other Kenyans, watching Obama deliver his speech in Accra, would have reacted differently to what he said, if he was say, George Bush? Does it matter that Obama is ‘african’? In his article, Ombuya E. Okongo writes: ‘Because Obama is of African blood, no one stood up to tell him that [...]

• She calls me Jose

  Posted: July 13, 2009, 11:33 pm by Juliet Maruru

  She calls me Jose. That’s not my name. But she calls me Jose, and pronounces it with a ‘h’, so it sounds like ‘hosee’. I wanted to tell her my name. But I got distracted by the voices. The voices don’t like her. But I like her anyway, so they torment me. She gave me bananas and [...]

• You can… if you take responsibility for your future

  Posted: July 11, 2009, 5:38 pm by Juliet Maruru

  US President Barack Obama has just finished his Speech in Accra, Ghana. In it, he very clearly lauds Ghana for upholding democracy, and expresses hope that Africa is capable of rising above historic injustice and poverty. ‘The people of Africa are ready to claim that future. In my country, African-Americans — including so many recent immigrants [...]

• This is dedicated to that guy who thinks I have too many cats…

  Posted: July 8, 2009, 6:40 pm by Juliet Maruru

  Posted in Animals Tagged: funny cats, pets

• Daddy’s little girl.

  Posted: July 8, 2009, 3:06 pm by Juliet Maruru

  What did you learn from MJ’s daughter’s words yesterday? That every man is someone’s son, brother, husband, father. Sometimes, writers, journalists members of the media fraternity forget that the people we write about, report are human beings and they have family who love them. While we do have a responsibility to provide true information about current [...]

• Storymoja Story of the Month Contest – Win Tickets to the Storymoja Hay Festival

  Posted: July 3, 2009, 3:57 pm by Juliet Maruru

  Your votes are in and the story of the week is… Rendezvous by Chrispus Kimaru, he wins again! Read it here And now a little bit about the scheduled Storymoja Story of the Month. All stories that will be submitted by Sunday 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th of the month of July then published on the blog [...]

• Kenyaimagine – Mental Health Care in Kenya; The odds…

  Posted: July 2, 2009, 3:59 pm by Juliet Maruru

  Every Kenyan talks about counselling needs whenever tragedy occurs, but when they seek these services in our public hospitals, they end up getting a raw deal. Many of the so-called counsellors have no qualifications to carry out this demanding job. Additionally, many counsellors do not appreciate their roles on the frontlines of the war against mental [...]

• Slumber Party

  Posted: July 2, 2009, 3:31 pm by Juliet Maruru

  It is official, I hate all-girl slumber parties. Sure I love to blog and post online stuff about me that no one in particular wants to know about. But I hate to sit around with too many girls, too much wine, very likely chocolate and topics that revolve around the ‘men’ in our lives. Now where would [...]

• Write, Judge and Win Tickets to the Storymoja Hay Festival

  Posted: July 1, 2009, 10:26 pm by Juliet Maruru

  How would you like to judge the Storymoja Story of the Month contest as well as win tickets to the Storymoja Hay Festival? All you have to do is send in a 600 word essay on the importance of reading and literature for economic development of Kenya. This essay must be submitted by Wednesday 8th, [...]

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