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The Truth about the Universe – Writing Urban Fiction [See Contest Entries]
Posted: July 25, 2011, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
There is a great wide open market for urban fiction out there. Why? Because it is one genre of writing that has a no holds barred rule with regards to content, language, style and very importantly, sex. And people want realism with their fiction; honesty about the darkness in us, hard truth about the universe. See also the Urban Fiction Writing Contest Entries! -
Urban Fiction Contest Deadline Extension
Posted: July 18, 2011, 9:20 am by Storymoja Africa
Following several write-in requests, we are extending the deadline of the Urban Fiction Short Story Contest. Here are the Details again: -
Creating New Form – Monthly Blog Expo
Posted: July 11, 2011, 2:37 pm by Storymoja Africa
Top on today’s list is a post from the blog Call Me Alien. The Author of the blog is writer, poet, educator and IT techie Serah Njambi. Show me the Man: Show me the man. Show him to me; let him make his face and name known. I need to slap him, slap sense into his notions, slap and re-order the things his list prioritizes. Show me the man that declared man’s three basic needs; the one responsible for all this exploitation and limited distribution of resources… [from the blog Call Me Alien] See more! -
True Warriors – Book Signing with Author Ken Kamoche
Posted: July 11, 2011, 10:42 am by Storymoja Africa
Chege grew up in the shadow of his illustrious brother and has little of the clan's fighting spirit... Going to the UK for further studies brings its own surprises. After being implicated in a financial scandal, he returns to Kenya to clear his name and sort out his funding. He finds the dreaded Special Branch are hot on his heels. He could be joining his brother in jail, or worse... True Warriors - A Novel: Book Signing with Author Ken Kamoche Location: Text Book Centre, Nakumatt Junction, Nairobi Time: Saturday, 23 July 2011 11:00am to 1:00pm -
Happy to Play – July Poetry
Posted: July 4, 2011, 11:28 am by Storymoja Africa
This weekend I had the joy of listening to two poems by two different poets being read out loud. Both of these poets are experienced in their verse, comfortable with the bursts of imagery and colours, happy to play with words to transmit these images to us, their readers, or listeners.
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Fish cakes
Alas a fish cake.
Yet more fish cakes
Guess what ... yeah ... fish cakes.
The end of the fish cakes