STORIES FROM THE HEART –AN ASSESSMENT!
I’m amazed at the support and response from family,
the Association of Christian Writers, followers from Face book and the Writing
Community on Twitter and Instagram! By God’s grace, in less than a month, the
book has attracted almost 20 reviews on both Amazon and Good reads. It may not
sound great but this means a lot to me. I remember a quote from the bible in
Zechariah 4:10: DO NOT DESPISE SMALL BEGINNINGS.
My most treasured moments in some evenings is
reading over some of the amazing reviews this book has attracted in less than a
month when it was published by Austin Macauley Publishers on 28th May, 2021!!
It is hard to say which story in the collection is my favourite! The longest
story is ‘Teddy Boy’, the first story and the shortest story is ‘The Maiden
Visit,’ the last story. Most people mentioned, The Teacher, Teddy Boy or The
Rush has been their favourite.
I think my favourite story is ‘Farewell’.
Even now, its memory brings nostalgia. All the stories are true and drawn
from real life experiences from people I know or me. So each story is a story
from my heart, warmly told and written passionately to elicit the right
feelings from readers. It is my hope that readers get to feel what I experienced
on a personal level or from what I observed about others which I wrote down!
I agree that most of the stories are a mixture of
love, sex, sadness, comedy, tragedy and all the other elements of life that
people are prone to experience at some point or stage in their lives. So, even
though I am a Christian, it does not prevent me writing about characters that
have questionable moral standards or religious and sexual orientations which
are different to mine. Two reviewers called my style of writing a ‘slice of
life’ style. True!
Nigeria, my homeland, is reflected 40 years ago in
different aspects of life because that was when most of the stories were
written. There are stories about university life, national youth service life,
married and unmarried life and work life which depict lust, friendship, love,
family, adventure, romance, regret, humour, freedom, the forbidden and
procrastination.
Readers will definitely be entertained, enlightened
and educated. ENJOY!!
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