Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I think I’m an ethereal substance living in a material form that humans have termed flesh. Words are my tools and use them in creating characters, situations and universe’s either in prose, poetry or play form. I’ve written over ten books.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Warning. Well, a cluster…string of things and happenings are the inspiration.
Warning is a prequel to Wednesday which I published in 2013. I had wanted to go back in time, which is the year before 2013, and show how my protagonist brought to book a lovely human turned maniac. Inasmuch as most mystery books I’ve read portray the villain as a psychopath, much was invested in the villain of Warning that at the end of the book, you’d have no choice than feel pity for this person and wish the character had gone scot-free.
Also, the Roman Catholic Church ‘s stance on a number of issues – as well as her dealings. How the doctrines and policies of a body that’s supposed to nurture our souls would do the opposite, turning humans into monsters.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My social life suffers. It irks me that I can’t go to that birthday party or start a relationship because of writing. I usually say to myself: “this will be my last book, and I’m done writing so I can be ‘normal'”. But the moment I depress the final full stop to a manuscript, a new journey begins and I’m wondering if I’m under a spell. LOL. I don’t believe in spells, however.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m a sucker for Shakespeare, such that sometimes I think I’m the reincarnated bard of Avon.
What are you working on now?
Wormwood (Book 3 in the Wolé Robert Series) and the fourth instalment in the Sex and Lagos City Series.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Laughs … I plead the fifth.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be creative and original. And keep writing. Above all, read good books…good writing I mean because bad writing will corrupt you.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
My mother said to me one time, “Do what makes you happy, not minding what the world says because whatever you do, whether you go up, down, left or right, you’d always have those who hate your guts.”
What are you reading now?
Richard Templar’s ‘The Rules of Work’.
What’s next for you as a writer?
See my works come alive on the silver screen.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Sky High Flames by Unoma Azuah, The Relic Hunters by David Leadbeater, Tempest by William Shakespeare, and How Stupidity Saved My Life by Okechukwu Ofili
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