The Door to Novel-Writing: Lesson 5

The Door to Novel-Writing: Lesson 5

By David Maillu Published September 24, 2023 My heart picked up speed as my excitement intensified. The eastern sky had begun colouring the birth of that fateful morning. It was cold, pretty cold. Birds were retiring from their morning singing. I had been walking fast...
Botanical Revelation

Botanical Revelation

By David Maillu Published September 16, 2023 More than a month ago when I delivered a public lecture on Witchcraft at Mathemboni, my countryside home, I met a self-made herbalist young man who had studied Botany and specialized in Ethnobotany. He was attracted to have...
How to Write a Novel: Lesson 4

How to Write a Novel: Lesson 4

By David Maillu Published August 28, 2023 When you want to write a novel, one of the first questions which come to your mind is, “How long is my novel going to be?” RELATED: Poets Society of Kenya Conducts Youth Empowerment Workshops Many unprofessional people begin...
How to Write a Novel: Lesson 3

How to Write a Novel: Lesson 3

By David Maillu Published June 18, 2023 When you have an idea you want to share with people creatively, you find ways of sharing that idea. Any idea is a living body or form which can be exploited. The body of that idea can have many sides, some which can be...
How to Write a Novel: Lesson 2

How to Write a Novel: Lesson 2

Why do you think people will read your novel? Successful creative writing is based on how much you know about the subject you want to write about. If you are a young person, any attempt for you to write an advisory or educative book about elderly people will lead you...
How to Write a Novel: Lesson 1

How to Write a Novel: Lesson 1

By David Maillu Published June 9, 2023 A novel is a story long enough to fill a book in which the characters and events are usually imaginary. Composition writing is the elementary stage of novel writing. The matter starts in school class where we learn composition...
Music for Our Healing

Music for Our Healing

By Kulture Queen Published June 8, 2023 In the bustling tapestry of modern life, we find ourselves entangled in a web of relentless pressures. We are the inheritors of an era burdened with the weight of unrealistic standards imposed upon us by various authority...