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Hire me! Refer me!! Retweet this!!!
#winwithwinnie
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I had just had dinner at some minutes past 8pm. So I stepped outside to get some air, especially because I had been indoors all day.
I had not stayed up to 20mins outside when I heard a loud thud. It came from inside my room.
When I rushed in, I saw these:
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10 Yorùbá first names I've heard and loved:
1. Oluwalanaire - God paved a favourable way
2. Folawe - Bathe with wealth
3. Abimifoluwa - I was born for God
4. Morountodun - I found something sweet
5. Nihinlolawa - This is where wealth resides
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On January 25, 2020, I walked into the Nigerian Immigration Service Office in Kebbi State to process my international passport with 25k in my account.
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I'm grateful for safety and that I can come here to tweet after everything.
Grateful to the hunch that has told me repeatedly to leave this house.
Grateful to the project I was put on that would make me gather my rent money soon!
Grateful to heat that pushed me out by force.
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In the meantime, I seriously need to make friends in this Lagos so I can have somewhere to run to on nights like this.
Now I have to sleep with one eyes open and keep a vigil through the night.
In the end, I return all glory back to God, the one who keeps me under His wings. 🤲
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In all of these, the only thing that kept coming to my mind was "What if you were inside?" "What if you were sleeping?" "What if you didn't have hot pap for dinner and didn't need to outside for air?" "What if one of these heavy concrete fell on your laptop?"
So many "what if"s
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Whatever happens in 2024, I believe I'll come back to this tweet and quote it with a testimony by Jan 2025. In the meantime, indulge me with your followership. Stick around to see the valuable content I put out daily (I can be really playful sometimes too). 😌
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A part of the decking had collapsed. Pieces of heavy concrete scattered on my bed and the tiles.
If I had been inside, that shi would have landed right on me.
My laptop was on the bed too, because I plugged it in when NEPA flashed their light.
Fortunately, it wasn't hit.
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I quickly called my landlord to come see what just happened. Thank God he lived in the compound with us.
He assured me that the damage would be fixed tomorrow and that I could go back in to sleep.
His wife came down too, helped in cleaning the room, and afterwards, we prayed.
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Now that I've read almost all the related tweets, let me digress into what concerns me the most.
I'm searching for a man with whom I can delve into a meaningful relationship.
He should be unbelievably liquid, but not necessarily be a legal luminary.
That will be all for now!
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"Winifred is a strong editor, and one with a tenacious work ethic." -
@MsOlisakwe
, Founder and Editor in Chief of Isele Magazine.
I'm excited to share that I have been invited to join
@IseleMagazine
as an Assistant Editor!
#winwithwinnie
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I want to update my LinkedIn cover photo.
Let me get serious with that platform.
Help me choose?
A or B?
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6. Adetoun - Royalty (a crown) is a thing of pride
7. Iteoluwakiisi - God's throne cannot be uprooted
8. Boluwatise - As God has done it
9. Iṣeunife - Love is doing (action over words)
10. Moṣeiyebiye - I did something priceless (precious)
PS: Let me know if I got them all!
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I've wanted to leave here since March. If for nothing else but the bad electricity. More like worxt (not even worst).
I've been making enquiries about areas with good light.
Yaba. Surulere. Iju Ishaga. Ikeja. Arepo.
They said.
My enquiries have taken me even to Magboro...
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No single page in it has been signed as I've not stepped a foot outside the shores of my country. Heck! I've not even taken a flight within the country, to start with. But I see these things happening in 2024, which is the only full year I have left before the passport expires.
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I wrote "Dear Ekemini" in December 2020. It took 3 years of re-writing and re-submitting before it finally found a home. I'm super grateful and excited that I won't only be reading my story online but also holding it in my hands and feeling the pages. A delightful experience tbh.
The Autochthon by
@TheresaYuan
The Ghost Bride by
@audriserat
Red Dancing Shoes by Joti Bilkhu
A Tale of the Moon by
@DwarfDancing
Dear Ekemini by
@_winniewrites
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I'm keeping an open mind and trusting God, because I know I can get a nice room selfcon with my budget and in area that has good light, especially on the Mainland.
But with what has happened tonight, I'm not sure I want to wait till Sept (when my rent will be due) to move out.
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@Moskeda_Pages
You served your (ex) boyfriend breakfast early in the morning. Perfect timing 😂
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Not much
- moved to Lagos in Jan. & got my personal space in April
- got my first freelance client of the year last month
- got into
#4CWM
Fellowship after my 2nd trial
- joined Isele Magazine as an Editorial Intern
- attended
#AkeFest23
- got myself a laptop
#winwithwinnie
Women, brag about what you’ve achieved in the year 2023🎉
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...and Ikorodu. I didn't mind so far they say they have good light.
One Yaba Agent told me to be looking for 700k yearly rent for a room selfcon when my budget is 500k total package. "Dey play"
A friend who'd just recently gotten an apartment in Surulere told me the same. 😅
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Because it's World Book Day and my small library is shacking me. 😃
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Me and 9 of my writer friends, gathered around in a circle, in an outdoor setting like JJT Park, taking turns to read our published essays, stories, or poems, then plunging into a rich discussion after the reading.
Who wants in?
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A writer just asked me "Which one is Medium?" when I told her she could publish articles on it and share her profile as a portfolio link.
Now, I'm not even laughing at her. I took great care to explain and help her understand how to get started.
Life-long learning is something!
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@arojinle1
Arojinle, please did you study study animal science or something related in school?
Because the depths from which you make your tweets. Your name; Àròjinlẹ̀ lásán gan-na-an ✊🙌
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Starting the new month on a creative note: a re-introduction.
- I'm a writer and brand strategy enthusiast.
- I've been writing {(non)fiction; content} for more than 3 years now.
- I can write for 5hours 🙅
- Check my portfolio @
#powertothecreativeones
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💙
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The irony, however, is that I've travelled to many places (in my head) through the stories I've written. Once, to Europe via Lybia on a dinghy right in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. In another story, I went to Mali to investigate a rape case perpetrated by 2 students.
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Though my hopes of getting an international scholarship to further my studies didn't quite work out, the last three years have been really mind-shifting for me. I may not have an MSc in Immunology/Biotechnology today, but I have a degree in writing 🤭, and that too, is something.
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Unlike most Nigerian graduates today, NYSC allawee was my first source of income. I neither ventured into any business as an undergraduate nor did I learn a technical skill. No regrets, only lessons to run with.
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Interestingly, before I started earning any income at all, I had mapped out what kind of relationship I'd love to have with money, thanks to Arese Ugwu's "Smart Money Woman" which I read in September 2018.
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This is my first serious brand strategy-inclined tweet and I'm open to as many discussions as this thread would bring.
Let's talk about Brand Essence or the Big Idea of a brand.
Case studies: Durex and Gold Circle 🤓
🧵
#4CWM
#brandstrategy
#branding
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My passport is still breathing in the pink nylon I carefully wrapped it in, safely tucked away in the pocket compartment of my Ecolacs bag. Everyday, I'm reminded that this pricey document would expire in Jan 2025, yet, I've not had any need to use it to travel out. 😂
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I had had it all planned out the previous year and had been saving 3k every month from my NYSC allawee, just to make sure I got the passport before leaving the State. (You know why, right?)
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I'm super glad to announce that I'm one of the 18 authors that
@inkedingraypub
would be publishing later this year.
Introducing our Affection-themed Anthology Authors 🎉
We will be showcasing 18 authors in our anthology collaboration with
@wocwritingcircle
!
Tentative release date of late 2024.
Watch this space for more information such as blurbs, pre-orders, and more!
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@temmyjayy
If I'm the wife, I'll kiss me right after taking the seat with "oshey my dear."
To ba wu gbogbo bus passengers ki wọn lọ p'okun so.
🚶♀️🚶♀️🚶♀️
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My dream house will have a library like this 😍
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With my transcript & international passport, I applied aggressively for scholarships. Some of my graduate applications came back positive, (I even got 4 admissions from 4 different UK universities) but none of my scholarship applications met the mark. Tough times, I tell you. 😩
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As the year progressed and the what-next-after-nysc virus spread like wildfire, I had to find something else to do while still applying here and there. It's been 3yrs now, and I've gone from 2 full-time jobs (teaching and writing respectively) into freelancing and brand strategy.
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And so, when my first allowance came in in June 2019, I already knew how to allocate my funds and what amount was going to enter each account. Never mind that the allawee was
#19
,800. With my resolve, you'd think the money was more.
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Everyone knows me as a great writer today, because someone invested in my growth years back.
While there's been many individuals who have supported my career journey this far, I won't stop mentioning and celebrating
@J_Chiemeke
who actually got me started in this path.
🧵
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Writers are putting more than a decade of research into writing brilliant books you'd read in only a few days.
Chale, put some respect to that name.
Or if e easy, do ham. 🤗
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First job: Teach for Nigeria Fellow
Current job: Freelance Writer; Editor; Brand Strategist
It’s Worker’s Day today!🥳
What was your first job vs What are you doing now?
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One lesson I learned earlier that has only made sense to me recently?
Well, it is to not go to school to just read and pass. Start learning things school won't teach you, right there, while you're still in school.
The earlier, the better. 🤗
#winwithwinnie
#40daysoffullgrowth
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I got my first ghostwriting gig in October this year. Started the writing on Nov. 1st. Finished it on Dec. 15th. Delivered on all tasks as and when due, while taking my client along every step of the way.
What made everything seamless?
@FullgapCo
✊
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So on January 25, 2020, a day after my mom's birthday, I left my PPA (Badariya) and went to the Immigration Office (Gwadan Gaji) to get my international passport. Shout out to
@_lpraiz
who stood in as my referee and had nothing but encouragements to offer all through ✊
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And then, a big miracle happened in 2020. You'll ask me what. 😎 NYSC increased corper allawee from 19,800 to 33k. Good times fr fr, but I had only 4 months to go as a corper. "Time to act fast, Winnie" I told myself.
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By November, I took some money from my "education" account and processed my transcript. Then I continued saving again because I still had one more document to get: the international passport.
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Well, I saved 3k monthly from my allawee and kept it in an account I tagged "education" to process documents like my transcript and of course my international passport. You see, I wanted to pursue a second degree outside the country at the time.
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Got published by my dream mag in April;
@IseleMagazine
Few months later, my application as an Editorial Intern at the same mag was successful.
Doing amazing work with
@chiraagjs
,
@BabikwaEma
, and Barakat Jooda.
#winwithwinnie
Brag about yourself (African creatives edition)
Let’s have it. 😊
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@ChefEneSoulfood
@Moskeda_Pages
My mother didn't actually split bills. She CARRIED all of it. Sad!
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I was served breakfast very early this morning. It's the last two lines for me sha 😌.
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Here 👇
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10 Yorùbá surnames I have heard and loved:
1. Durokifa - Wait and eulogize Ifa
2. Ikudeyin - Death, get thee behind me
3. Ehinmoro - I thought of the past
4. Towobola - Put your hand inside wealth
5. Erinfolami - Elephant shakes with wealth
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We used to write each other's social media content and post on the other's behalf. No one found out. 😂
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I specifically told
@chinonso_nzeh
not to be finer than me in any of these pictures. So here goes. 😌
#AkeFest23
#AkeFestival
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I did a thing yesterday. 😇
And I want to do more. ✌️
#artsnchill
#artsnwomen
#iwm
#nonfiction
#reading
#mother
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Again, I have about 3 works I've been recycling since 2020 that MUST find a home this year.
So, if you're;
1. A writer
2. With 1 or 2 of such kinds of works
3. Willing to workshop your piece(s) with me
Kindly indicate!
PS: We'll critique each other's work, leave comments, etc
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Today's my mother's birthday.
The woman in whose car I arrived in this world.
Iya Ibeji, obinrin aridunnu to nṣe ìtọjú ọmọ. Iya mi, o ṣeun tó o wà mí wá s'ayé yìí.
Happy birthday màámi 😍🎉🎊💛
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Yoo! This essay finally found a home.
And yes, it was my first acceptance of the year.
"Mother" is forthcoming in Ilford Review in a couple of days.
So guys, help me and follow
@IlfordReview
today!
You can submit your works there too. They pay, so why not? 🤪
#winwithwinnie
There's this essay I wrote about my mother that MUST find a home. Like, nkan to ba gba ni ma fi fún at this stage.
God abeg 🤲
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How I showed up for my mom's retirement thanksgiving in church. Sweet sixteen 😍
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LinkedIn is a goldmine, you guys. Don't sleep on it.
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Abubakar really said "Whoever is your tailor, tell him he did a great job" and Servio said he's read my work somewhere. 🫢
#AkeFest23
#AkeFestival
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Yeah. Daz me 🙈😁
Introducing one of our performers at Arts 'n' Women!
Experience her work live at the event this Saturday!
Reserve your tickets now at so you don't miss out
#Agbowo
#ArtsnChill
#ArtsnWomen24
#IWM
#Women
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Applying for a job is a job in itself. Don't get tired. Rooting for you!
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See this padlock.
Baba said he bought it in 1993. This cast iron senior me fgs 😭
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@michaelinioluwa
And I just vented about it on my status yesterday 🤣😭
Rejections try to kill me, but I always rise again on the 3rd day
Chaya 🙌
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I wish more literary writers understand that getting their work rejected doesn't always translate to: "Yoo! This is full of shit. You suck at writing."
My work as an editorial intern
@IseleMagazine
has enlightened me.
Don't stop writing. 🫵
#winwithwinnie
#40daysoffullgrowth
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@rueuxdesign
They had to write "your own" in bold font sef, telling you we know it's your money oh, but you'll still write the essay sha 😂
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1k followers?
If it were on LinkedIn, I'd have posted a special design for the occasion. But it's X, and nobody send my papa. 😅
So do well to check my pinned tweet, check out my portfolio, and scroll down to see more of the kind of posts I make here.
Thank you. Power to you.✊
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"If you're not serious, you can not help yourself."
@AdesuaEtomiW
said this to me in a dream. 🤭
I'm not even kidding.
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Why does love, the absence of love, the end of love, the need for love, result in so much violence?
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See how beautiful the Yorùbá language is:
Olè (Thief)
Ọ̀lẹ (A lazy person)
Ọ̀lẹ̀ (a.k.a móínmóín)
Odò (River)
Odó (Mortar)
Ọ̀dọ́ (Youth)
Ibi (Evil)
Ìbí (Birth)
Ibí (Here)
Ìjì (Wind)
Ìjí (Shadow)
Iyà (Sufferness)
Ìyá (Mother)
Oró (Venom)
Ọ̀rọ̀ (Words)
Ọrọ̀ (Wealth)
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🙈
Trying out this heel again after one whole ass year. 😌🫣
My tiles don hear ham this morning. Sha ma danu 💁
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Follow me on LinkedIn
I want to update my LinkedIn cover photo.
Let me get serious with that platform.
Help me choose?
A or B?
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Since I've been talking names lately, my mind just couldn't help but to ruminate on the idea of analysing the etymology of Yorùbá names side-by-side with brand naming (as a concept).
Walk with me. 👭👫
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In October 2020, while Nigeria was celebrating 60years independence, I was wondering how corruption had eaten deep into the fabric of our existence and left us rotten. In my quest to find who spoilt Nigeria, I settled at my desk and wrote.
Today, "Who Spoilt Nigeria" is up here
Our latest anthology is now available for download at
It features works from
@w1n1fr3d_
@namse
@gabrieladimike
@oluwatoyinoduniyi
Edited by
@St_Johnkay
@EziomaKalu
@CeeKolabomi
@Levi1Eddie
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If there's anything I've learnt, it is that opening social media first thing in the morning affects your productivity level for the rest of the day.
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Read my latest feature article on Authors Publish.
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"Mother" is live.
Take a minute and read her.
In fact, you should take 10 minutes 😁.
Thank you and happy reading!
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Someone said I've taken personal branding and storytelling to a new level on Twitter.
Could it be because I'm working with Fá? 😁
#winwithwinnie
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No matter how uninteresting you may think your life is, it'll somehow make a beautiful story that can inspire someone else. 🤗
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"I don't like the way you walk."
"Your forehead is too large."
"Ah! You talk too fast."
Oga, park well. Somebody else will like me that way.
Bye-bye!
🚶🚶🚶
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Not my mom asking me to write her retirement speech.
"K'ẹyàn má lọ wà stranded nígbà tí mo ní writer."
This woman. 😅😂🤣
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I finally published this essay about my surname: Odunoku; its meaning and what it means to me.
My own Odunoku is from Ododeyo. I hear some Odunokus are from Ikorodu. I'm dying to meet one.
Like? Retweet? Tag your Ijebu friends?
Please! Indulge me!!
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Wale Ojo as Wole Soyinka slaps. 😁
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Whoah. My once crude CV now has a professional touch from
@BTDTHub
courtesy of the able 2iC and COO
@Oluwadunnii
. Thank you again for the GIFT. 😘
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The books I have written, or something like that. 🤪
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As an idea is dropping in your head, 10 other people are thinking of the exact same thing. I love it. This ... what shall we call it? 😁
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1 story down. 9 more to go.
I wrote this from the POV of a black bra, and I seriously can't contain my laughter.
Power to me abeg. ✊
E no easy.
#winwithwinnie
#40daysoffullgrowth
I remember saying I was going to publish a literary book next year.
I just feel that I have the skills and grit to pull it off, but I've been contemplating about it so much.
And now that the
#40DaysOfFullGrowth
challenge is pushing me to dedicate 10 days on a mini project,
🧵
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Behold...
My second read of the year: "Ògbójú Ọdẹ Nínú Igbó Irúnmalẹ̀" by D.O Fagunwa
A reread actually, and it's helping me buffer my brain's activities, in addition to revelling in the sweet language that is Yorùbá 😅 😍
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I just started watching How to Get Away with Murder, and I'm thinking about changing my username to Annalise Keating's trophy. 🤔
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