๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐: ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
2025 was a transformative year behind the keyboard.ooh the high-energy momentum of seeing pieces go live in ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ช๐ด๐ช๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ข ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ and, my debut non-fiction piece finding it's forever home at ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. Between the quiet hours of drafting, and watching a short story convert to a TV show; I've been reflecting on what it means to be a working writer in today's shifting digital landscape. The recent awards and recognition in the Tell Her Story ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ alongside other creative women in Africa were a humbling highlight. However, the real reward has been the dialogues sparked by the stories I write. I have perused blogs discussing themes, Book Riot for instance, categorised Mumbi's Rapture among the six Sci-Fi stories to read. Each of these commentaries have challenged the 'algorithim' of my creative process. ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฐ...
