WORLD BOOK NIGHT!

On the 23th of April 2024 which was last Tuesday I almost cringed in fear when I discovered I was going to talk to some keen students at the Adult learning centre HARINGEY LEARNS based in Wood Green, London. I do my voluntary work there you see. The  talk was going to be about Thriller writing.

 Now, how did I get into all this? I wasn't prepared to deliver a short lecture on a favourite subject. But,  I was drafted  to do this job simply because another author scheduled to do the talk on World Book Night dropped  out at the last minute. I didn't care to ask who this was or why they did so. I guess I just reluctantly jumped at the opportunity to do this.

The whole idea was to take these adult learning students under my wing and then gallantly introduce them to the genre of thriller writing and what it entailed to write one. I remember doing that on the evening. And, that same evening I was instructed by my supervisors to introduce the group to the format of a crime thriller they were reading in class. 

The novel titled Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah was a book I hadn't come across until that point. But, I surprisingly did that with great ease. And, all that paid off beautifully because I was kindly asked by the same team at HALS to present my thriller novel Snake Amongst Shadows.  I guess it all worked out in the end because everyone went home happy. There were photos taken and they're all on the HARINGEY LEARNS webpage. I can't thank enough the English teachers at HALS. The likes of the wonderful Samantha Hobbs and the fantastic Rita Olivera. I hope to work with both of them again. I can't wait for that day to come. I can tell you one thing. The SNAKE AMONST SHADOWS will be back.   

 

 YEAH! This is COMING. SO, GET READY FOR A BLAST!

THE TRUE PATH TO A SUCCESSFUL SELF PUBLISHING PLATFORM

HALLO EVERYONE,

I can't believe the EASTER holidays have come and gone. 

How did you spend it guys? 

I spent the festive season reflecting, praying, thinking, and working on my business plan. I also decided revisit my mission statement too. 

However, before the holidays I took up some free courses and decided to volunteer for an Adult Learning Centre in Woodgreen to help adults learn English and speak it properly, 

Yes. I have been volunteering as an ESOL teacher at this leaning centre and I have been supervised by the best in there, I'm sure at some point I did mention I was a trained teaching professional and just like anyone else I like making sure my eye's on the ball. In other words  

I am aware of what goes on in the teaching profession or training world. 

The acronym ESOL simply means English for speakers of other languages. Anyway, this is just to say I'm back on the saddle again and looking forward to continue my exploits with my Creative Mechanics & Adventure writing (CMAW!) free funnel event at places like Coombes Croft Library and other outlets. 

I'm swinging back into action on the 4th of May. 

I will be discussing the true path  to build a successful self-publishing platform. I am also going to bring along some experts to talk about their experiences in alignment with the big world of self-publishing. It's going to  be eye popping and FUN! 

So, gear up people and come and learn. And more importantly come and find out where you fit in with this colourful event and the M.A.W! masterclass programme. For that is coming back. And, its going to be really exciting and EXPLOSIVE.

STAY SAFE!

CHIMA

NB: I can tell you one thing I enjoyed doing during the holidays. It was watching on telly the newest version of the hit musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR starring JOHN LEGEND and ALICE COOPER among other stars. I thought Andrew Lloyd Webber the creative genius behind this musical had done it again. It was bloody good. In fact, bloody brilliant!