Author Rita Akoto Coker Shares Romantic Escapades of Her Great Grandmother in Fiction

My guest author, Rita Akoto Coker started writing in 1980 in Toledo, Ohio where her husband was pursuing his Masters degree in Engineering. She had not started work after graduation from college was bored sitting at home and watching soap operas.

Since then, Rita Coker has written three romance books with a fourth, which is the last part of a trilogy still being reviewed by the publishers. She ascribes her inspiration to her great grandmother who was the Queen in their home town who regaled her family with romantic escapades of the royal court when they were growing up. It still brings back memories. Rita also desires to educate readers about African history and the way our ancestors used to live before European colonization.

Author Interview - Feyi Aina on Love's Indenture

Olufunmilola Olubunmi Adeniran, aka funpen on Naijastories, is the author of 'The Penguin Close Bully' one of the stories on 'Our Ram is Haram' from NS publishing. She now writes under the pen name Feyi Aina, and recently placed some romance titles on Okada books.

One of the books, Love's Indenture is about Jaiye, whose favorite pastime is antagonizing her father in ways that embarrass him. Fed up with her, her father forces Jaiye into an arranged marriage with a mechanic in order to teach her a lesson. Initially angry, in time, Jaiye begins to discover that her new husband is much more than just a mechanic, and their marriage more than just a sham.

Check out a preview version of the book on Okadabooks, which I thoroughly enjoyed btw, and read more about Feyi Aina and her books below...

Book Spotlight - 52:Loves - One For Each Week [A Collection of Stories and Poems]

52:Loves is an international collection of short stories & poems, one for each week of the year. [illustrated]. No matter which country, or what genre, the authors are united in their creativity and passion for love.

Included writers are from Austria, Australia, China, France, Germany, Guyana, India, Ireland, Spain, the UK, the USA, and Zimbabwe. Most are published writers. Of special interest to us here at RML is a friend of the site, Ndaba Sibanda who has three entries in the book, Tiger Cub Love, The Tongue And The Saliva and River Love

New Book - A Scoop of Love By Unoma Nwankor

Unoma Nwankwor is a self- proclaimed romantic. She is passionate about telling stories that are uplifting and life changing sending the message of faith, hope and love. Her readers are in love with her unique way of telling stories that capture the essence of her present home base; Atlanta Georgia and her Nigerian culture. Her stories which center on forgiveness, faith and hope have been described as a fusion of faith, romance and African spice.

Sean Lowe on 3 Moments He’ll Never Forget from His Fairytale Wedding

This is an exclusive guest post written by The Bachelor’s Sean Lowe for romancemeetslife.com. Sean fell in love with Catherine Giudici on the reality TV series and they married in a nationally-televised fairytale last January. But this is just the beginning for the newlyweds.

In his new autobiography, For The Right Reasons, Sean tells all about the backstage drama that fuels The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, how he overcame heartbreak to find his true love, and the personal struggles and Christian faith that have made him the man he is today.

Ms Unlikely By Remi Roy – Author Interview

Remi Roy is a writer and author who grew up in Lagos, Nigeria as the last of four children. She used to work as managing editor for a magazine and publishing firm, and has just finished her Master’s Degree in Emerging Media and Communications in a Texas university. Ms. Unlikely is her first book and I'm just as excited for her as she is.

I have known Remi for a few years now, first through Naijastories.com, and when I read the first chapters of her new book, it was amazing how much she's matured in her writing. Ms. Unlikely promises to be a lovely book and I can't wait to finish it. Till then, I asked Remi a few questions about it. Check out our exclusive chat below...

Chioma Iwunze-Ibiam - Finding Love Again [Author Interview]

Chioma Iwunze-Ibiam describes herself as a hopeless romantic. But not that she would want to change that. She lives in Enugu with her lawyerly husband and her pretty, hyperactive daughter.  Finding Love Again is her first novel with Ankara Press. She's also the blogger at creativewritingnews. Enjoy our author interview with Chioma on her journey to birthing this book...

- What inspired you to write this book?

The uncertainties of life. I am fascinated about how life throws us into the unexpected situations, how we find love in the most unlikely places and how we resist unconventional love.

Thread, This Wordweaver Must : A Collection of Poems By Ayokunle Falomo

Ayokunle Falomo is the author of Thread, This Wordweaver Must : A Collection of Poems. He started writing when he was about six. Ayokunle says it began with writing short stories, at times adapting stories of authors he enjoyed reading.

Later, starting from about age 9, he was writing and directing plays for the children department of the church he attended then. With the publication of his first book, a collection of poems, that word weaving has only begun to bear fruit. RML caught up with him for an exclusive interview which you can read below...

You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover and You Should! By Guest Author Jola Naibi

A book is a dream you hold in your hand
Neil Gaiman

The book cover is the first thing that the reading audience sees. It is their first introduction to the author’s oeuvre. It presents a snapshot of what to expect in the book without giving too much away. If you are a new and emerging author, you want a solid introduction to your potential readers and one way to do that is with an outstanding book cover.

Arkaz By Barakat Akinsiku - Book Excerpt [African Fantasy and Adventure]

ARKAZ is an ancient African adventure eBook that has been published by Barakat Akinsiku.
Barakat lives in Lagos with her husband, twin sons and pretty daughter. An avid writer, she relaxes by reading a good book, watching documentaries and sketching. In her writing, Barakat has a bias for all things romance and fantasy. So if you want some African flavoured fiction, she's your guy. Check out an excerpt from Arkaz below...

The Sex Life of a Lagos Mad Woman - New Book By Seun Salami

Remember The Son of Your Father's Concubine? Author Seun Salami is out with his second book titled, ‘The Sex Life of a Lagos Mad Woman.’ The new book contains twelve fiction stories largely about the sex lives of characters like a celibate priest, a ritualist’s apprentice, a born-again Pentecostal sister, a popular charismatic pastor, a lesbian on the prowl and others with diverse sexual experiences.

Still is a Book on Christianity, Suicide, Mental Illness and Alcoholism - Eniola Prentice [Guest Author]

Eniola Prentice was born in Lagos Nigeria where she began to pen her stories as early as nine years old, inspired by an eclectic group of writers. Her budding writing career was put in the back burner as she pursued her dream of becoming a medical doctor, completing her undergraduate degree in Chicago, Illinois and her medical degree in Washington, DC.

However in the third year of medical school inspired by the holy spirit or the voices in her head (she would prefer to blame God for this one) and the unique and inspiring stories of friends that became her family in medical school she began to write her debut novel and series, Still. She hopes that her writing compels challenges, inspires people and draws people to the Christian God’s redeeming love. Please read her exclusive interview with RML below...

Book Excerpt - The Break Up Recipe by Munir Bello

Amy Jacobs is the office hottie. A cute little blonde twenty something who is very friendly and quite frankly incredibly bangable. When we started working together the guys at the office took bets to see who could get her into bed. I’d like to state to the jury that I abstained from this exercise as I didn’t quite agree with objectifying a work colleague. Try as he might, Tate did any and everything he could to win this challenge. He would run out and get her lunch or offer to go for drinks with her after work. Nothing ever came of it. What made it even sweeter was that I was always within hearing distance when he got rejected. It meant he could never make up a story about giving her the brush off.

Book Excerpt - When You Let Go By Unoma Nwankwor

This was working out better than I thought. Amara had been gone for a little over half an hour. She had tried calling Ejike before she left but couldn’t get to him. Chinelo smiled because that meant Ejike had no idea that he’d be coming home to her.

As soon as Amara left the house, Chinelo took a quick shower and put on her blue jean mini skirt and a sheer white blouse. Despite the black tank top underneath, it still had the effect she was going for.

Moments later, she could hear the garage door opening. That must be Ejike. Amara couldn’t have made it back so soon.

New Book Excerpt - Honour Among All by Vivian Kay [Christian Romance]

After many years of happiness, Moni Badmus's marriage is crumbling and she doesn't know what to do. Desperate to save her home, she goes along with her husband's suggestion on how to spice up their conventional sex life.

A Cordial Invitation - NS Publishing Launches 14 Titles as it Hits The Market

Hello All (Bloggers, Readers and Friends)

INVITATION TO THE NAIJA STORIES BOOK LAUNCH HOSTED BY NS PUBLISHING LIMITED AND THE BRITISH COUNCIL

NS Publishing Limited in collaboration with the British Council is pleased to invite you to the launch of our branded Naija Stories fiction books. There will be 14 titles premiered on that day, 10 of which are collections of short stories from our highly popular website, www.naijastories.com

In Which I Find Myself on TVC

Soon after I arrived in Lagos last November, I attended a writing and publishing workshop as part of the Lagos Books and Arts Festival 2013. At the event, TVC was one of the channels there to cover it, and the producers asked for a quick interview which I granted. I do not have TVC at home, and it was friends that called or wrote to tell me they saw me on AfricArts, a TVC programme that promotes all things Art. Today, I finally learnt it has been on Youtube all the while. Enjoy...

Introducing the Naija Stories Line of Books and Short Story Collections From NS Publishing Ltd

Please forgive me if it seems I've not been consistent with RML, this is what I've been doing for the past two months. The business is now up and running and our products are out there! I'm tired, excited, raring to go, scared, a mixture of all these feelings and more. But I know the only way is up!

More details are coming soon, till then, below is our press release and I'd be very grateful if you can republish and share on your blogs, facebook, twitter, newsletters and more. Thank you!

Thread of Gold Beads by Nike Campbell-Fatoki [Guest Author]

Nike Campbell-Fatoki is a wife, mother of three, and author of Thread of Gold Beads. She works full-time as a budget and finance manager and is also the Founder and Creative Director of Eclectic Goodies, a home décor, party favors and gifts company. She was born in Lvov, Ukraine, and raised in Lagos, Nigeria and now lives in the Washington DC area. I enjoyed her book, which amazingly was her first, and it was great finding out the story behind it. Read on...

Kate Henshaw's Book Presentation to the First Lady of Cross River State

Kate Henshaw is from Cross River State, and to further promote her recently launched book [see pictures], Kate visited with the first Lady, Mrs. Obioma Liyel Imoke and had a small book presentation. A friend was wondering if Kate Henshaw wrote the book with the help of a ghost writer, but I later got to find out that it is a pictorial book, made up of mostly photos from Kate's life as an actress through the years. Congrats again to her.