Wanjiru Waithaka

I completed writing my third novel Silencing Anna two months ago. Finishing a manuscript always feels great but it’s followed by a post writing phase that I call withdrawal stage. After months of immersion in a world of your creation where you control everything, coming up for air to face the real world is sobering. […]

When people ask me what I do and I tell them I’m a writer, it elicits the funniest reactions sometimes. Like the time I visited my old employer MRM (Mabati Rolling Mills) and Eunice, a good friend, almost fell off her seat when she asked me who was in my book A Profile of Kenyan

Whoever said age is just a number should be shot. Or boiled in hot oil. Or made to walk barefoot on sharp rocks until his feet bleed. You get the drift. It’s taken me 43 years to finally get why people (especially women) lie about their age. It’s taken this long because as a writer,

Laura Miller, a senior writer for Salon makes some good points in this article. The para that really spoke to me is “…but the one thing they definitely won’t learn is how their work will be read once it appears in the outside world. There, it will most likely be entirely ignored. There, even close

I generally love bikozulu’s writing but this post really spoke to me. Felt like he was talking about me. Even though I’m a kindle guy I sometimes walk into Bookstop at Yaya Center, and just stand in the midst of the shelves and smell the books. Smell knowledge. Smell great minds. Smell nights that these

I should be worried, stressed, panicked even, but a strange calm fills me. A serenity that the reality of my financial situation cannot penetrate. I am chasing leads on a number of writing projects, none of which seem to be in a hurry to materialise. Meanwhile, my dwindling bank balance flashes like a neon light,

John Mwazemba, former CEO of Phoenix Publishers Ltd argues that traditional publishing is still the best option for most writers. He offers tips on the best genres for self publishing for writers determined to go down this path. Please compare traditional and self publishingMwazemba: with self publishing you are your own boss and set the

I am deeply angry as I write this. I have been angry for weeks because so many things are not working out the way I expected. Authoring three books and still not seeing light at the end of the tunnel will do that to a person. Expectations. Now there is a recipe for frustration. But

How time flies. In just over 3 weeks, my third novel Silencing Anna will go on sale on 3rd December 2022. I am excited to share with you the book trailer. I’ve never done one of these but it came out so well. I am celebrating 17 years since my first novel The Unbroken Spirit

Nothing compares to holding the first copy, hot off the press, of your new book in your hands. No matter how many times you publish a book – and I’m now on my sixth – that rush when you see the culmination of all your hard work is like nothing else. I was at the