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POETRY INVOICE ON A TALK WITH MARIAL AWENDIT

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INTERVIEW SECTION WITH A PROLIFC WRITER. I am Adeniran joseph, the HOST for today's interview section, & i am with my GUEST. Just keep calmn & relax. We are about to enter into the realms of this beautiful section. H:  Let's all welcome our GUEST, Mr. Marial Awendit G: Much thanks to the Admin(s) and members of Poetry Invoice!! H:  You're most welcome. G: Good evening!! H: Sir, let's quickly commence for tonight's interview. You're new here, & we all are eager to know you more, can you please introduce yourself briefly? G: Thanks. I am a poet essayist, fine artist and songwriter. A little that I can tell you . H: Indeed. We know a profile writer like you, don't talk much. Just brief, & sometimes, their pens do the talking... Ok. Sir, you said, you're a songwriter, still a poet essayist. Great. But, what actually led you into writing songs, and poerty? Which actually came first? G: It was songs that came first. I wrote a few g

BOOK PUBLISHING BY OLA W. HALIM

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BOOK PUBLISHING: WHAT TIME IS DUE FOR IT? BY OLA W. HALIM G: BOOK PUBLISHING — WHAT TIME IS DUE FOR IT? Getting your work READY for public consumption, as we all have related. I'll discuss this  topic under three main headings: 1. Drafting your book. 2. Editing your book. 3. Getting published. You know, everyone can write, but something, something specific, makes you an EVOLUTIONARY writer. One of them is PATIENCE and TENACITY. Because writing is a veeeeeery lonely, individualistic career, you need to motivate, encourage and inspire yourself most of the time. You don't get these things extrinsically... If you can't train yourself up to this level at this stage, you might end up not writing at all or producing a work that's not mature for publication. Which would be bad... Drafting your  book might be the most difficult stage. You spend time writing a book you find hard returning to, to edit. You can't get anyone to do it for you. So you assume, since you&