On Writing and Life

Welcome to my blog! My name is Tolulope Popoola, and I'm a reader, writer and lover of books and literature. I used to be an Accountant, until I rediscovered my love for writing and became a full-time writer in 2008. I'm the author of the novel Nothing Comes Close, a contemporary romance story set in London, Milton Keynes and Lagos. The story is based on some of the characters from the In My Dreams It Was Simpler online series. I also write flash fiction (see a collection here), short stories, poems and articles for magazines.

In addition, I'm a Writing Coach and Publishing Consultant with my own company Accomplish Press. I help other writers to accomplish their own writing and publishing dreams too.

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My Other Blogs

A Girl's Journey Down The Aisle

Choose to be Happy
Favoured Girl's Blog

(Female) Family Politics
In My Dreams It Was Simpler

TEMMY : Last Chance at Happiness

My Short Stories

DIVINE INTERVENTION
LIFE'S FAIR KNOCKS
AFTERMATH
FINANCIAL WOES
TEARING ME APART
MY DILEMMA
BOY MEETS GIRL
I'M LEAVING
REGRETS
LUNCH BREAK
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE
VALERIE
WRONG BLOGGER CONNECTION
FAMILY TURNS

My Poems

ALL THAT SHE IS
I'M HUMAN
REFLECTION
IDEAL WORLD
TIME IS TICKING

My Blog List

Brittle Paper

The Tango of Dissonance Between Generations | Melody Tobi-Makinde | Essay - A few months ago, one of the writers I hold in the highest esteem—CNA, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—made a press release leading up to her new book that has ...
20 hours ago
Jane Friedman

Why Fictionalize Memoir? - A writer wishing to bear witness and breathe new life into her family’s stories compares how three authors blended memoir with fiction.
1 day ago
The Creative Penn

Writing Short Stories, Publishing Collaboration, And Podcasting, With Clay Vermulm - What if you could turn a monthly writing challenge into a successful book collaboration—all while recording the entire creative process as a podcast? Wha...
4 days ago
Anne R. Allen's Blog

Interview With the Great Terence Stamp, RIP - by Alicia Street and Terence Stamp I was so sad to read of actor Terence Stamp’s death this week at age 87. Early in this blog’s history, we were honored...
5 days ago
Mary Okeke Reviews

The Pole, 2023, J.M. Coetzee **** - What happens when love tries to bloom between two people who don’t speak the same language, literally and emotionally? In The Pole, Nobel laureate J.M. C...
5 weeks ago
Blog | Accomplish Press

Featured Essay – My Role Model: Serena Williams - Welcome to another week of amazing creativity from the students of our Creative Writing Club! This week, we are sharing a narrative essay, where the stud...
1 month ago
Blog | Lola Jaye's Website 2012 | Author

The Manual for Good Wives - Everything about Adeline Copplefield is a lie . . . To the world Mrs Copplefield is the epitome of Victorian propriety: an exemplary society lady who w...
6 months ago
Africa Unchained

Why Did the Industrial Revolution Happen? - Oliver Kim - Why did the Industrial Revolution happen? Why, for the past two centuries, have hundreds of millions of people moved off the farm and into factories? St...
8 months ago
Lara Daniels

Literary Events in Abu Dhabi: A Guide for Authors and Readers - Living in a 4 bedroom property in Abu Dhabi provides the perfect base to explore the emirate's flourishing literary landscape, which has transformed dram...
9 months ago
Seth's Blog

The paradox of insular language - We often develop slang or codewords to keep the others from understanding what we’re saying. Here’s an example (thanks BK) of the lengths that some are goi...
1 year ago
Creative Writing News

The Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship/ Worth (£18000) - The Miles Morland foundation knows that it can be difficult for writers, before they become established, to write while simultaneously earning a living. ...
3 years ago
David Gaughran

Facebook Engagement Bait and Shadow Bans - Websites try to keep your attention as long as possible, but the stakes are higher on Facebook where a drop in engagement can cost millions of dollars. O...
5 years ago
New Books Nigeria

Where’d You Go? by Kehinde Ademoye - WHERE 'D YOU GO is a collection of short stories about terrorism in Northern Nigeria. From Captain Shola and his men who are ambushed by killer herdsmen wh...
5 years ago
bookshy: an African book lover

On Eight Years of Blogging - Illustration by Nichole Kobi It's been eight years ... of extremely erratic blogging and unfinished ideas, but today I celebrate eight years of bookshy....
5 years ago
A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

Six Things Writers Need To Stop Worrying About - Some things don't change. When I got my start in this biz, way back in 2002, writers had to get a lit agent to get a publisher, then they did what their pu...
6 years ago
Fairy Godsister's Blog

A few reminders… - Quick thinking about some of the occurrences in the country over the past week, and decided to share some tweets here that summarise my opinion. That’s all.
6 years ago
BookRepublic

Why You Need To Take A Publishing Course - After you finish the first draft of your novel, the next thing on your mind would be how to get a publisher to have it on their list of fast selling titles...
7 years ago
Pa Ikhide

Beyond Mr. Trump’s Africa: An opportunity to truly engage Africa - Trump insulting us. Europe sending us away. Israel chasing us out. The Arabs enslaving us. Shame, you black African leaders for making us a laughing stock....
7 years ago
Elnathan John- The Dark Corner

HOW TO CELEBRATE IN DEPENDENCE - Darling Buhari, Before we entered a relationship, before we fell in love and you promised to Change my life, I used to give thanks every In-dependence day...
7 years ago
Authorsoundsbetterthanwriter

Watch Me Sing Live on BBC Focus on Africa!! - PS photos from the launch coming soon!
8 years ago
African Literature News and Review

Limpopo pastor sprays Doom on congregants to 'heal them' - The photographs were first posted on a Mount Zion General Assembly (MZGA) account‚ Rabalago’s church. Rabalago and MZGA could not be reached on Monday mo...
8 years ago
Aaron Patterson's Blog

New AudioBook & Book Review! (The Passage by Justin Cronin) - *NEW AUDIOBOOK!* Back in the year 2008 I wrote my first book: SWEET DREAMS. That groundbreaking novel turned into three and now I give you, the CROSS OVE...
9 years ago
Critical Literature Review

Exploring John Keats' Philosophy of Art in “Ode On A Grecian Urn” - *©Joseph Omotayo* *@omotayome for Twitter* *Ode on a Grecian Urn* celebrates the reality of still-life in art than the harsh realities of normal life...
10 years ago
Gbenga's Notebook

Gbenga Awomodu Speaks on #CareerLessons - On Sunday, October 5th, 2014, I was the Guest on Career Wise Consults (@careerwisenig)’s weekly ‘tweetmeet’, #CareerLessons where I shared some lessons/ins...
10 years ago
Dark Matters

Abuja's Poor Customer Service Culture - Courtesy of: The Africa Cafe. We often complain that Nigeria lacks a service culture and it's true. Who hasn't had to endure long waits at a restaurant, ...
11 years ago
The Bookaholic Blog

Goodbye...for now - Hello everyone, This is a note, to break the silence, to explain it, maybe. First, apologies for the long hiatus. We have been away for a while, our las...
12 years ago
OnePageWeekly

2012 in review - The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. T...
12 years ago
wordsbody

Adichie: Commonwealth Lecture 2012 -
13 years ago
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