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

Jane Friedman

What Sleeping With Jane Eyre Taught Me About Pacing - Going too fast is one of the biggest mistakes storytellers make. When you arrive at a moment readers have been waiting for, slow things down.
2 hours ago
Brittle Paper

Eloghosa Osunde Wins The Museum of the African Diaspora’s 2023 African Literary Award - Author of Vagabonds!, Eloghosa Osunde emerged as the winner of The Museum of the African Diaspora’s second annual African Literary Award on November 20. Fo...
6 hours ago
The Creative Penn

Subscriptions And The Creator Economy With Michael Evans - How might subscriptions help expand your author business ecosystem? What are some tips on encouraging readers to buy direct? Why is the future looking po...
1 day ago
Anne R. Allen's Blog

Helpful Writing Advice from the Pros - Writing advice to keep the turkeys from getting you down. by Ruth Harris Helpful writing advice— “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunatel...
1 day ago
Blog | Accomplish Press

The Bag of Money – Featured Story #1 - We are starting a new series, Featured Short Stories, written by students in the Creative Writing Club. Every week, the students in the club work on writ...
1 day ago
A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

Konrath Thanksgiving - Black Friday - Cyber Monday Kindle Bundle Sale - *Get all of my ebook box sets on Amazon Kindle for 99 cents each, November 23 - 28.* *THAT'S 33¢ PER BOOK!* Almost my entire backlist of fifty-four ebooks...
1 week ago
Africa Unchained

A Comprehensive Strategy to Strengthen Bioimaging in Africa through the Africa Microscopy Initiative - @Nature - In *Nature*: The Africa Microscopy Initiative (AMI) aims to promote the use of microscopy in biomedical research through facilitated access to instruments ...
4 weeks ago
Mary Okeke Reviews

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi ***** - This book tells the story of two sisters who were both born on the coast of West Africa during the Transatlantic slave trade. Effia remains in Africa, wh...
1 month 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...
2 months ago
Blog | Lola Jaye's Website 2012 | Author

The Attic Child hardcovers are now out in the UK & USA! - …And I am so grateful and overwhelmed at the reception it has received so far. Plus, all those videos and pictures on social media that readers have taken ...
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. ...
1 year ago
Lara Daniels

Yinmu - Coming to this space to share some reflections. Yin mu is a yoruba phrase which means to literarily roll one’s nose. When someone ’yin mus’ they do so most...
1 year ago
Fairy Godsister's Blog

I’m in love with my computer… - Brethren. First off it has been two years since I wrote on this blog. TWO YEARS. A baby born two years ago would have at least 20 words in their vocabulary...
2 years ago
New Books Nigeria

Crows of the Yellow Stream by Odili Ujubuoñu - Ikpeama is accused of stealing kola nuts, a crime against the gods of his people. If found guilty, he will suffer public disgrace, and lose his title and i...
2 years ago
bookshy: an African book lover

African Literature in Translation: Italian Edition - I've been learning Italian. Very slowly. I'm still pretty bad. No, I'm not being modest. Actually, I was not being honest when I said I'm still prett...
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...
3 years ago
Pa Ikhide

On Olusegun Adeniyi’s book on forced migration: From Africa’s frying pan to Europe’s fire - You should get a copy of Olusegun Adeniyi’s new book, From Frying Pan to Fire: How African migrants risk everything in their futile search for a better lif...
4 years ago
BookRepublic

JOB OPENING IN A PUBLISHING HOUSE - A fast growing publishing firm in Ibadan is recruiting for the following roles: Marketing/Publicity Officer Responsibilities: Assist with developing th...
4 years ago
Elnathan John- The Dark Corner

I LIKE YOUR RESERVES IN PARTICULA - Dearest Buhari, I am swooning. One of your propaganda secretaries just sent a message telling me about your massive foreign reserves hitting new billions. ...
5 years ago
Critical Literature Review

“Are You Not A Nigerian?” By Bayo Olupohunda - ©*Joseph Omotayo* Nigeria is a country of momentary happiness with gloomy footnotes. Bayo Olupohunda’s *Are You Not A Nigerian?*captures the depth of the...
5 years ago
Authorsoundsbetterthanwriter

Welcome to Lagos is COMING TO AMERICA!! - *Brooklyn, NY: Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 at 7pm *WORD Bookstore 126 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222 in conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of *...
5 years ago
African Literature News and Review

Why witch hunting, killing are increasing in Nigeria - I grew up in a community where people believed in witchcraft and occasionally I witnessed elderly women tortured or abused for allegedly perpetrating w...
6 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...
7 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...
9 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, ...
10 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...
10 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...
10 years ago
wordsbody

Adichie: Commonwealth Lecture 2012 -
11 years ago
Amwriting Blog | Amwriting Blog

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Adura Ojo Presents

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Writers Afrika

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Danuta Kean

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Random Musings

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A Thousand Miles...The First Steps!

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