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Managing Editor @IHLR | Ph.D. candidate at @TexasTech | 2023 @anaphoralitarts fellow | Marilyn Boutwell Graduate Award in Fiction. 🇳🇬 🇱🇷

Lubbock, Texas
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
3 months
Pachinko x Children of Blood & Bone. Set in Warwerri in 1929, the novel is about ✨a multigenerational family of women with the gift of an Ọwa (seer) ✨a witch coven ✨a fated love that’s both a blessing and a curse ✨ deadly betrayal ✨ freedom #YA #Q #H #questpit #SF #F
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Hi #WritingCommunity I guess we're doing this again. I'm Bibiana and I write cross-genre fiction. ✨ I am an undergrad English Instructor by day, writer anytime ✨ I write fantasy, sci/cli-fi, literary, slipstream, mythical fiction and poetry. ✨ I'm a website designer too 😊
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Hey #WritingCommunity if you are awake, I would love to do a #writerslift . What is your current #WIP ? Is it a novel, poetry collection, an article? Share with me in this thread and I would like, retweet, and follow. Please let us do the same and support each other.
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2 months
All the best for everyone participating in the #SmallPitch event today. I'm not joining this time around, but will support how I can. Let me know if you need a boost #amquerying writers.
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@BibianaOssai
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If anyone want support for #YouDeservepIt , let me know! I got some free time on my hands finally. I'm not participating but I'd like to support you. #WritingCommunity #amquerying
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@BibianaOssai
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Warwerri tells the story of a multigenerational family gifted with an ancient power of seers and astrals. It is set against the backdrop of oppression by a foreign regime and the ominous presence of the three sisters of ekwensu. #HistoricalFantasy #FamilySaga #questpit
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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Hi #amquerying writers participating in #UnhingedPit today, please comment if you’d like support for today’s event 🙂
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Bibiana Ossai O.
6 months
Hey #WritingCommmunity , it's that time again tomorrow and I've been thinking long and hard about whether to participate in the #questpit event. Let's support each other and if you are paticipating, do let me know. I think I'll participate also.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Hey #WritingCommunity - you all are amazing! Last time I did a #writerslift I hoped I'd get to 2,000 followers. Instead you got me to 1,361!! Is there any way we can get to 2,000?!? Post your current #WIPs for a retweet and follow for a follow back. #writers #authors
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Warwerri tells the story of a multigenerational family gifted with an ancient power of seers and astrals; set against the backdrop of oppression by a foreign regime and the ominous presence of the three sisters of ekwensu #PitchToDA #HFA #newadult
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Bibiana Ossai O.
4 months
Hello everyone, I have decided to participate in the #PitDark event with my manuscript currently on submission, please I'd appreciate the support. Thank you.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
6 months
Thank you to everyone for a wonderful #questpit event. I loved and enjoyed reading you all's pitches. I truly hope and pray that it all works out for you.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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Hi #writersoftwitter I would like to also introduce myself. I’m a Nigerian writer here in America and I enjoy writing short stories and poems in multiple genres like magical realism, horror, contemporary fiction, and historical fiction.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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I have been thinking about whether or not to share this, but I want to thank @keslupo for her kindness. You are one of the coolest people I have met so far in this #amquerying stage. I'd keep praying for your success.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Hey, #WritingCommunity #TGIF . Who's with me? 😊 Let's do a #writerslift I'm so excited to meet y'all and to know more about the work that you do and your writing. Share the links to your #fiction #poetry #academicwriting #art #books #websites Showcase your work!
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Women in your ancestral lineage have a supernatural ability, a witch coven is after this power, you fall in love with the cursed child of an evil forest and he kills your grandmother, while your mother is arrested for being rebellious. #UnhingedPit #OWN #F #YA crossover #Q
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Legend x An Ember in the Ashes Set in a dystopia Nigeria, Adaora discovers a celestial weapon while navigating the treacherous waters of her high school. She later uncovers secrets about her father's disappearance, mother's death, and a hidden network of rebels. #questpit #W #YA
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Good morning. I want to say a big thank you to everyone and the entire #WritingCommmunity for supporting me during my pitch yesterday #IWSGPit .
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I pray not to get skipped and ignored by agents anymore #amquerying writers 🙏
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Bibiana Ossai O.
3 months
Hi #amquerying authors, if you need support for today's #QueerPit , comment below. I'd like to repost and follow all amazing writers, and I wish you all the best. I pray that this works in your favor.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
6 months
In a fictional Lagos city, Detective Moni’s hunt for truth unravels a web of mystery: a mysterious phone call that leads to a gruesome discovery in a shipping port container, a shadowy enemy lurking in the dark, and lost memories of her Mom's death #LagosNoir #Thriller #questpit
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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Good morning, I want to say a big thank you to the #WritingCommunity for the support I received during yesterday's #PitDark event. I had so much fun reading everyone's pitches and I hope that something good comes the way of all #amquerying authors like myself.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 months
Hello #WritingCommunity , is anyone participating in #PitchToDA and would like to swap support?
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Bibiana Ossai O.
9 months
It's Saturday and it's January. How're we doing writers? Today's another beautiful day and opportunity. In light of this, I'm doing #writerslift . If you've any recently published short stories, poems, books, or anything available on preorder, drop a comment for a retweet & follow
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
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Hello #WritingCommunity It's a Wednesday but I would like to introduce myself for the first time. I am a #amquering writer. I love writing cross genre stories. A current PhD student at Texas Tech University, managing editor at @IHLR . Let's connect on Instagram: bibianaossai.
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Warwerri is about three generations of women and their inherited trauma and gift as an Ọwa—a seer and a vessel of Chuwku’s covenant. The novel is set in a fictionalized Igbo village in Nigeria, Warwerri, during the colonial era. #IWSGPit #HI #NA
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PACHINKO x THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x CIRCE A multigenerational family gifted with a supernatural ability deal with the deadly attacks of a blood magic witch coven, deaths of their loved ones, attack on their village women, and the dangers of love. #PitDark #NA #HF
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Bibiana Ossai O.
3 months
Thank you to the amazing #WritingCommmunity for the support in yesterday’s pitch event and thank you for liking my pitches. To all the friends I made yesterday, I’ll keep praying for your success.
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
@science_latte @AcademicChatter @PhDVoice I wish I understood the psychological impact that Ph.D. can have on me like the imposter syndrome and loneliness. Although there are communities and colleagues to help out, it is still a lonely journey.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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It's Shoot Your Shot Sunday #amquerying Anyone interested in an crossover historical fantasy fiction with Igbo mythology? ✨Pachinko x Children of Blood & Bone x Circe ✨Multigenerational family trauma ✨Witches ✨Strong romantic subplot ✨Enemies to lovers to enemies
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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Hi #WritingCommmunity with the end of #questpit , who would like to connect on Instagram? My id is bibianaossai. What's yours? I look forward to connecting with you on that platform.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
1 year
August is coming to an end, but I started my new job this week as a managing editor at @IHLR . I'm so excited!!! BTWs, submissions are open for the The Long Story Prize and NaPamo. Submit. Here's a picture of me at the office: #WritingCommunity #phdlife #PhD #readingcommunity
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Bibiana Ossai O.
1 year
@BillyRayB @bcyukonprizes Congratulations!!!👏🎉
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Bibiana Ossai O.
7 months
Here’s a picture of my two books for the month: a poetry collection and a novel @mafiasafia and @wordsiren ☺️📚. What books are you reading? #WritingCommunity
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
10 months
To my fellow writers and authors. You are not my competition. I admire your work. You inspire me. You teach me. You motivate me. Thank you all for the words you write and produce, for all you do, and the worlds you create. Have a great holiday and take care.
@candace_nola
Candace Nola
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To my fellow authors. You are not my competition. You are my inspiration. My peers. My colleagues. My supporters. My teachers. And I appreciate you all, for all the words you write, all the stories you tell, all the escapes you bring to the readers that need it. Be kind out there
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
@reshamkarfa I write for myself first when writing. What story do I want to tell? Agents and readers are not the first people on my mind. I write for myself and the characters. Maybe during the editing or revision process, that's when I consider editors and readers.
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
1 year
Since everyone's sharing, I would like to share too that my first AWP event proposal has been accepted. I'm so excited for the participants #AWP . It'll be virtual but still... @osahon4545 @AyadeLeon @Penprince_ exciting news for us.
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
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These days, I'm just writing. Not sure I even know what I'm writing anymore. I've just decided to enjoy myself and my writing 🤣. #WritingCommunity #amquerying
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
11 months
Some days, my writing feels like crap but I keep going 🙂. #WritingCommunity , how's writing going for you? Do you have any latest works or projects? Pls share in the comment so I can RT and like. I'd like to know more about you, your writing, and latest reads.
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
9 months
Wrote a very sad scene today and it made me cry. My own writing made me cry 🙃🥲. How's writing going for you? #writingcommunity
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
1 year
As a literary magazine editor, I have to reject writers' submissions while hoping that mine gets accepted for publication in a specific literary journal. It's tough but I love my job and reading the works of others. We always look forward to reading your work @IHLR
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
@ThePhDPlace Research. For me, I started by researching the various universities, programs, and department faculty to know what my options are and the requirements.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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These days, I am learning how to spend more time with and away from my short stories before sending out for submission. I used to be so eager to have my short stories published, but now, I am learning to be more patient. #publishing #litmags #shortstory #WritingCommunity .
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Bibiana Ossai O.
10 months
@archpaintings Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Okay, everyone. I know this is an odd time but what are you currently working on? Share your works/writings with me. I would love to read your work. #WIP #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading #writerslift
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Bibiana Ossai O.
5 months
Hello #WritingCommunity An amazing writer @MartinsDeep1 has received a scholarship offer for an MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Memphis, and he requires some financial support. Please click the link below support him. Thank you!
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Happy Sunday #WritingCommunity . I would like to get 1,500 followers and people to read my short story . I want to also do a #writerslift so, follow for a #RT and like, and drop a comment of your #WIP or any recent project. Merci!
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Bibiana Ossai O.
8 months
Tomorrow is the last day of #AWP24 . If I haven't seen you, please stop by the Iron Horse Literary Review booth 1211 tomorrow morning. I'd love to meet you. Also, feel free to share your booth number with me.
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Hello #WritingCommunity what are you working on? As for me, I am just writing and exploring characters and certain worlds. Share your #WIP or current project in the comment for a #writerslift this sunday. I will respond, like, and retweet. Fellow writers let's support each other.
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
@internetsoftie Yeah, I agree with @Tammirosebelko . I have felt this way before but I keep writing anyways. One thing that helps me sometimes is to fall in love with my story, the world, and characters. Also, every story is completely different.
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
What literary magazines are accepting short story submissions? Please if you know any, drop them in the comment. Thank you. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #fiction #submissionsopen
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Go read #WritingCommunity Identity in the 21st Century Nigerian Fiction: A Case Study of Blackass by Igoni A. Barrett @_igoni . Also, today is Thursdays #writerslift . Drop your recent #WIP for a retweet, like, and follow. Let's support each other.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
6 months
@keslupo Thank you!
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Bibiana Ossai O.
1 year
I'm so happy that I get to teach Intro to Creative Writing starting this Summer. I've been working on my syllabus and can't wait. #AcademicChatter #phdlife #teaching
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Bibiana Ossai O.
9 months
@chelsabdullah Happy birthday 🎂
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Good morning #WritingCommunity let us talk about mental health and writing. How do you motivate yourself to continue writing after multiple rejections? What are your writing goals? Do you have any mantra(s)? Please share as this can help other #writers . Thank you. Like & retweet
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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what do I do, when my memories of you are fading? How's it going #WritingCommunity #amquerying writers?
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Bibiana Ossai O.
9 months
@ianamikagautam Hello @ianamikagautam thank you for doing this. Here's the link to my website:
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Bibiana Ossai O.
10 months
⭐️ Happy news ✨ I'm happy to share that my short story is now available on @KalahariReview . I want to thank the entire team for appreciating my story and sharing it with the world. I would like to share the piece with you too, #WritingCommunity .
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
10 months
For me, characters are like real people. The more you write about them, the more familiar they become. In other words, I always know my characters at the initial stage of writing, but as the writing progresses, they become more familiar to me.
@TaylorLGrothe
Taylor Grothe - UPDATES ONLY✨Add HOLLOW on GR!✨
10 months
Q5: How long into drafting something do you feel you know your characters? Is it immediate, or does it take time? #QATalk
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Bibiana Ossai O.
1 year
For so long, I used to come to Twitter and I'd envy the publication news of other writers. Recently, I now come here to celebrate with writers who are making progress in the industry. Let's celebrate each other. We're all great. #WritingCommunity #writers #MondayMotivation
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Bibiana Ossai O.
9 months
Hello #WritingCommunity , Do you have any advice for great or excellent openings in prose writing (fiction or nonfiction)?
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Bibiana Ossai O.
5 months
@vivianavasiu92 Lol I've only had a sip of coffee my entire life and it was by mistake. I love tea ☕️
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
I was writing a scene in my story this story. The tension between the two characters almost got me boiling over. I had to let out a deep sigh. #amwriting How's writing going for you? #WritingCommunity ?
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
I just have to say that I really admire my self-published and indie authors for putting their work out there and going for it themselves. I hope y'all succeed with the amazing projects you've produced. #amwriting #fiction #writers #WritingCommunity
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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Mine has to be pacing too. I get it right sometimes, but not always.
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writers, i’m curious. what do you consider to be the hardest part of writing?? i’m talking characterisation, dialogue, world-building, those kind of things for me it’s pacing, it always stumps me no matter what i write #writingcommunity
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@rhursday You'll fine. You're an amazing writer and you'll enjoy amazing success as one. Keep writing and putting your work and self out there.
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@miriamvs @HydrasWake I like the build up in this dialogue. I am curious to know where they are and what's happening. I love the story already.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
1 year
@thealinakhawaja @HarlequinBooks Congratulations!!!!🎉🥳
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Bibiana Ossai O.
6 months
@andrea_knepper Psalm 30:5 - Your joy will come in the morning. Jeremiah 33:6: “Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.”
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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@temim I know exactly what you mean. I first read one of her books this year too and it was such an amazing read.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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Pachinko x Children of Blood and Bone x These Violent Delights. P.s. forgot to include comps in the original pitch.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 months
Warwerri tells the story of a multigenerational family gifted with an ancient power of seers and astrals; set against the backdrop of oppression by a foreign regime and the ominous presence of the three sisters of ekwensu #PitchToDA #HFA #newadult
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Would it be a terrible thing to say I do not love reading as a writer but I read because it is necessary to the practice of the craft? #WritingCommunity #Writer #ReadingCommunity
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Bibiana Ossai O.
11 months
@klhicks912 Yes, they do. Hopefully people get to read them someday 😉
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Bibiana Ossai O.
1 year
Not to reveal so much about this book but if you enjoyed reading "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe, you will love this one too. It's insightful, impactful, and a fun read. Remember the character who referenced this book on the last page of Things Fall Apart? #WritingCommunity
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
#WritingCommunity , Who has read "The Ballad of Black Tom" by @victorlavalle ? Or "The Red Hook"? If you enjoy #magicalrealism or #fantasy , I discuss postcolonial and magical realism elements in the Victor Lavalle's book. Read it and learn something new.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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Hello #writerscommunity Please I have a question about publishing. I'm thinking of publishing my short stories on my website starting next year. Would you still read the stories if they aren't published in popular literary magazines and what advice do you have for me?
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Bibiana Ossai O.
1 year
It's that time again. Happy blessed Sunday to all the amazing writers and authors out there. I'm grateful for the #WritingCommunity . I want to meet more writers and your latest projects or works in progress. #writersoftwitter , drop a comment so I can retweet.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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@BranwenOShea 🔥⚡️🌴
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
#WritingCommunity I have a question. Is there a rule that says you can use only a single point of view in a short story? What do you think 💭?
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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I’m working on being more expressive without fear☺️ #WritingCommunity
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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My characters are literally living my dream love story hahaha 😂. #WritingCommunity , what are your characters doing right now? Share with me, I need motivation 🩵 #amquerying
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
The Essence of Character Names and Naming in Fiction — BIBIANA OSSAI #WritingCommunity . Go read and retweet. Post your own projects, completed or otherwise below and I will retweet and follow #writersoftwitter #writerslift
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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@9ofPentacles "Patience produces fruit at the right season." This is what came to my mind.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Hello everyone, how's the writing going? I am currently working on a couple of short stories and trying new genres like sci-fi. What about you? Also, #WritingCommunity what are your thoughts on ChatGPT? My roommate asked me this question and I think it's useful for research.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
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I am learning that failure is okay as long as I get back up and rejection is too, as long as I don't give up. Dear #WritingCommunity let us keep chasing our dreams.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
3 months
@jesssica__berg Just submitted mine. Fingers crossed, you love it.
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@KentPriore Please, do not give up. Your manuscript will eventually find the right agent. Rejection is part of the writing process. So, keep writing for yourself and keep sending out your work. The moment, the agent, and the publishing contract you are waiting for will come to you soon.
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Bibiana Ossai O.
11 months
@wiseconnector It's in the 13th line
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@AuthorJMorrison Well, I am sure God has a wonderful plan for you. Thank you for sharing your experience. Everything has its set time. I pray that whatever path you take will be blessed and I look forward to reading your book.
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
11 months
Fighting!! to everyone participating in #pitdark and #moodpitch . I'll do my best to support y'all and I hope this will be your moment and a blessing to you.
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@BibianaOssai
Bibiana Ossai O.
2 years
Hello #WritingCommunity go read this post up on my blog and if you have read any of the books, please leave a comment on how you read/engaged with the texts.
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