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  • How to get an ISBN in Kenya.

    Assigning an ISBN number to your book in Kenya Get an account with the Kenya National Library Service(KNLS)  ISBN service here: ISBN website Create a Profile, adding important personal details. You may also do this as a publishing company, you just need your business registration number. Once you are set up, click on the ISBN…

  • Atlantic by Phil Dass

    Atlantic Reta eased her running, slowing the treadmill, as she let her muscles relax in relief. Two minutes later, she went to her yoga mat for cool down stretching exercises, nimbly extending her legs and arms as far as she could.  Then she lay flat on her back on the yoga mat, her face and…

  • The Enchanting Violinist – 3

    Hiring the Violinist who sells Weaves in Kinoo. Phillip clutched his keys, his gaze taking in the quaint town Nyambura had chosen to settle in.  Kinoo was small, out of the city, but still close enough to major hospitals and the hustle and flow.  Having a major highway close was a plus.  Nyambura’s shop was…

  • The Enchanting Violinist – 2

    The Boiling Hot Day and Weaves with Celebrity Names Midday, the sun was high, almost suffocating.  The television newscasters were calling it an equator equinox, such a fancy name for boiling-hot, as in, step-out-into-the-sun-if-you-wanna-roast days.  The heat wave was making her stupid. Nyambura heard the fans working overtime above her.  Still, it sorta felt like…

  • The Enchanting Violinist – 1

    Multi-tasking : Gotta Make a Livin’ There was no water in the house. Nyambura sat at the dining table fighting the urge to scream.  Frustration was hard to escape.  Her Nairobi home came outfitted with two huge three thousand liter tanks, indoor plumbing and even a washing machine.  Granted that the washing machine and indoor…

  • The Unaffected Resolve – A 254Comic

    The Unaffected Resolve by Humphrey Osoro The Unaffected Resolve is an ongoing fantasy/action graphic novel series that takes you into the mind of Lisa Sagini, a lieutenant in the Kenyan army, her apprentice ,Orville Mukau, and the mysterious cat creature that accompanies them through their adventures as they try to survive the horrors thrown against…

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  • Longing to Heal the Earth – Day 13

    Longing to Heal the Earth  People don’t realize the earth is…alive, her grandmother would say. Before…when her grandmother was young, the world was lush green.  Thick trees grew tall, so tall, one couldn’t see the highest branch.  Green grass in fields, vast and wide, as far as the eye could see.  Her grandmother would run down the…

  • The Hyena’s Marriage – Day 12

    Prompt: Three children are sitting on a log near a stream. One of them looks up at the sky and says… The Hyena’s Marriage Three children sat on a log near a stream eating sweet ripe mangoes from their grandmother’s garden.  Mango juice ran down their chins, but none of them stopped to wipe it away,…

  • Day 6 – Laughing until my stomach hurts

    Funny ha-ha Do you consider yourself funny? What role does humor play in your life? Who’s the funniest person you know? 6- Laughing  until my stomach hurts When was the last time you laughed until you felt you’ll pee your pants? Think about it.  Really stop and remember that moment, and why you laughed until…