One of the major killers of Nigerian Authors is SELF-PROMOTION. Yes! Self-Promotion.
Truly self promotion is a must for writers of poems, articles books and so on. It is a good thing ever penning confrere should do.
However, it becomes the opposite of good WHEN you begin to see other writers as rivals. If you are truly passionate about the writing art for impact, then you should be passionate enough to promote other good writers you encounter online or offline. As for the budding writers which some call 'bad', don't kill him/her with criticism (though. He/she needs it). Pass your criticism to him or her as correction in love (also not publicly so as not to hurt his/her pride)
In a nutshell, if you call yourself a poet, a speaker, an author, and so on without been passionate about the progress of your fellows and budding writers, I call you a failure even if you're a best seller of millions of copy, even if you've won a thousand awards...
Apology to any who do get my message above.
My words above are strictly for the wise.
Happy SUNDAY from SUNDAY Abegunde O.
Remain blessed
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