It has been a minute and half since I wrote a novel (last seen in secondary school plagiarising wattpad books) but I am back and I have (almost) conquered the dating scene with Nasirumbi.

Also, the title has changed as this will have two books after.

Book 1: To all the girls she was
Book 2: To all the girls she lost
Book 3: To the woman she will be

Knowing myself and my indecisiveness, the title is likely to change again. Please do subscribe to my blog for updates. x

What inspired me to write a chick lit?

It all started when I was born…

Jokes

I was largely inspired by the piss-infested waters of the Blantyre dating pool.

I am so serious.

People in relationships are in ‘the streets’, married people are somewhere between the actual roads and the pavements and someone emptied their bowels into the community dating pool.

In short, I do not recommend.

Those garbage-laden, dimly lit sidewalks with two working streetlights in a 5 mile radius and four stray dogs named ‘poppy’ is where our story is set.

Of course, heartbreak is inevitable and our lead babe, Nasirumbi, will find herself fighting for her life in those murky waters. From the author (me), it is a definite must read!

Did I include any references from actual incidents?

Yes.

I summed up all my friends into one person, June.

Her clown behaviour is the total of the circus my friends have been running for years.

I could have sworn they had it patented.

BooBoo the fool, Pennywise, Bozo the clown, Krusty the clown etc.

I love them and I may have participated in said clowning contests sometime ago (far from the public eye), and June is our personification.

For all the times we accepted tainted love labelled free, for all the love we poured into cups not meant for us, for all our misguided attempts at trying to save others from themselves.

My girls, we have had a good run!

A big shoutout to the partners we found (and continue to find) that bandage and heal wounds they did not inflict.❤️

When will it be available and in which formats?

I am aiming for 60,000 words.

I have never written those many words for a single book and I am finding it exciting to challenge myself in that regard. 1500+ words a day is where troubles begin.

Nonetheless, I will be done writing 5 May 2024 and editing should take me through until 10 May (maybe). I’m not sure it will be available as a hard copy yet as I am still fighting to get “After the clouds, the sun” to you.

I will probably have it as a soft copy until we can get everything together and ticked off, and then we can consider hardcopies.

It’s been a rough year filled with hope, a paradoxical reality for me.

Still, we write!

From my paper filled desk to yours, see you all at the end of this book!❤️