It’s been a good year! I won 2023 Writivism Prizes poetry prize, I’ve two forthcoming poems, a fiction & an interview on my writing journey. Before these forthcoming works get out, you can read some of my previously published works here. XOXO.😊 linktr.ee/DamilolaOmotoy…

One of the worst parts of being alive in this era is being ruled by deeply incurious people when the universe is absolutely teeming with wonder. We can’t even think recreationally anymore

Thought of The Day.

This is me with a wig. That is all. Buy books. Be kind to strangers. Have a good day!

The Writers' Museum On Lady Stair's Close, Edinburgh.

The current opening line of my WIP is: "Screw the rules." This genuinely fits the narrative - but it is also ABSOLUTELY because I got so sick and tired of all the conflict about what a writer is 'allowed' or 'not allowed' to do in the first line of a novel 😂😬😇

Many have shared with me stories of finding letters written by their grandparents that read like the works of great authors. Orwell says that in the 1940s, kids were reading Dickens, Doyle, Defoe. You don't need Harvard to obtain a world-class education. You just need to read.

A health update from Nick Mangold...sending love to our guy 74

Former Jets center Nick Mangold announced today that he is looking for a kidney donor with Type O blood.

I, Too BY LANGSTON HUGHES I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. Nobody’ll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then.

I once asked an elderly woman what it felt like to grow old — to know that most of her years were now behind her. She smiled and said something I’ve never forgotten: “I’ve always been the same age. The voice in my head never changed. I’m still the same girl I was at sixteen,

Halloween Queen 🎃

Rebranding my newsletter “Dear Heartfelt Creatives” This year has been all about creating cozy corners on the internet for people that allow for people to be celebrated at their best and receive grace when they fall short (as we all do) That’s what matters most to me 💛

My writing massively improved when I stopped worrying about being successful & started writing stories I cared about. Stories that interested me. Stories that were sad & silly & emotional & fun all at once. Write for YOURSELF, first & foremost. That's where the magic happens ✨

I feel like sharing what I've learned as an Independent author. I do not feel like getting attacked for sharing.

After a week of feeling down and unmotivated, I wrote a short story and submitted it tonight! Almost 4K words. We’re back, baby!!!

Natural finds. Beachcombing as it used to be.

In our age, science has extended life expectancy, technology has brought continents closer, and knowledge has opened horizons once thought unimaginable. Therefore, allowing millions of human beings to live—and die—stricken by hunger is a collective failure, an ethical lapse, and

Yoda wants you to acknowledge that of all the things you could’ve been called to do in this life, you were called to be a writer, and he thinks that’s pretty pawesome. 💚