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The Nothing Post

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So Let’s See, What Should We Talk About Today? Hmmmmmm! I’m a little indecisive right now, or rather, totally brain-dead, when it comes to what to share with you guys on Alien Fighters today. I mean, we’ve talked about loads of things. We’ve covered the series concept and our major villain, Xoxan. We’ve talked about Book 1, Bolts of Leadership. We even made an alien glossary list for the entire story. Okay, TBF, I didn’t cover everything in the book… Because how else are you gonna get surprised when you actually read it? How else are you gonna scream?? Cry even??? We’ve also talked about the publishing path I chose (spoiler: traditional publishing, baby ✨), and why I chose it. We’ve done two character spotlights on Christabel Aim, our Kitsune Bearer, and David Key, our Salamander Bearer. And probably a whole lot more that I can’t remember right now because I’m too lazy to scroll back and check. Oh right! We also sneaked in our very first excerpt. So what are we gonna talk a...
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What's New In Alien Fighters (Especially In The Book 1 Bolt's Of Leadership)?

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I would lie, but editing is actually good. I won’t say it’s fun, because that would be too much, and let’s be honest, there’s absolutely nothing fun about dealing with trauma, breakdowns, and full on impersonation syndromes all in one manuscript. But yeah… it is good. Writers like me out there know the drill. Editing gives us a chance to weed out blunders, chop down the word count, catch sneaky plot holes, and make our books shine brighter than a sparkly Voivalite crystal. Buuut then there’s the not-so-fun part: the sudden new shiny ideas trying to pry their way into your perfectly plotted story. And it’s not that the ideas are bad. No. It’s their timing. That terrible, traitorous, tragic timing. Here’s how it usually goes for writers like me: Me: Peacefully editing my finished draft. Brain: What if Anna didn’t eat the garbage? What if she just made them think she did? Idea: That way Isabella could just… Me: Ooooh. Twisty. Cool. But nope. Already written. Idea: But I’m bett...
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The Birthday Catastrophe

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Soo… did anyone catch it? The title of my return post on Wednesday actually said, "My Not-So-Grand Return (and Byday)." Even the fun graphic was yowling: "Happy 'Byday' to Great King Henry!" It was so obvious, I didn’t think anyone would miss it, unless you’re, like, really really dumb (which I hope you’re not). So, did you ever wonder why I did it? What it meant? Perhaps you did miss it, or chalked it down to an oversight or my usual dramatic flair. It wasn't. Thank you very much.  This was on purpose. Wanna know why? (Spoiler. I know you do.) So, you see when I was like seven or eight years old, I was living my best Lagos state life (in Nigeria). And back then, I actually used to call birthdays “bydays.” Everyone did! Especially the kids in my primary school.  Some even exaggerated it by calling it “baffday” (BTW, baff, means bath in our cool Nigerian English) because we had this ancient tradition (that began only God knows when) of pouring...
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Character Spotlight 2 (Bolts of Leadership: Alien Fighters Book 1)

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NAME: David Key CYCLE AT TAMS: Flame Cycle POWERS: Fire Manipulation MYSTARMOUR: Salamander WEAPON: Flaming Sword TEAM STATUS: Salamander Bearer COLOR: Red David is that one annoying friend. You know that one. The one you constantly wonder why you’re even friends with, and then remember it’s because without him, you'd smile like... half as much. Maybe not at all. He’s the human version of a candlestick: bright, quick to spark, and may be chaotic if left unsupervised. With just a mischievous eyebrow raise, he’ll light up your whole day. Though he knows exactly when to poke fun and when to shut up and listen. He’ll lend a shoulder when you’re down... and then roast you for it later. “Yikes, so there’s no rhythm in your life again? That’s bad.” Now, don’t get it twisted, David isn’t a full-blown prank devil like Fred and George from Harry Potter, or Hawthorne Swift from Nevermoor levels of chaos. But his antics? Yeah, they can rival them when he puts his mind t...
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My Not-so-Grand Return (And Byday)

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I ghosted you guys. Again. Admittedly so, and I swear it was NOT my fault. You see, I’ve been busy. Not saving-the-world kind of busy, but I try. Everything’s just been a little too daunting and overwhelming and ugh (aka annoying) lately, so I took a break. It started with my Instagram account. For some mysterious Meta reason, they keep suspending it like I’m some high-profile criminal. All those digital memories. Gone! Then I finally did something I’d never done before: I sent a request to be interviewed by a bookish website. And guess what? I got skeletoned. As in ghosted so hard, my bones are still rattling. Meanwhile, there's editing (yep, still stuck there). And of course, it brought along a barrel roll of shiny new ideas to make Bolts of Leadership better, which now means rewriting a good chunk of the book. All for the sake of originality and uniqueness.  The ideas? Great. The timing? Certainly not. THEN, about a week ago, I wrote a short Alien Fighters standalone...
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The Very Energy-Efficient Job of Editing!

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Hello everyone! No, no Rokus has kidnapped me (yet). I totally didn’t disappear from blogging for three days on purpose. Nope. I just got a little (okay, very) distracted by the book series I just fell in love with: Throne of Glass. And then I spiraled. Again. You see, I suddenly realized that her Wyrdgates and my portals might share a suspiciously similar vibe. Hmph. Aaaaanyhoo, I’ve finally decided to share where I am in the Alien Fighters series, as I promised a few posts ago. Blastttt the trummmpettt… ✨ Book editing and agent hunting! ✨ So, I started Book One back in December 2024, after I finally accepted that my previous book, The Dragon's Redemptor, wasn’t going to work out (read this post to cry along with me). And honestly? I didn’t think I’d ever finish Alien Fighters. My hope of becoming a published teen author died with The Dragons' Redemptor. (Spoiler alert: the hope woke back up before we could have a proper funeral. So, no eulogies and no caskets.) Anyway, like ...
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The Spectacular Origin Story of Alien Fighters (Part 2)

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Just in case you missed the first part of this epic tale, click here to read it. But if you’re too lazy to scroll or you’ve already read it (thanks a lot, loyal reader), here’s the teaspoon-sized version: When boredom attacked me with its very own army of Twelve Rokus during a Christmas holiday in my village, I conquered it by writing a Power Rangers fanfic. It starred my friends and me (I was the Blue Ranger, obviously), and our school became a ninja training academy. It was complete with zords, morphers (I couldn’t decide between belts or watches, so I used both), and a whole lot of aliens… just not a lot of worldbuilding.  Baby steps. Here are a few headshots of the book back then. They were three seasons. (Though, umm, rat has eaten the cover of season 1 and parts of it). Mind you, back then (that was 2022), I hadn’t gotten it into my head yet that I wanted to become a teen author. I was just writing for fun.  It wasn’t until later that year that the idea really hit me. (B...
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