On writing advice

There is a cold hard truth, Short Story Day Africa does not have time to answer every enthusiastic up-and-coming-writer’s questions on how to be a writer and get published. It is not that we don’t love you all. We do. It is not that we haven’t been there. We have. There is a long list of people who I (the elf) will be eternally indebted to, people who took me under their wing and are – to this day – still guiding me along. (Handy tip: Be nice to those people.) Short Story Day Africa feels for you. Deeply. That...