#FridayFeature: Meet The Author - Dan Abubakar

Hello all,

It's Friday again, and today, for our #FridayFeature we get to meet the talented Dan Abubakar, the first male author to be featured this year 😊.

Let's get to know him in 10 questions below.

1/ What’s your name (Pen name if different), and what does it mean?

Dan Abubakar. Born into a multicultural multi-religious family, I probably have one of the weirdest combinations of names, they include Nurudeen, Oluwaseun, Abimbola, Bio. A combination that has often confused people, so as an adult, I've always kept it simple; my international passport and drivers license both say Dan Abubakar. My birth certificate says a little more. I'm not absolutely sure what all my names mean but I know Oluwaseun is "Thank God" or something like that, Dan is from the Old Testament and Nurudeen is from the Quran.

New Book: Lost In Time

Yay!!!

Yesterday, I finished writing my fourth book for the year titled "Lost In Time," (formerly 'Trapped In Time,' but I changed it while drafting this blog post, lol). The book is to be released on... I have no idea for now, but you'll be the first to know when it's time.

As usual, it's a fast-paced character/dialogue driven book that I wrote in under two weeks, because insomniac writing machine.

Its genre? Time travel adventure/suspense.

Why time travel? My writing goal has always been to write in different genres, but with suspense in it, and that's what I'm still doing. I had the idea for a time travel story some years back, but I only drafted a plot and left it because something was missing. I wanted to add a new concept to time travel, but I kept missing something.

So while taking a break after writing my last novel "When It's Murder," the 'something missing,' came to me and it made perfect sense. I could now add my new concept/theory to time travel. I dropped every other thing I was writing (especially the books I had initially planned to write this year), then got into the time travel craze.

I love the story, I love that I was able to create a new world, new rules, and new everything. I can't wait to share the book with you, and I hope you all love it too. I'll be posting bits of the story on this blog from next year... stay tuned!

Here's the book description to give you a bit of what to expect:
In order to change her fate, specifically her love life, and make the handsome celebrity singer Aurelian Phillip, who she turned down in high school fifteen years ago, fall in love with her again, Marina and her reluctant best friend Stan are convinced by a funny-looking man to go on a time travel adventure to the past.

After arming them with the dos and don’ts of time travel, they set off, but something goes wrong along the way and Marina finds herself in an entirely different world without Stan. She must evade those after her in the new world, find a missing person, retrieve a golden key, and race against time or she would be forever trapped in time.

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What do you think about the short description? I would love to give you more, but hate to spoil it for you.

Literarily Yours,

CMO.

Book Review: The Love Triangle

Book description:

Fola loves Jimi. Jimi loves Dolly...or Fola...or Dolly. The epic love triangle between the sisters and Jimi, that lasted two decades.
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“The Love Triangle” is a romance novel by author The Fertile Chick.

The title tells it all, so does the description, and that was the attraction for this book. The idea as a whole was very nice, but the delivery could have been better. The book seemed rushed, but it was because 70% of it was a flashback from almost, if not more than 15 years back. That’s a whole lot of narration, and little to no dialogue, in some cases. A lover of dialogue, that didn’t cut it for me, as it made reading and memorizing names and dates a tad difficult. So unfortunately, it was a tough read for me.  At the same time, I know it's not quite easy to write a 15-year story without cutting out a lot of things, otherwise, the book would get too bulky and tiring.

When It's Murder: Character Look Alike - Kevin, Karen and Michelle Lake

#Goodmorning #Wednesday

#CharacterLookAlike

If my book “When It’s Murder” was a #Hollywood movie, three minor but important characters, Kevin, Karen, and Michelle Lake would be played by Jussie Smollet, Meagan Good, and Sanaa Lathan respectively.

Just like Jamal Lyon, Kevin is cute, calm, and soft-spoken. He takes life easy and doesn't get upset until pushed.

Kevin's sister Karen, who returns from college because of some disturbing news, is similar to Meagan Good. Just Meagan Good character/appearance in general, gentle, soft-spoken, but would speak her mind when necessary and still appear calm. Maybe like her character as Jacqui Dandridge in “Deliver Us From Eva.”

Michelle Lake, the mother of Kevin and Karen, is similar to Robin in "The Best Man." She is pretty, but not too playful and isn't picky with her friends. She accommodates everyone irrespective of their story or history.

#comingsoon #14dec2018 #novel #movie #character #JussieSmollet #MeaganGood #SanaaLathan #story #mystery #thriller #writer #author #bookworm #whenitsmurder #wim #authorcmo #cmo

Literarily yours,
CMO.

When It's Murder: Character Look Alike - Sergeant Joe Kiddy

#Goodmorning #Tuesday

#CharacterLookAlike

If my book “When It’s Murder” was a #Hollywood movie, another minor but important character, Sergeant Joe Kiddy would be played by Jude Law. I loved his character in "Side Effects" as Jonathan Banks. His search for answers can compare to a detective or private investigator looking for answers. Plus Jude Law looks cool and sophisticated, so he wins the role.

Sergeant Kiddy is blackmailed into opening a case he never even knew existed. He is reluctant at first, but when fresh evidence lands on his desk, he takes things seriously. In the end, he is surprised at how deep things run, but he is able to solve the case.

#comingsoon #14dec2018 #novel #movie #character #JudeLaw #story #mystery #thriller #writer #author #bookworm #whenitsmurder #wim #authorcmo #cmo

Literarily yours,
CMO.

When It's Murder: Character Look Alike - Gab

#Greetings #Monday

#CharacterLookAlike

If my book “When It’s Murder” was a #Hollywood movie, a minor but important character, Gab Mason would be played by Andrew Garfield, similar to his character as Spider-Man. Plus I LOVED Andrew Garfield in "The Beygency..." the best Saturday Night Live sketch ever.

Gab Mason has no special powers, but he is young, intelligent, a techie, and a genius. One of his skills is what puts Emilia on the right track to finding her purpose, and another skill gives her an understanding of what she's dealing with.

Gab is Martins's son (Martins is the Varys of the book, lol), and together they make an amazing team, maybe just as how Spider-Man and Iron Man make an amazing team 😀.

#comingsoon #14dec2018 #novel #movie #character #AndrewGarfield #story #mystery #thriller #writer #author #bookworm #whenitsmurder #wim #authorcmo #cmo

Literarily yours,
CMO.

Please I need your vote: July 2018 Book Cover Award

Hello readers,

I hope you all are doing well 😊

Please I need your votes.

My book cover for "When It's Murder" has been nominated for the Alternative Read July 2018 Book Cover Award, and it needs your vote to win.

To help my book cover win, kindly click on this link to vote: https://bit.ly/2MIyhRk

Scroll down the list to find my cover and don't get tempted by the others... they are in different genres, lol. My book is the last on the list, but we can make it the first by voting for it and inviting others to vote for it as well. You can go back and vote every week until the end of the month.

Please share this with your friends/community as well, and help me win this.

Many thanks for being a part of my success story.

Literarily yours,
CMO