Get To Know Me Tag - Writer's Edition

May 02, 2018

I'm... BACK!!! 

All my exams are over (okay, I only had three but still) all my assignments are done and I don't have to come back to school unless to collect the odd thing or two. 

I now have more time for blogging and stuff. So that's... good xD





I was tagged the adorable (don't cringe, Gray!) Gray Marie to do this tag. Thank you for this.





Rules: 

Link back to the person who created the tag. Savannah @ Inspiring Writes

Thank the person who tagged you 

Share the tag graphic (optional. Sure, this graphic doesn't match my  blog but guess what? It saves time)

Tag eleven bloggers. (obviously, I ain't gonna do that)




Vital Stats and Appearance

(pen)Name: Grace is my real name but I decided that my new pen name will be Adesuwa Osayande (or Adesuwa Grace, to reduce confusion. I'm going to change it on Blogger and other blogger-related social media one day- I promise!)

Nicknames: I don't really have nicknames. Sometimes people call me Gracie but I only really like it when I refer to myself like that

Birthday: (I wanted to kinda keep this secret but ah well xD) February 10th

Hair colour and length: Black, it's kinda shoulder length but not visibly so? 

natural hair GIF

It's very similar to this but for some reason, type 4 natural hair doesn't really show length accurately >.< So basically, it's longer than it looks

Eye colour: Dark brown

Braces/piercings/tattoos: I mean, I want to have braces but my Dad keeps saying no. I have a strict/conservative kinda family so no piercings or tattoos. Then again, I don't really like either, anyway.

Righty or lefty: Righty

Ethnicity: Nigerian (if you've been reading my blog for a while and you didn't know this... Lord have mercy)


Firsts

First novel written: 2011? Yup. Me and two other girls just wrote novels all year during class and break time that year. My teacher even made my entire class to write novels for a project for English class. Primary school was the BEST.

First novel completed: 2011. I think I wrote two novels that year. Or one the year before that and one in 2011.

Award for writing: None. And I'm salty about it.

First publication: None. And I'm salty abou- (this sounds way funnier in my head, I'm telling you). I think I might get published in my college's newsletter or something else by the end of the year.

Conference: None. Also salty about this.

Query/Pitch: I have yet to write the kind of story I would like to publish!


Favourites

Novel(that you wrote): That's the latest one I've written. The first YA book I've written. The protagonist is Nigerian-Irish like me (as it IS set in Ireland) and it's about how life gets messy during her exam year

Genre: Contemporary YA. I don't only want to write in this genre, though. I'd like to branch out into Mystery/Thriller, Dystopian... maybe Fantasy (urban Fantasy, though). I DEFINITELY want to write a literary fiction novel

Author: Holly Smale

Writing Music: I don't like to listen to music while writing

Time to Write: Afternoon/evening/night

Writing Snack/Drink: WATER

Movie: I don't watch films because the book was probably better xD Okay but seriously I don't really watch movies

Writing Memory: When I gave my story to my 6 Class (6th grade) teacher to read and he told me it was good. It was probably more 'good for my age' but it encouraged me to write more

Childhood Book: Famous Five? Sleepover Club? Mainly those


Currently

Reading: Unwind by Neal Shusterman (I thought I wouldn't like it but the writing and dialogue are on point. I never knew I would like the third person present tense narrative)

Writing: Um.... I have written a novel since last year. I want to get started on it though because my plot and character profiles have been written a while ago

It's a book I'm re-writing from my Primary School novel project. Yup, still haven't finished that one. It's about:

-Biracial British girl
-Secondary school antics
-Trio (two girls, one boy)
-Friendship drama

Listening to: There's not really a particular song I'm listening to

Watching: YouTube (right now) Korean Drama: Coffee Prince (kinda sucks but it has that 'classic' vibe that I can't resist)

Learning: I should never procrastinate on school assignments on all things. Also, my Faith.

Want To Be Published: Yeah! I want to see book covers with black girls on them written by me. Especially black girls with natural hair. I think I might write protagonists of different races but I want to focus on black girls first. I just want to get my work out there. 

Indie or Traditional: Ever since Abigayle Claire mentioned that you can be a hybrid author, I decided that I'd like to do both! 

Wildest Goal: To translate my own books into Spanish and Korean. I know it's 'out there' but I'd really like to do this! Also, if I can speak these languages really well, I think I'd be able to get a more accurate message in those languages.

Tag:

Everyone who wants to do this, heck yeah!


(okay, maybe Shar and Shanti from Virtually Read)



Also, I might be changing this blog design into a much better one, so there's that. Also, I need to change my header... I don't like it anymore xD



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18 comments

  1. Your pen name is awesome!

    and I just found out that you're a Nigerian. Opps.

    I also rarely watch movies because I feel like book is just ten thousands better.

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    1. Thanks!

      What did you think I was before? I'm curious xD

      Yeaaahhh

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  2. Aww, thank you! >.<

    I knew you were Nigerian!! *fist pumps*

    Also, your books sound so cool, can't wait to read them in the future!!! :D

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    1. That's great! xD

      AWWw thanks but I'm so scared. agh! xD

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  3. Thanks for the tag! I liked getting to know you :) It's great that you have finished school !! I hope the exams all went fine. That's so cool that you've written a few novels. They sound really interesting and definitely worth investing in. There should be more books about black people.
    I don't have any piercings or tattoos just because I didn't want piercings and tattoos are a bit much. It seems a bit too committed.

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    1. I'm glad :)

      Yes, there definitely should xD

      Ah. That's interesting. I thought it was mainly me and a few people who thought that xD

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  4. Thanks for the tag. Maybe Shar and I will ty to do it together, that could be cool and we need to collab more anyway. I liked learning these facts about you! if it makes you feel better, I've never been to a conference either. And it's okay not to want to be published right now; it's good to know that about yourself.

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    1. A collab post would be brilliant.

      Maybe we'll attend a conference someday *sigh*

      Yeah, when I was younger, I was in a hurry. Even though my writing skills were far from sufficient xD

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  5. I don't really watch movies either. :p

    Third person present can be so good when the author writes it right! It's one of my favorites.

    Ooh, I like your goal of wanting to see more books with black girls on the cover! Most of the time, the black girls on the covers I see are trying to look all "sexy," you know? I'd really like to see some where they're just normal teen girls with normal lives. And natural hair is awesome too.


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    1. Yeah, black girls are so sexualised on book covers :/

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  6. Hi, nice to meet you! I love your pen name. And your idea of translating your novel into Spanish and Korean is really cool!

    https://thestorysponge.wordpress.com/

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    1. Nice to meet you too! Thanks for checking out my blog as well!

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  7. I also finished post of my exams! I think I have most of them done but just a couple more easier ones.

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    1. That's great! I hope they were alright :)

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  8. Hi hi. This is such a fun post to read. Aww i loved coffee prince, like really loved it. I love your new blog design, so arranged and pretty. I read famous five as a kid too , i even watched few episodes of the Tv series they were making back then.

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    1. You watched Coffee prince as well?! Whoa!

      I think I saw a few episodes of famous five but they didn't appeal to me :(

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  9. Your pen name is sooo cool, although full disclosure I will spell it wrong on multiple occasions. As awesome as you are, my spelling skills are so not on point. Congrats on finishing your exams! (I realise I am so late that you've probably started school again but shhhh.) I've just finished my semester like two days ago so now I exist on the internet again beyond scheduled posts.

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    1. Thank you!

      Don't worry, I won't get mad xD

      Thank you for commenting on my blog so much recently XD

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