Writing
Tell stories, or die trying
Writing
Tell stories,
or die trying.
The Liebster Blog Awards
Sometime towards the end of last year, Matt Ewens nominated my blog for the Liebster Blog Awards. Yay! It humbled me, for this guy, Matt, who I hardly know, but …
This Has Been a Good Year
At the beginning of the year, nothing was going right in my life, both career and personal. I was really broke, for one thing. As the year ends, still not …
Street entertainment from my childhood
I never knew how much we remember from childhood until I wrote this story, The Puppets of Maramudhu. One reviewer, when talking about it, said “Dilman’s story is unique, not …
Three Stories on Amazon
It’s been an exciting year for me, as a writer. I got shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and then longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa. I’ve heard …
Ghost tales on the road to Nairobi
When the year begun, I was broke. I had spent much of last year finishing The Felistas Fable, and had not earned much during that time. I felt low, for …
Scenes of Labor Day
Retired. Relaxing. Is he enjoying the labor of his youth? A grandfather passes the time in Nakapinyi, Mukono district. It’s the day when we remember workers of the world. I …
An African thief finds a wife
This story is fictional, inspired by this photo of the love of my life. In spite of the thermal underwear, the cold dug into his bones and froze …
Creatures from the Other World
It’s a sunny Sunday. I’ve just had a very productive weekend. Started and finished a short film. It’s a story that has been running in my head for nearly two …
This is not funny! It’s a horror!
It seems a life time ago, yet it was only 2006. I was in my late twenties, and I had failed to make it as a novelist. I had to …
Starving Artists and Rejection Slips at Christmas
It’s the worst part of being an ‘artist’. For this reason they came up with the term, starving artist, to make the whole thing seem romantic. To make the artist …
What Will I Do Before I Die?
A bucket list? That list of things I must do before I die? — I do not remember at any point in my life making such a list, but sometime …
I Suffer to Entertain You
Recently, I got a job directing the NTV Series, “The Hostel.” So far, it is the most demanding job I’ve ever met, so unlike anything I’ve ever done. Honestly, for …