Chiamaka Chuke-Okafor ~ Querying Fantasy
@chichuke.bsky.social
Christian. Wife. Mother of three.
African-inspired fantasy writer.
AI enthusiast | PhD researcher | wellbeing advocate.
Wearing many hats and learning to live in them. 🤷🏽♀️
Working on Daughter of Quiet Fire. 📍Leicestershire, UK
African-inspired fantasy writer.
AI enthusiast | PhD researcher | wellbeing advocate.
Wearing many hats and learning to live in them. 🤷🏽♀️
Working on Daughter of Quiet Fire. 📍Leicestershire, UK
Does anyone else write scenes out of order because the emotional logic comes before the plot?
January 15, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Does anyone else write scenes out of order because the emotional logic comes before the plot?
Now, listen and I will tell you of Zitara. About her steps, missteps and triumphs. The silences and the whispers. The pain and the harmony. For a guardian remembers all, even when the child forgets.
January 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Now, listen and I will tell you of Zitara. About her steps, missteps and triumphs. The silences and the whispers. The pain and the harmony. For a guardian remembers all, even when the child forgets.
@fiyahlitmag.bsky.social Before she drew her first breath, before the úlí burned into her skin, before the earth carved her name into its roots, I was there.
—->>> opening line
—->>> opening line
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
@fiyahlitmag.bsky.social Before she drew her first breath, before the úlí burned into her skin, before the earth carved her name into its roots, I was there.
—->>> opening line
—->>> opening line
I’m revising a book that started as one story and quietly became another.
Turns out the second one is the one I needed to tell.
Turns out the second one is the one I needed to tell.
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I’m revising a book that started as one story and quietly became another.
Turns out the second one is the one I needed to tell.
Turns out the second one is the one I needed to tell.
Hi! If anyone has a fantasy writers / spec fic / Black writers starter pack, I’d love to be added. I write Igbo-inspired fantasy.
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Hi! If anyone has a fantasy writers / spec fic / Black writers starter pack, I’d love to be added. I write Igbo-inspired fantasy.
Five years on one book teaches you patience, doubt, and how to stay anyway. Still writing.
January 14, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Five years on one book teaches you patience, doubt, and how to stay anyway. Still writing.
Took five years to write the latest. Not budding, just still growing.
January 14, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Took five years to write the latest. Not budding, just still growing.
“Budding writer” but the bud has been at it for years.
January 14, 2026 at 5:55 AM
“Budding writer” but the bud has been at it for years.
First post here. I’m a budding writer trying to be brave about putting words into the world. Here to learn, share, and keep showing up to the page.
January 14, 2026 at 5:46 AM
First post here. I’m a budding writer trying to be brave about putting words into the world. Here to learn, share, and keep showing up to the page.