Tag: Dahomey

Written by Chandlee Lewis Offerman

The November Challenge

I took the plunge last week and signed up for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) 2020. My goal is to finish revising the first draft of my novel, Destiny Reclaimed (working title). With the help of my astute, compassionate, and generous critique group, I have already made considerable progress, and have learned a lot about […]

Written by Chandlee Lewis Offerman

Why Goats Smell Bad

The winding road of my journey to conceive, research, and write my novel, Destiny Reclaimed, led me to the wondrous Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa. The Fon people, who inhabited the kingdom, had a rich culture. Their history, customs, beliefs, and characters present a garden of outrageous blossoms to seed a writer’s imagination. One […]