My names are Charles Benjamin Nwabrije but i prefer my adopted pen name and possible alter ego 'Sherkur'. i am African and an aspiring writer, composer, student and businessman, in this first post i would basically call a 'semi-biography' i would like to enlighten my proposed readers of the man behind this blog, me i.e, and explain the meaning behind the blog name and what my intended audience should expect, in exerts.
I was born in Nigeria, a place called Rivers State, i developed my love for reading at an early age, i remember as at age 10 i stole a good number of 'old books' from my fathers library, it is small compared to what i have now though. I loved literature, it was my best lecture back then in college, i never failed a literature exam( my bragging right), today i have developed into an avid reader, i read virtually everything, Fiction, essays, novels, poems, magazines, everything, and boy how i love it. I just decided to convey that passion into writing now, i never dreamt of being a writer but at this point its all i want to be, i might be criticized for turning up late to the profession, but hey, age is just a number huh?.
The name 'sherkurs farm' is a dedication to my grandma's farm, which i lived on for over six months prior to the death of my MA' (bless her soul), i remember the clean air around that place, i read the most while there so in dedication this blog will be to that magical land of bird humming and pure earth, i hope to someday live on one of my own, it is the best place to be. As i writer my first love is poetry, i have a few works to be published on that genre in time, i also admire the typicality of fiction, an 'escape of the mind' as i like to call it, essays and short stories, blog posts and any other freelance writing i also admire, as my journey into this world of creativity begins with you, i hope to do it all for you, luck i would need, prayers even more, as my pen page is incorporated on this day, my life of art is reborn.
