Tolani Shoneye

Tolani Shoneye, also known as your girl Tolly T from The Receipts Podcast, has a way with words. It's why she created Story Story in 2020, a platform dedicated to stories about relationships, life and everything in between. Put her in the back of an Uber, and you'll find her telling her driver a new fictional tale about her life's work. Sometimes she nails it, sometimes she doesn't. But it's Tolly's creative charisma that has helped her carve out her own lane as a writer, podcaster and interviewer.  In this episode, we tried to get to the bottom of her imposter syndrome, her love for love, and why she handwrites everything first before typing. It's how she wrote her debut book Keep the Receipts and anything else she does. We also spoke about the impact Black Twitter has on Black writers, navigating grief when you've got writing deadlines, taking feedback and the vivid dream she has for her writing career. We got deep. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.  Buy Tolani Shoneye's Sunday Times bestselling book Keep the Receipts. Listen to The Receipt's Podcast exclusively on Spotify.  Watch the monologues on Story Story. Follow Tolani Shoneye on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Yolanthe on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Black Prose on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. Subscribe to the Black Prose Podcast newsletter on Substack. Produced by New Strange. Artwork by Matt Munday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices