Posted on December 4, 2016 Writing seems to be in my DNA. My father apparently loved to jot down his thoughts on pen and paper (sadly, due to my parents’ divorce, I never knew him). I probably wrote my first short story at the ripe old age of nine, as a Christmas present for my then […]
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Posted on December 6, 2016 Hi dear readers and followers of my blogs. As I am in the painstaking process of plowing through the truly bewildering offers presented to self-publishing authors and painfully aware of the many pitfalls to avoid in that process, here is an article which I too will have to study carefully. I
SIRENS IN THE FOG Travelling through the misty swamps, Sirens are beckoning. Many twists and turns, as you slowly paddle your way through. Do you know where you are going? What are you looking for? “Come hither!’ sing the Sirens. Many different calls. Which one will you heed? As you head in their direction, They
As I decided to publish with CreateSpace (Amazon), which is placed in America and which only has printing facilities in the U.S., now that it comes to ordering my finished books, reality has hit! The postage costs are simply horrific! Whereas before, my research as a complete self-publishing novice focussed on HOW TO PUBLISH, i.e.
The time has arrived: distributing my finished books! Read More »
I have been working on the publication of my poetry collection for two years now. Some of my friends seem to be wondering if these books will ever see the light of day. Some may even have queried (based on some of their questions) whether I am not using this project to maybe secretely indulge
Part of building my author platform is answering some challenging questions: Not so much WHAT I write, which is quite easy to answer but rather WHY? Ouch! That requires a bit of thinking! I believe that at heart, I am a teacher. I want to share my life experience, to possibly save others from making the
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“A writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, or because everything she does is golden. A writer is a writer because, even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway.” Junot Díaz, Professor of Writing,
Some Gold Nuggets for Poets and Those Who Love Poetry Read More »
The world is being constantly bombarded by non-stop babble; people who love to hear the sound of their own voices, opinions, their brand of “humour” etc. etc. This can be the same in the written format. Babble, babble babble. Who doesn’t get tired of it? Why do we do it in the first place? How
How to make our words have true meaning? Read More »
A while ago I was moaning about tax forms, hitting walls to do with the submission process to my self publisher, not to mention merging hundreds of individual files (poems) into one book, dramas with headers and footers and how to “switch them off” for empty pages, only to mention a few of the challenges
Last draft stage, yeah! Read More »
My “Nature Poetry” book is ready for submission and then for eventual publication. I say “eventual” because I will need to use a fine tooth comb to go through the prototype of the finished product, despite all the extensive proofing I have already done on my draft. All this, though seemingly finicky and tedious, nevertheless is standard
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