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Welcome to my 32nd newsletter!
New Release: “The Pitfalls of South African Self-publishing”
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
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“The Pitfalls of South African Self-publishing – a guide to becoming an indie author in spite of being South African” by Christina Engela
So you wrote a book. Be it a novel, a collection of short stories, a how-to-braid-your-own-hair-without-a-mirror-and-a-third-hand guide, or an academic research paper about the fascinating night life of hump-backed snails – whatever it is, you need to get it out there where it will be read, appreciated and praised for the work of genius it really is!
The only trouble is, you don’t know what to do next – and who could blame you? After all, you live in South Africa, where almost everything is stacked against you from the start! Besides, you’ve never done this before! Writing is your game – not cover design, working with images and associated software, marketing – and as for the internet, don’t even go there! It’s way too complicated! Right? More
Another Round At The Crow Bar #31 July 2019
02 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
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Another Round At The Crow Bar: #30 June 2019
04 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
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Another Round At The Crow Bar: #29 May 2019
08 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Year-End Message 2016
22 Dec 2016 1 Comment
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Hello fans!
December 2016. This is the end of a very busy year for all of us I’m sure – and for me it meant recovering from the blow of losing a publisher, and going back to indie publishing… reformatting, editing and republishing my own books – RECOVERING – and becoming determined to never again put my writing freedom in the hands of someone else! As a writer it’s been an exceptionally difficult year – not just in terms of recovering to the point where I was before August 2014 when I signed on to that publisher, but to be far better!
It was also a rewarding one in terms of what I have learned and how I have grown! In the time during which my book’s fates were in the hands of others, I learned more about the publishing industry, formatting, cover design and marketing than I knew before. I also gained the irreplaceable friendship and loyal support of a few – most prominently Wendy K. Gloss – whose personal support and her efforts to market my work have proved decisive! In fact, she is probably the only reason you know about my writing, or about me.
That said, this difficult and complicated year is now, finally, at an end. More
