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20/04/2024

Congrats to all eSwatini writers whose manuscripts made it to our upcoming anthology publication.🥳

06/04/2024

PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME AND READ THIS:
“Confessions of a Ghostwriter”

I started as a ghostwriter over 20 years ago. What I'm about to share is the reason I quit.

I should have quit sooner, but it was the only way to feed my family. At least that’s what I had convinced myself to believe.

My first pang of conscience came when I sat with my first boss to map out the writing project and he told me to create a TOC. A TOC? I thought. Wait, my job is to take his loosely configured sketches and create a masterpiece. No. Turns out I was doing everything, then giving it to him to edit, which he called “writing the book," and it was I who was to consider myself "the editor."

The second big gulp of self-respect came on a different occasion when the “writer,” who was doing a book on American history, asked me to add his quotable quote to a list of quotes from famous Americans, including presidents and war heroes. When I grabbed my pen to take his quote, he said, “No, you write it.” That’s right. He wanted me to create his quotable quote that would ring through the halls of history along with Lincoln! He asked me to write three and he’d pick one. He loved all three so much that all of them went into the book.

I decided to leave the bizz of smoke and mirrors in search of something better. I couldn't listen to my pesky conscience anymore (not all ghostwriting is deceptive. It can be a job of integrity if done properly).

Not long after; however, I was offered a lucrative ghostwriting contract and happened to need some quick cash, still not having found that "something better." My conscience would have to wait.

Met with the guy, and he said, “You know the difference between an author and a writer?” I tried to keep my eyebrows down. “I’m the author and you’re the writer.” The idea was clear. If someone initiates a book project, he’s the “author.”

Hmm, I thought. A little slippery with la lingua. So, what if he wanted me to paint his painting? Would that make him the painter

29/02/2024

It’s crucial to finish what you started as the delay or incompletion can cause a diversion in its intentional aim. Complete your manuscript and get it published.

09/02/2024

KENYAN WRITERS 📢
Got your manuscripts ready? Our submission period is open from 15 February until March 15th!
We’re on the lookout for writing with edge and originality.
FIVE Winning Manuscripts will be announced in due time.
Please include a synopsis, 1st three pages of your manuscript, and a short biography with your submission.
Only Fiction/memoir
Only Kenyan Writers based in Kenya
email at [email protected]
WhatsApp at +254 708 671680
PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH WRITERS WHO NEED THIS OPPORTUNITY.

01/02/2024

Congrats
It was great working with you on this project.

08/01/2024

Happy New Year Fam
May We Publish Amazing Books This Year

26/12/2023

Happy Holidays Family!

28/11/2023

Congratulations to all our clients whose books have been selected and ordered by the Department of art and culture (Cape Town)

26/11/2023

New book alerts 🚨🚨
congratulations Author Lunga Khumalo 😊🥳
This book will be available on Amazon only for now, the link to purchase it will be made available below.
Link
https://a.co/d/7vrLF7t

13/11/2023

love this!!!

09/10/2023

New Release Book 🇿🇦 🥳
Author: Zwakalile Matli
Genre: English Novel
Book Title: Stars beyond the clouds

06/07/2023

New Release Book 🇿🇦 🥳
Author: Sandile Mekuto
Genre: IsiXhosa Drama
Book Title: Isikhalo Somntwana Sihoye

14/06/2023

BITTER TRUTH
As a publisher I receive a lot of submission from authors who have self-published books, and now want to go with a publisher.
Authors often think if they just get their books published, they'll be on their way to wealth and fame. You won't...just yet.
There are over a million books published each year. That's a lot of competition. The easy part is writing the book, the hard part is selling it. Your goal should not to be a published author, but should be to be a successful writer.
They are two very different things, anyone can be an author, self publishing proves it, but being a great writer is hard. It takes work, experience, education and continuing to learn from seminars and peer groups.

13/05/2023

New Book Release 🥳
Genre: IsiZulu Novel
Authors: Thobani Nsele and Ngqongqo Mkhize🇿🇦

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