The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Review)
I found myself really enjoying Hemingway’s book, The Old Man and the Sea.
When Twins War: Book II
With a rich and layered fantasy world akin to the classics, When Twins War mingles traditional Western fantasy with middle-eastern adventure and African folklore. It’s something of a mix between The Lord of the Rings and Arabian Nights, with an African edge.
When Twins War: Book I
With a rich and layered fantasy world akin to the classics, When Twins War mingles traditional Western fantasy with middle-eastern adventure and African folklore. It’s something of a mix between The Lord of the Rings and Arabian Nights, with an African edge.
Key take-aways from SAIR this weekend
This weekend I attended the SA Indies Rock (SAIR) book festival, which I wrote about and was quite keen for. I quite enjoyed it. SAIR is about indie authors. It’s the first time I’ve seen something that’s purely about indies, which was really cool. It was great meeting new people who do what I do …
Keen for the SA Indies Rock Book Festival this weekend
Being an indie author in South Africa is really tough work. You spend your life hearing a lot of, “Yeah, I still need to read your book. I’m just busy finishing this new James Patterson novel,” from your friends and a lot of, “Your book doesn’t fit our marketing plans,” from publishers. (Well, the reason …
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Crying at the back of a bus
Below is an excerpt from my book about singleness, Your Single Happiness. Can we be happy when we’re single? How much is marriage our decision and our effort, and how much do we leave up to God to decide? And what the heck do we do about staying pure? Your Single Happiness looks to answer …
Your Single Happiness is here!
Can we be happy when we’re single? How much is marriage our decision and our effort, and how much do we leave up to God to decide? And what the heck do we do about staying pure during the wait? Your Single Happiness looks to answer these questions and more.
Lauren Beukes on getting a literary agent in South Africa
I ask Lauren Beukes, well-known South African author: “How do you get a good literary agent in South Africa?”
God is not as interested in morality as much as you think
My article, as featured in The Star newspaper (24 September 2014) on whether we need God for morality.