Does a radio interview make you an expert?

Reading “Successful Self-Publishing in South Africa”really shed light on how much I didn’t know about this impending journey of self publishing. As it’s a very easy book to read, it was very simple to highlight the necassary areas of relevant information. Besides the obvious on what I had to do I also came to learn…

July 18th  is Nelson Mandela’s birthday. Everyone in South Africa is asked to contribute something for 67 minutes. Metropolitan Health Group sponsored 1000 copies of The Power that’s Ours and donated it to the pupils of the Trevor Manuel Primary school in Fisantekraal. A community with an alarmingly high unemployment rate. I was asked to speak…

The Magic that’s Ours was launched in June of 2007 and as mentioned previously, when I did have a publisher they requested that I write more chapters, which I did. When I decided to self-publish I cut the book back to its original length with the idea that if all went well I’d use those…

And back to the Corporate sponsorship. I very quickly realised that patience is the key as the decision making process within the Corporate world grinds ever so slowly- at times it seems in reverse. Another thing I quickly realised after receiving  the umpteenth rejection letter is not to take it personally and to just carry…

I  just want to digress from the corporate sponsorship for a moment.   I’m sure you know what I’ve been up to over the last year or so with writing and marketing books, and as you can well imagine it’s been a pretty tough year for most. Switching on the computer knowing that you have…