Sep 1, 2014 | ARTicle
By HEMMIE MARTIN When I became a published author of contemporary fiction, I always proclaimed I’d never write crime fiction, and I’d never write a series. And yet, here I am, three years later, an author of crime fiction, with a two-book deal contract for the...
Aug 26, 2014 | ARTicle
By MORWENNA HOLMAN Morwenna Holman is a ‘spirit writer’, which means her novels are dictated to her by spirits, “communing with the departed to write stories of their lives which are lost in the mists of time.” Her first novel, Westerdale, was published in...
Aug 23, 2014 | ARTicle
Marcie Grove is a lonely witch. After a full moon ritual she decides to do something about the abysmal state of her love life. Making use of a powerful spell to cure her sad state of affairs, she puts her own life, as well as her coven, in danger when her apparent...
Aug 19, 2014 | ARTicle
By JOHN CONNORS It’s often said that no two people are the same, yet all we seem to do is categorise ourselves in various aspects of life. So when it comes to books – and particularly self publishing – this process is something authors face. The...
Aug 16, 2014 | ARTicle
By SIBUSISO MKWANAZI Craft beer: check. Easy to carry food: check. Undergound music: check. On your first visit, the Locrate Market looks, smells and sounds like your average market. But as you start to look carefully, you realise that it’s much like an...
Aug 14, 2014 | ARTicle
By ANDY COFFEY Creating your own world is a blast, let’s not beat around the bush here; it’s like eating a big pie of imagination topped with the chilli sauce of creativity. It’s fun, and the great thing is if it wants to get bigger, you just let it! There are...
