Freelance Writer and Editor
I have just come out of an excited webinar about writing faster with best-selling non-fiction author Michael Hyatt last night when I realised how many tech tools he employed on a regular basis in his writing schedule. Most were apps that you’d probably encountered in the app stores, but there were a few other mentions…
When I am not travelling, my playground in my adoptive South Africa is the capital city, Pretoria. When my home office gets a little too quiet or too hot (which often happens), I prefer to venture to the many places freelancers call home – coffee shops, delis and bistros where one can grab a quick…
“There are lots of clichés surrounding book publishing. ‘Everyone has a book inside them’ is the favourite. ‘Write about what you know’ is another. ‘To be an authority you first have to be an author’.” “Actually all three clichés have merit but what they fail to transmit is that book publishing is a business, plain…
I have finally met Len du Randt and PW Pretorius for coffee on a warm spring day in Pretoria. I had seen Len before at the occasional braai (barbecue), and I was eager to know more about his business, ClaW Publishing which he launched back in 2012, together with his friend PW Pretorius. They both…