What Makes a Good Blog Great?
With hundreds of millions of blogs floating around the Internet, it’s crucial that you set yours apart if you want to get noticed. A good blog is about (MUCH) more than being a sounding board or a platform to vent […]
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Drawing Up a Rocking Freelancer Contract
Guidelines to writing an excellent freelancer contract
Why I Regret My Company Name
I hesitate to admit that, actually. I chose the name Voxate while trawling through emails at my previous job, chomping at the bit to get out from behind my desk and do what my heart hankered after. I thought of […]
Blogging – Why, How and What
There’s a romantic illusion about writing and blogging. It starts with phrases like, “everyone has a book inside them” or “you’ve got so many funny/crazy/sad/amazing stories; you should write about them”. But, the fact is that it is borderline-impossibly hard […]
How Cape Town Will Inspire Work-From-Homers
What is it about Cape Town? There’s a kind of magic that infuses every part of her. From the moment I peek over Sir Lowry’s Pass or at the first site of MY Table Mountain, its ethereal allure grabs me […]
Self-Publishing – The Insights of a Publishing House
In light of my recent interview series with various South African authors, I recently contacted a publishing house with a few similar questions. Partridge Publishing is a publishing house that supports self-publishing and is operated by Penguin Random House. Representing Partridge, […]
Published Author – Meet Mia
Mia has known the highs and lows that life throws at us in what seems to be such wreckless abandon. She used writing as an outlet, and discovered a love she hadn’t explored until recently. Read about her writing and self-publishing […]
Published Author – Meet Melissa
I loved being a small part of proofreading Melissa’s first soon-to-be-published novel. I love her style. But, more than that, I appreciate her approach to life, love and literature. 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself and the book(s) […]
Getting Published – A Series of Interviews
Over the years, I’ve been approached by loads of aspiring or actual authors. Some have an idea for a book, others have ventured into actually writing the book. But all of them have one thing in common – they want […]
