Can you write?
As soon as my first book hit the market, I started receiving e-mail messages, phone calls and short messages on my mobile phone from people from various places and backgrounds. Some just wanted to congratulate me. Some wanted advice. It would have helped me a lot if I had received messages from critics as well, but it seems critics have decided to keep their opinions to themselves.
It is true that critics, especially those who are strangers, can give very useful comments about anything because they have nothing to lose by calling a spade a spade. They can easily say, “This is a whole lot of trash!” Read more
Petinah Gappah- two book deals in one
Petina Gappah
It always makes me happy to see Zimbos doing well wherever they are in the world. Way to go Petina for sealing this deal. Here’s wishing you so much more.
In case you’re wondering what I’m talking about, Zimbabwean writer Petinah recently signed a deal that will see her books being published by two international publishers.
According to thezonet.com: << Petina Gappah, a Zimbabwean writer based in Geneva, has signed a book deal with Faber & Faber in the UK and Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in the US.
