So after this post, over here, where i asked for book suggestions, I also promised to give away a copy of my book to one of the commenters. And so, today, as promised, a boy who looks something like this: Okay, okay, let’s be honest here, he didn’t really look like that. As one of…
Category: a million miles from normal
Book suggestions please.
Whoop whoop whoop. I won something.And I’m not talking about ten trillion dollars in the Namibian Lottery.And I’m not talking about crabs, I didn’t win crabs either. (phew)I won a book voucher from Exclusive Books.I know, how rad! They had a competition on their Facebook page over here. And I entered it and then didn’t…
A single insight.
So, as I mentioned last week, on Sunday I started a weekly column in the Sunday Times called A Million Miles from Normal. Some people who live too far away to get the local Sunday Times have asked me to post the first column, so here goes: Hope you enjoy. For those of you who…
chick-lit vs dick-lit
As much as women amaze me, i’m pleased to say that sometimes men amaze me too. Take the novel, A Million Miles from Normal, for example. It’s unashamed chick-lit. It’s a romantic comedy. It’s the equivalent of a movie with Sandra Bullock or Jenifer Anniston in it. Most of the time you have to drag…
writing sex scenes
I wouldn’t ordinarily spend too much time thinking about what to call my private parts, not usually finding a need to mention them in my day to day life. But as most of you probably already know, I recently had my first novel, A Million Miles from Normal, published by Penguin, and as it’s a…
paige-turner
the wonderful ‘mrs pie’ was the first to spot this. it ran in the cape times on friday morning. the lekker folks at wordsworth books came up with it and ran it. i had no idea it was happening, so it was a really cool surprise. i can’t get it to go bigger when you…
client service says what?
read the fourth in a series of five exclusive excerpts from A Million Miles from Normal, the novel, over here. the book is a fictional account of a South African copywriter, Rachel Marcus, who is forced to move to new york after losing her job at a local ad agency in a humiliatingly public debacle….
rachel marcus and the house of fun.
click here to read the third in a series of exclusive excerpts from A Million Miles from Normal, the novel. and you can win one of five copies of the book here, with Bizcommunity.com and Penguin Books. competition closes 30 april. in this excerpt Rachel Marcus – an expat copywriter from Joburg trying to make…
read an excerpt
should you be curious and would like to read a seris of exerpts from A Million Miles From Normal, the novel, visit the bizcommunity website. they’re putting up daily exclusive excerpts from the novel until the end of next week and are also giving away five copies of the book. all you have to do…
his and hers
okay so, A Million Miles from Normal, the novel, should now be available at your local bookstore, should you feel inclined to pick up a copy. it’s a light romantic comedy, about a copywriter from joburg, forced through some horrific (and hopefully funny) circumstances, to relocate to new york city. i’ve posted more info and…