Introducing a new series here on the blog, ‘Reviews by Strangers’. It’s one thing to have your mom or your BFFFFF or guy you once dated three times, say something about your book online, nice or not nice. But it’s another kettle of prawns entirely when it’s someone you don’t know and have never met….
Tag: Paige Nick
How many books get sold in SA every year?
6 August 2016 – By Paige Nick (This column first appeared in The Good Book Appreciation Society August Newsletter) Ever wonder how many books get sold in SA every year? What SA publishing looks like from the inside? How many books the average South African author sells? I’ve spent a lot of time this week,…
Nielsen’s Bookseller’s Choice Awards 2016
When you write the kind of stuff I write, super commercial and not at all literary (hell without Helen Moffett, Megan Clausen and Beth Lindop, it probably wouldn’t even be properly punctuated half the time), you follow literary awards and get excited for the authors nominated. But it’s not something I’ve ever shot for or considered….
Blown away by books and toilets
Once, when I was a baby, my parents left me in a shop. I blame the Camps Bay Library. We had this ritual throughout my childhood. Every Saturday we would split into two groups (I’m the youngest of six, so we couldn’t all fit into one car) and we’d go down to the Camps Bay…
The ins and outs of writing erotica
Check out this fun but probing interview by the most wonderful Kelly Ansara, with all three Girl Walks into a Bar authors. It’s on the ins and outs of writing an erotic novel. http://itsabookthingblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-girl-walks-into-bar-by-helena-s-paige.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Kelly loves books like nobody’s business, and I always enjoy her blog. She does awesome Author’s Pie interviews with every incredible…