I’m an Indie author! The very idea of it still makes my mind boggle. How exactly did I get here? And why on earth would I choose to be independent when it’s so much damned hard work? Why this seemingly insatiable desire to self-publish? I guess to understand it we have to look at the traits inherent in my family line. I think stubbornness and single-mindedness spring to the forefront when I consider this. Then there’s a particularly strong strain of what South Africans call ‘the agitator’ in my gene pool. My maternal grandmother eloped with my grandfather as they were from very different cultural backgrounds. Her father and brothers were not best pleased. To add to this, my grandfather was a member of the ANC so it’s easy to see that the rebellious streak in my family is in fact rebelliousness² on the maternal side at any rate – I don’t think I need to say much more on that score. The paterna...
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