One of the very many downsides to living in a shit-hole country like South Africa - is that even if you have all the talent in the world, you can do absolutely sod-all with it.
Goodness knows it's hard enough to be an indie author anywhere - but here? In South Africa?
All I was trying to do today was to get my 13 already published books turned into audio books... and this happens.
This was the fourth site doing audio books that I've tried. Either they don't allow South African writers to register, or they don't have royalty-sharing deals for their authors, which means the author has to pay in $$$ for the job.
Let me give you a brief summary of my publishing career. I'm sure you will find it amusing:
