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Continue reading →: Art Adventures at the Hotel Waterbuck-Nakuru
It feels like it’s been a while since I went on a road trip, so this was incredibly fun. Nothing on the mind, but being on the road, noting random things, lush green scenery and that family of zebras, having their lunch. Nakuru was rainy when we got…
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Continue reading →: Nakisanze Segawa’s The Triangle
#New African Reads The Triangle A gripping tale of intrigue and war in precolonial Africa. Two young people — Kalinda, a page in the court of the King of Buganda; and Nagawa, one of the king’s beautiful young wives — are swept up in conflict as missionaries, rival tribes and…
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Continue reading →: 3 Important Things for Kenyans to Remember
I’m guilty of falling into a dark repetitive cycle when what I expected doesn’t happen, or changes into what I didn’t want. #ElectionsKe is a great example of jumping into this dark repetitive cycle that leaves you spinning on the same spot. Questions like, ‘Why is this happening?’ ‘Can’t they…
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Continue reading →: How To Copyright Your Book in Kenya
Copyrights in Kenya Protecting your work is most important to a creator. We recently went through this process as we start on actual publishing of real books. It’s both nerve-wrecking and enlightening. Nerve-wrecking in the discovery of limitations: like costs and printing drama, and enlightening in that with every book…
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Continue reading →: Moss Green Tree, or the Light Coming throughHow can you change perspectives? This is always the hardest to do when moments in a day pile up, one after another, bogging down your original thoughts, until you can’t remember how the day started and what you wanted to do. I envy the list-making people, or the schedule-following crowd.…
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Continue reading →: How to get an ISBN in Kenya.Assigning an ISBN number to your book in Kenya Get an account with the Kenya National Library Service(KNLS) ISBN service here: ISBN website Create a Profile, adding important personal details. You may also do this as a publishing company, you just need your business registration number. Once you are set…
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Continue reading →: The Enchanting Violinist – 3Hiring the Violinist who sells Weaves in Kinoo. Phillip clutched his keys, his gaze taking in the quaint town Nyambura had chosen to settle in. Kinoo was small, out of the city, but still close enough to major hospitals and the hustle and flow. Having a major highway close was…
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Continue reading →: The Enchanting Violinist – 2The Boiling Hot Day and Weaves with Celebrity Names Midday, the sun was high, almost suffocating. The television newscasters were calling it an equator equinox, such a fancy name for boiling-hot, as in, step-out-into-the-sun-if-you-wanna-roast days. The heat wave was making her stupid. Nyambura heard the fans working overtime above her. …
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