Author: The Coinage Team
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Setting Achievable Writing Goals
The process of writing a book can be frustrating, to say the least. There’s the initial stage when you just write and tell everyone you know you’re working on a book, “the next great South African novel” by setting attainable and realistic writing goals, writers can stay motivated to outline, draft, edit, and revise their…
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If 2020 were a book…
…it would definitely be Charles Dicken’s 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities, particularly the opening line (re very long sentence) as it creates awareness and explores the societal conditions that lead to collapse, havoc and people fighting against forces bigger than themselves. He writes: It was the best of times, it was the worst…
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FIVE LONG BOOKS WE’VE READ (AND LOVED)
There’s no greater feeling than finally putting down a really thick book and thinking “Yep, I read all that!” Bearing in mind that the average word count for a novel is 250 – 300 words, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite long books: ACID ALEX – AL LOVEJOY (400 pages) Stuck at his first…
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ABOUT: Nic
Nic is a retired photographer who leads a relatilively private life. Nic has has worked mainly in Asia and returned to South Africa in 2010 to live his truth. The excerpt submitted is from his unpublished book, Becoming Nic, which documents the many changes in his life and is loosely based on the journals he…
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ABOUT: Yacoob Manjoo
Yacoob Manjoo is a writer, blogger, husband, and father of two. Writing is his passion, and sharing beneficial knowledge and insights has been a pillar of his life for more than a decade. An anthology of his poetry and prose is due for publication in late 2019. He writes at dreamlife.wordpress.com. Two of his poems…
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ABOUT: TWD Mohapi
TWD Mohapi has written many books of varying genres including poetry, short stories, folklore and novels. Although he started writing poetry in English, he has only ever been published in his mother-tongue, Sesotho, resulting in an illustrious literary career spanning 30 years. His many accolades include the Thomas Mokopu Mofolo Award for the poetry anthology, Bophelo…
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ABOUT: Ronelle Hart
Ronélle Hart was born in 1961 in Pretoria but was raised and attended school in Nigel. She completed her BA in English and Psychology in 1983, and later her MA in Psychology at the University of Johannesburg. Ronelle has been working as a psychologist in private practice in Johannesburg for the last 23 years. She…
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ABOUT: Thibedi Mokgokong
Thibedi Mokgokong is a poet who discovered writing through the strain of living in a house where “a child is seen but not heard.” Poetry was a way to express complex and suppressed emotions in a verbose but quiet manner. The weight in his poetry comes from words and expressions long kept but never spoke.…