Introduction The world has people, regardless of the obstacles they faced due to disabilities or disorders, who carved out places for themselves in history through sheer talent, persistence, hard work and passion….
Category: Writing and Publishing
Writing is using symbols (letters of the alphabet, punctuation and spaces) to communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form. Publishing is making content available to the public for sale or for free.
Literary agent scam
Introduction to the literary agent scam A senior literary agent, Steven Fisher from Silver Literary Agency in Nevada, USA, contacted me with an exciting business deal. I previously self-published the book The…
Alive and not Kicking (a sample from my memoir)
‘Alive and not Kicking’ memoir ‘Alive and not kicking’ is the name I choose for my memoir and shares my life from September 11, 2009. The ‘not kicking’ part of the book…
Published my first book ‘The Eighteen Point Five’
The Eighteen Point Five starts. As I was thinking (and multitasking) on my toilet, I pondered the thought. ‘Why do only famous people get their memoir published?’ I read twenty-five memoirs about…
Focus on Ability Film Festival – book project ‘MY disABILITIES’
Focus on Ability Film Festival The Focus on Ability Short Film Festival asks filmmakers to tell a story about people with disabilities. This year the sponsors have donated over $140,000 worth of…
Disability Book Project – ‘MY disABILITIES’ – an exciting new book project
Disability Book Project introduction To help with my own memoir, I read over 25 books. With the except of a few, they didn’t share what it is like living with a disability….
