As most of you know, the writing community is an amazing group of people who are only too glad to help. I had to be creative and I had to reach out. So the usual routine of contacting local schools and libraries wouldn’t work. I wasn’t able to share Girls Dance, Boys Fiddle with children in South Africa as it was very difficult for them to obtain the book there. While I do believe the internet and emails have certainly made it easier, that didn’t help when it came to meeting and greeting readers. The majority of them said it was not a big deal because of the internet.
I talked to editors, agents and many authors prior to our move, to get their thoughts on living abroad while publishing in the United States. My first picture book, Girls Dance, Boys Fiddle, illustrated by Kimberly McKay (Pemmican Publications, 2013), was published three months after I moved to Durban.ĭon’t get me wrong – I was thrilled to have this be my first published book, since it is based on my Metis culture.īut traditional promotion proved difficult. That is definitely a story I will be writing one day – so you’ll have to stay tuned for that one. area after a three-year stint living in Durban, South Africa. I recently returned to live in the Washington D.C.
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