1).Who are you?
My name is Mrs Gabone Ramagapu.
2).Where are you from?
Am from a small village called Mmutlane, via Mahalapye.
3).What is your profession?
Am a teacher, and now am also an author.
4).Where did you publish your book.
In Botswana, with Mulher Forte African literature company.
5).Who is your Illustrator?
Daniel Ikuesan designed my cover.
6).Did you make an input on cover design?
Not much but I did give some information.
7).Your best message from your book, tell us more about it.
Never give up, never lose hope .keep praying and waiting upon the lord.
8).Who motivated you to write?
My Mentor Dr Paula Otukile and my family too.
9).What inspired you to write?
My challenges in life and realising that many people may be going through the same challenges but could be dealing with it or the challenges may be taking toil over lives and zeal to share the word.
10).Do you have fans? How do you react to fans?
Not yet but my topic resonates with a lot of young and the old, with time I think I will gain fans.
11).Bogus versus legitimate publishers, have you encountered such?
Never was I lucky to know the right person or publisher just near me.
12).Merging the books with community service, are you involved in any community service?
I intend to work with people in my community especially youth in future. I wish to reach out to those who have given up or on the verge of giving up and help restore hope and reach their potential.
13).How did your faith help in marketing your craft?
Obviously my message is faith oriented the teachings of prophetess Mumcy are vital and helpful as I read the Bible and merge all I know with it.
14).How many copies did you sell so far or how many do you plan to sell in near future?
The book will be out next week so no pre ordered copies yet!
15).What is your future plans?
To make ebooks and more sales!
16).Encouragement to up upcoming writers, what can you say?
They should not write and keep their work in their computers or have it lyining somewhere on the shelf. They should just do it, other things will follow
17).How can people get your book?
Contact Mulher Forte African literature pty, Ltd
Or Gabone Ramagapu on Facebook.
18).Do you plan to convert your book to an ebook too?
Of course because the world is going electronic!
19). Parting shot or last word!
There are some good people out there, never give up on your hopes , when they fall they should get up and continue with the race. Have positive dreams and turn them to reality.
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