Who are you?
I’m Tong Lueth Matiok
2). Where are you from?
I’m from South Sudan
3). What is your profession?
I studied Agricultural Science
4). Where did you publish it?
I published my book in Uganda
At Iconic publisher
5). Who is your Illustrator?
Daniel Tusiimukye K’abaasa
6). Did you make an input on the cover design? Yes, the idea was from me and then someone designed the cover.
7). You best poem from your book, tell us more about that poem!
My book is not poetry, it’s a fictional story.
8). Who motivated you to write?
I once attended a book launch at the University of Juba, and someone said young people, tell your stories through writing and I was motivated to tell my story. I didn’t know how to begin but I gave myself time to read many books.
9). What inspired you to write?
Many things inspired me to be a writer, in my country we have many things that need to be exposed to the world and writing them is one of the ways to expose them. So one day I told myself that I must learn to write and tell my story to the world.
10). Do you have fans? How do you react to fans?
Yes. I have many people who love my work. My fans are my biggest inspiration. They supported and encouraged me to go further in writing. They love everything I write on my social media.
11). Bogus versus legitimate publishers, have you encountered such?
I published my book in a legitimate publisher, they did my book the way I wanted it.
12). Merging the books with community service, are you involved in any community service?
I have a lot of activities I do in the community and books match with anything related to community services.
13). How did your faith help in marketing your craft?
It’s about the mindset I woke up every morning believing that my book will go well today and any number of books I targeted to sell that day would go.
14). How many copies did you sell so far? or how many do you plan to sell in near future? It’s only two days since I began selling and I have sold 100 copies already. I will sell thousands of thousands of copies in future. It’s just the beginning.
15). What are your future plans?
I have a lot of plans, however, I won’t share them here but concerning writing, I want to continue writing more books in future
16). Encouragement to up upcoming writers, what can you say?
To upcoming writers, tell your story to the world I know everyone has a story to tell and there are undiscovered truths in you. Don’t let other people discourage you. I was told I was young and that I will spoil my ideas but Ignored and I keep my hope alive.
17). How can people get your book?
I distributed them in some bookshops like Willow house and Yo’ bookshop. And it can be gotten from me. I sent some copies to Kenya and Canada and I will put them on Amazon soon I will send some copies to Egypt soon.
18). Do you plan to convert your book to an ebook too?
Yes. I’m planning to do it soon.
19). Parting shot or last word!
I would like to thank everyone who bought and listened to my stories. They motivated me, they made me feel loved. Let’s support each other and we will achieve more.
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