Academic, writer, storyteller, digital creator.
Christina Engela lurks in Nelson Mandela Bay, a coastal metropolis known interchangeably as “the Detroit of South Africa”, “the Windy City” – or, as it was once famously described by a colorful radio DJ: “the armpit of South Africa”. There, she lives in a part-time haunted Victorian, where her wife Kay and four happy kitties…
Hello, friends and fans! I just saw this review of “Lifetime” from 2 days ago. Looks like this year is starting off kinda nice!
Friends, right? Right… Let me tell you about friendship. I’m 51 years old now, and over the span of that half-century I’ve accumulated some small level of experience in the subject. Allow me to share my experience with you.
Hello, friends and fans! A few months ago, I submitted two short stories to a sci-fi anthology, and this whole exercise has reminded me just why I don’t like dealing with publishing companies and why being indie is so important to me. That said, you must be wondering the same thing I am: Why did…
Hello there, friends and fans! I’ve come to wonder why there is such a powerful emphasis on forgiving those who hurt us in modern society? The answer, naturally, is religion – specifically Christianity, which places a disproportionate burden on the individual to forgive all transgressions committed against them, no matter what they were, or how…
Good morning, friends and fans! A fellow writer recently asked me for my opinion about a story they’re working on and sent me the first five chapters. Is it “worth carrying on with?” they asked. So here’s my opinion of the matter in its entirety – and I feel it applies to any writer who…
Good morning, friends and fans! Quite a lot of my stories have featured aspects of military life in a distant sci-fi future. In writing, personal experience had proved an invaluable resource, and since I was in the military for a large portion of my youth (for better or worse), I’ve built up quite a treasure…
What is an afterword? What is an epilog? Authors need to know! Good morning, friends and fans! Today I’ll take a stick and poke at that question until it gives up a little clarity on the subject!
Hello there, friends and fans! Modern prisons have been the setting for movies, books and series too numerous to mention. Some writers and movie makers have speculated about what form futuristic prisons might take – and they range from the ambitiously humanitarian and rehabilitative concepts of “Star Trek” and “Magnus, Robot Fighter“, to the opposite…
Imagine for a moment what it’s like being an indie author. It’s not that difficult I think – especially when put into the pretty harsh light of marketing. Basically when you’re indie, it means that if you don’t market yourself, you don’t get marketed at all. Social media plays a vital role in this self-promotion…