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Article header image | Sue Nyathi's Journey to a first novel and beyond - Valley of Writers

Writing your first book? Lessons from a bestselling author’s journey

2022-07-26
In: Ideas & Inspiration, Lessons from Writers

When Sue Nyathi’s novel, A Family Affair, came out in 2020, it was an instant success. The first print run sold out within weeks. Literary critiques could not stop talking about it. But that word, ‘instant,’ camouflages the long journey it took to get to the point where the bookMore

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