My love for writing is dated back to primary school
My name is Jane Harel. My writing journey started way back in primary school as I read a lot of books in the early years and this enhanced my writing capability. Once in primary school, we wrote a composition in our exams about our President and my composition was rated the best in town. We also read a lot of poetry, and thus my love for writing in poetry escalates.
My first book is titled ‘Garment of Praise, An Anthology’. An anthology is a collection of poems put together in form of a book. My second book is titled ‘Morning Dew Notebook, a notebook where you write your thoughts or keep them as a diary, while the third book is titled ‘Beautiful Thoughts’, An Anthology. Beautiful Thoughts is the book I have given out for nominations for ACABA Awards.
The objection I faced in publishing
My publishing journey was full of challenges. I wrote my first book in 2011 and the first publishing house I went to asked me what position I held. Was I a minister or a pastor? They told me that they only published for prominent people. Well, in 2011 I was not yet a minister, but now I am an ordained minister of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. I minister through my books. The second publishing house I went to after our meeting never called me back nonetheless, the third publishing house agreed to publish my work. I was so overjoyed. At last! I paid tens of thousands but the book never came great since they photocopied, put a cover on the book and that was the final output. I lost that money.
The next publisher after the initial meeting and paying thousands of money never called back and never picked my calls. After so much crying and praying, I resorted to shelving the book for seven years, but I never forgot the work, and in addition, I did not abandoned writing. Fortunately, I published my first book in 2018 and got a good print-on-demand organization, the second book was published in 2019 and the third book in 2020.
I am now writing my fourth book which is about bareness or infertility. The book is about overcoming insurmountable odds in bareness and it is also a book of hope.
You can buy my books directly from me. MorningDew Books stocks them. Find Beautiful Thoughts in Text Book Centre online shop. Happy reading!
Please vote for my book. Thank you: https://web.facebook.com/African-Christian-Authors-Book-Award-ACABA-111481287685852
Now I have sold my books here, in the US, UK, and Canada.
Website: June Etiquette & Consult
Social media: https://www.facebook.com/jane.harel.9
