I was reading an article today about how ex-pat South Africans are seen as cowards by those left in South Africa. They talked about the reasons why people left, opportunity and exploring the world along with others. One they didn't mention was safety but I'll come back to that and I want to tell you a little of my experience. I was young, 11 or so. This really is a story about my whole family. The first reaction when we told people we were moving it was of disbelief. My grand

Trying to figure out what genre mom's book fits in has made be think of genre. There are some authors who hate the word as it constricts them too much. The problem is you kind of need genre's. As a reader I'm very picky about what genres I read and it is the number one way I pick a book to read, especially a new author. So most authors will write the story first and then try to wedge their story into the genre it best fits. And that is where my problem starts. Mom's book has