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Dora Okeyo

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Dora is wandering somewhere along the shores of Lake Victoria.
She is the author of The Currents Series, Sifuna, Confessions of a Chair and Zuri: The Chronicler of Enzi.
Her most recent work is Laana: Daughter of the Middle World.


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5 Things I have learned as a Self-Published Author in Kenya

Indulge me this evening as I tell you about my publishing journey. I first explored self-publishing by sharing my stories on Smashwords in 2011, and from there got onto Amazon via CreateSpace in 2014– and in 2019, dealing with delay in shipping and desire to try something closer within the country I got onto print-on-demand and started working with Publish4All Kenya.

In looking at my earlier works,

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"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." Lao Tzu.

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“Love is watching two people fall in love and become one.”
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“I learned another rule, men don't buy men flowers”
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“People love those they can, but hate those they don't understand.”
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“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
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“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
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message 4: by Dora

Dora Okeyo thank you Raven, that means a lot. Feel free to drop by and read some more.


message 3: by Raven

Raven L I understand, it is crazy. You seem like a beautiful writer


message 2: by Dora

Dora Okeyo Thanks for stopping by to check out my blog and am glad you read that piece, because it still beats me just how much donor funding has helped Kenya and Africa as a whole.


message 1: by Raven

Raven L I just read One Step Every Time on your blog and that had my attention!


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