Tonight something special arrived. 🙂

I've *never* held a published book of my creation before.

Is it self-published? Yep! The industry's not always ready for our labours of love, and the translation community wasn't interested.

But still a joy. And good timing too, after my first day's work on the next, Tomás Carrasquilla's most famous novel! 🇨🇴🥳

So what did I do? 🤔 Baked a celebratory loaf of course! To share with neighbours this week. 👌

@rche_types Thanks Rita! The page is listed in my links under Translator (and below!).

Turn-of-the-20th-century Colombian realist stories with a strong Catholic edge might not be everyone's cuppa, but sharing in the joy of achievement here is still fun. 😊

Indie authors at SFWA tell me the real trick is having a back catalogue. That's when self-publication really starts to amount to sales and brand recognition. So! That's what I'm aiming for with book two.

Link below:
amazon.com/Rifle-Other-Stories

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@rche_types Rita! That's very kind of you. Thank you. ❤️ I find it fascinating how the perspective echoes quite a bit of colonizer rhetoric, but with local elements that demand to be read on their own terms too. Would be very interested to know if it reminds you of any other lit from your own readings into the classics (or moderns!).

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