I have published a new edition, called “Insanity: The Cause, The Result, Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar, Depression, The Support, Coping with Mental Illness, Thriving, Happiness”, by Bruce N Venter. This book brings the reader up to date with my life and has both black and white photos as well as colour ones.
See: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09LTL43WL/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_glt_QGHHVWGNVHVK2SP7QNX3
The sale is for 7 days and starts on Saturday, the 5th of February 2022. This is only for the eBook edition.
My book, “Born in…..
Release of newly updated Books
I have republished, edited and updated my memoirs, under a new title:
Happiness Is a Way Of Living: How I Escaped the Straitjacket of Serious Mental Illness, My Story
It is available as a paperback in full colour, printed on premium white paper to allow for the best reproduction of the B&W and Colour photographs. For those who would like to read it on their phones, tablets or computers, they will still be able to enjoy good reproductions,…..
Born in Africa, Uprooted by the Winds of Change: The Story of one family’s life in Africa from the year 1928 to the year 2000.
The story starts from my mother’s perspective, with her telling it in the first person. Part II and III are written in the third person, giving an insight into my father’s life as they live through the dramatic period of Southern African history, culminating with the end of Apartheid and its aftermath.
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I was reminded by the radio that the elections for the European Parliament are being held today. I went onto the Internet to research the manifestoes of the various parties. I Googled the election and came out with the following link:
If we do not learn from History, we are doomed to repeat it.
George Santayana
Other parties are also campaigning to reverse Brexit so there is still a choice of how to vote if we want to…..
I submitted the second edition of this book to my publishers last week. It will have photographs, a new cover and will be selling at a more reasonable price. I’ll be announcing the date it is available, on this blog as well as in the social media. Thank you for your patience. The book has many humorous stories as well as its dramatic and serious side.
I’m hoping to bring new things to my loyal readers as well as to those who may not yet have read any of my books. I am working on two new books both of which will have personal photographs. These books will enhance the reading experience as they’ll allow you to see some of the people and places I talk about, thus adding detail, beyond what can be found by searching the Internet, Images and Wikipedia, where there are only…..
Future Books
I’m considering publishing my books with AD Book Press. They have offered me a more lucrative deal, compared to my present publishers, AuthorHouse. They’ll sell the books at less than half their present price. This will be a boost for my readers. It should increase my sales. They’ll also pay me 100% of my royalties, not retain part for their administration costs. I’m saving towards this goal.
More about my financial crisis,
Resolution in sight
Meanwhile, as far as my finances are concerned, I’d been trying many avenues.
By chance, many months back, I’d met Merlin, a Mercedes mechanic who works at a private garage. He had admired my car outside Halfords. We occasionally kept in contact. I was reminded of him while clearing duplicates from my Contacts.
I emailed him, he quickly replied saying,
“Don’t worry, my garage can do both sides for…..
Busking
I met Jon a while back, he’s a guitarist.
Jon also suffers from Paranoid Schizophrenia, (like me) but I’m afraid he thinks medication poisons his mind.
Despite the consequences, he refuses to go back to taking medication.
He can’t believe I also have the condition,
“You function too well,” he told me. I explained it was because I take my prescribed medication everyday.
One the day he came up to introduce himself while I was out busking,…..
April 2018, continued.
Raising Money:
To help raise cash, I sold my previous 4th generation iPad, with Wi-fi, Bluetooth, GPS, etc, etc., and a Bluetooth keyboard, to the gadget shop, CeX. I became impatient after advertising it on Nextdoor for a few days. No one showed any interest there.
On my way to CeX I remembered where I’d stored the iPad’s box. It was in my attic. I fetched it and took it with me. They…..
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