EP13: The 7-day deadline

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In just seven days Frank-N-Furter can make you a man. Well, that’s nothing because in just seven days Melinda Ferguson can make you a MANuscript.

Melinda is a best-selling author, a prized publisher and an unstoppable force. A few days ago she published Lockdown, the Corona Chronicles. Written by 17 authors, in 7 days and published in 10 … it’s surely the fastest book from concept to publication. Each chapter is a story of life in lockdown and they range from whimsical to wry to profound to inspiring to heart-breaking to hysterical. Melinda explains how she pulled off this publishing coup.

8 Apr 2020 9AM English Explicit South Africa Books · Arts Jonathan Ancer

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