Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a poet with musicality. a fervent lover and traveler.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Current Feels was inspired by my excessiveness. I feel too much, sometimes to my own detriment and i always thought it was a weakness. that it was something only i felt until i interacted with my Instagram audience and learnt that a lot of people feel too much good and too much bad and so Current Feels was born. The objective was to simply nude my muchness in a collection of poetry exploring various love subjects and that in doing that it would allow everyone who reads the book to embrace their own muchness.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I wouldn’t call them unusual really but i write better with a cold beer in one hand or in the woods
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read a lot so a legion of novels and poetry books played a role in shaping me as a writer. yet with that i would like to believe my writing still maintains my authentic voice so i can’t say person X has influenced me
What are you working on now?
I am taking a break right now. Writing Current Feels was a heavy emotional journey.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Instagram
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep it real. It’s useless trying to be like every other writer out there. Readers appreciate an authentic and unique voice so tell your stories in your own way.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Read. Read. Read.
I wouldn’t be a writer if i didn’t heed this advise.
What are you reading now?
I am in between books.
I am reading Quiet, Black Box Thinking, Bone and Sun and her flowers
What’s next for you as a writer?
To write more.
You see i am what society calls introverted so my primary means of self expression is writing and so it’s as necessary as breath to me.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The 40 Rules of Love Elif Shafak
The love poems of Rumi
Author Websites and Profiles
Portia Mabaso Website
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