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	<title>Martinus de Beer</title>
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		<title>Ek leef nog!</title>
		<link>http://martinusdebeer.bookslive.co.za/blog/2008/08/05/ek-leef-nog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martinus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afrikaans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ek wil net gou sê dat ek nog leef. Of altans ek dink so - 'n mens kan nooit te seker wees oor hierdie dinge nie. Ek is die laaste tyd baie besig. Dit sal my nie verbaas as ek intussen al die emmer geskop het nie en te besig ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ek wil net gou sê dat ek nog leef. Of altans ek dink so &#8211; &#8216;n mens kan nooit te seker wees oor hierdie dinge nie. Ek is die laaste tyd baie besig. Dit sal my nie verbaas as ek intussen al die emmer geskop het nie en te besig was om dit agter te kom. Aan die anderkant het ek op die oomblik verkoue en ek dink &#8216;n mens moet lewe om &#8216;n verkoue te kry &#8211; altans ek hoop so!</p>
<p>Ja, wel&#8230; ek skryf hard (is dit die regte woord? Ek is besig om manies te raak oor woorde) die laaste tyd. Eintlik doen ek meer navorsing as skryf, maar dit is &#8216;n ander storie.</p>
<p>Cool runnings.</p>
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		<title>Steve se Spoeg Blok</title>
		<link>http://martinusdebeer.bookslive.co.za/blog/2008/05/02/steve-se-spoeg-blok/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 22:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martinus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afrikaans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[steve hofmeyr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Om jou naam en die berugte (oorwegend onregverdig, maar nie as sulks &#8216;n slegte ding nie) Steve se Spoeg Blok in dieselfde Google search te sien is seker genoeg om enige-iemand se hart te laat gaan staan (volg die voorafgaande link en tik dan &#8220;hemelhel&#8221; by &#8220;use Google to search SSSB&#8221; aan die regterkant van [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Om jou naam en die berugte (oorwegend onregverdig, maar nie as sulks &#8216;n slegte ding nie) <a href="http://stevehofmeyr.co.za/blog/">Steve se Spoeg Blok</a> in dieselfde Google search te sien is seker genoeg om enige-iemand se hart te laat gaan staan (volg die voorafgaande link en tik dan &#8220;hemelhel&#8221; by &#8220;use Google to search SSSB&#8221; aan die regterkant van die blad in om die inskrywing te sien). Dit was met &#8216;n bewende finger dat ek op die link gekliek het. En toe bars ek in trane uit&#8230;<br />
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Ja ek weet big boys don&#8217;t cry, maar om sulke kommentaar te lees van iemand so suksesvol en bekend as Steve Hofmeyr was meer as wat my ou hartjie kon dra:</p>
<blockquote><p>Ek blaai deur Martinus De Beer se HEMELHEL en my oog vang die openingsblad se aanhaling “Tussen lyne staan geskryf wat net ons weet”. Dit kom uit ‘n lied WANT NET ONS WEET, om en by uit 1995. Ek het dit ook saam Rina Hugo gedoen die eerste keer toe ek Sun City gespeel het. Dankie Martinus en ek hoop jou boek doen goed.<br />
Is jy ‘n Bloemfonteiner?</p></blockquote>
<p>Steve Hofmeyr sê vir my dankie. Dit is ek wat vir hom moet dankie sê &#8211; vir al die woorde, musiek en vreugde wat hy in ons almal se huise en harte ingebring het. En dankie vir die woorde waarsonder &#8216;n dieper betekenis in Hemelhel verlore sou gaan.</p>
<p>Ja, ek is &#8216;n Bloemfonteiner in murg-en-been. Alhoewel ek in Namibië gebore is en &#8216;n gedeelte van my hart altyd sal terughunker na die woestyn, woon ek die grootste gedeelte van my lewe in Bloemfontein. Ek was ongelukkig nie in Grey College nie (vir die wat weet hoekom ek dit nodig ag om te sê), maar is &#8216;n JF&#8217;er al die pad.</p>
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		<title>Muse Applications Closed</title>
		<link>http://martinusdebeer.bookslive.co.za/blog/2008/04/08/muse-applications-closed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martinus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just a quick update to inform you that the applications for a new muse is now officially closed. My former muse came back &#8211; was it something I did? Thank you for all the applications I did not receive. Not that I&#8217;m feeling angry or resentful or anything. [sob] One would have been [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is just a quick update to inform you that the applications for a new muse is now officially closed. My former muse came back &#8211; was it something I did? Thank you for all the applications I did not receive. Not that I&#8217;m feeling angry or resentful or anything. <em>[sob]</em> One would have been nice though.</p>
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		<title>Bankrotskap, Ruda Landman, Etienne van Heerden en &#8216;n baie groot dankie</title>
		<link>http://martinusdebeer.bookslive.co.za/blog/2008/02/25/bankrotskap-ruda-landman-etienne-van-heerden-en-n-baie-groot-dankie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martinus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afrikaans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[boeke insig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boeketafel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[En so het Boeke-Insig se boektafel Vrydag gekom &#8211; teen R250-00 &#8216;n kaartjie vir nie-lede en R150-00 vir lede. Ek moet sê dat vir alles wat jy kry op so &#8216;n aand is R250-00 nie baie nie. Ongelukkig dwaal ek soortvan op die rant van bankrotskap en daarom is R250-00 &#8216;n magiese bedrag. My bankrotskap [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>En so het <a href="http://www.boekeinsig.co.za/">Boeke-Insig</a> se <a href="http://boekeinsig.bookslive.co.za/2008/01/14/insig-boektafels-met-ruda-landman/">boektafel</a> Vrydag gekom &#8211; teen R250-00 &#8216;n kaartjie vir nie-lede en R150-00 vir lede. Ek moet sê dat vir alles wat jy kry op so &#8216;n aand is R250-00 nie baie nie. Ongelukkig dwaal ek soortvan op die rant van bankrotskap en daarom is R250-00 &#8216;n magiese bedrag. My bankrotskap is gelukkig net tydelik, want ek spaar vir ietsie spesiaal (uhm, ja, ek sal julle later daarvan vertel). In elk geval, na &#8216;n vreeslike gewik en geweeg en &#8216;n traan of twee, het ek besluit dat ek eerder nie sal gaan nie. Ek was baie telleurgesteld, want Ruda Landman en Ettiene van Heerden sou daar wees en dit is &#8216;n hele ete en &#8216;n boekbespreking, ensovoorts, ensovoorts.<br />
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Maar die Here sorg vir &#8216;n mens. Vrydagmiddag skakel my gunsteling boeke-tannie &#8211; van Fascinations in Bloem &#8211; vir my en sê sy het vir my &#8216;n kaartjie. Ek was heeltemal oorstelp. Hoe sy geweet het dat ek so graag wil gaan en dat ek nie kon nie, weet nugter alleen. Ek trek my mooi aan, klim in my kar en ry Ilanga Estate toe. Vooraf het ek besluit dat, come hell or high water, vanaand sal ek met beide Ruda Landman en Ettiene van Heerden gesels. </p>
<p>Dit is toe baie makliker as wat ek voorsien het. In stede daarvan dat hulle agter in &#8216;n kamer wegkruip, is hulle toe sommer daar tussen die mense. Ek was steeds skrikkerig. Wat gaan Ruda Landman van my dink as ek sommer net uit die bloute op haar afstorm? &#8220;Nog &#8216;n mal celebrity-hunter,&#8221; het ek vermoed. Nie dat ek is nie, maar ek het soveel respek vir wat sy oor die jare vir Suid-Afrika gedoen het en kan nie dié geleentheid laat verby gaan nie.</p>
<p>Ek benader haar toe maar skelm uit &#8216;n hoek uit, sluip die hele tyd nader &#8211; en mors rooiwyn op &#8216;n tafel uit (sorry!) &#8211; terwyl ek dophou vir &#8216;n kans om iets te gaan sê. Ek skraap op die ou ent die moed bymekaar en WOW! Sy is &#8216;n wonderlike mens. &#8216;n Mens sou dink dat so &#8216;n groot Suid-Afrikaanse vermaaklikheidspersoonlikheid sou neerkyk op die gepeupel. Maar nee, haar voete is plat op die aarde. Sy het my nie vir &#8216;n oomblik laat minderwaardig voel nie en ek het nou net nog soveel meer respek vir haar as van te vôre. Baie dankie!</p>
<p>Ek was versigtiger vir Ettiene van Heerden. Hy is &#8216;n groot naam in die wêreld waarin ek nou my voete probeer vind (&#8216;n mens moet versigtig wees om jouself nie in die voet te skiet nie) en hoog in die lys van skrywers wat ek nog graag wil ontmoet. Nadat ek hom op dieselfde manier benader het as mev. Landman &#8211; gelukkig het ek nie weer wyn gemors nie &#8211; ontdek ek dat hy is &#8216;n aangename mens vol advies en kennis.</p>
<p>Die res van die aand was fantasties, van die heerlike kos, gratis wyn en die <em>live</em> onderhoud tot by die geskenkpakkie aan die einde. Baie, baie dankie vir almal betrokke. Ek sweef nou nog op &#8216;n wolk.</p>
<p>P.S. die volgende boeketafel is oor drie maande. Sien gerus <a href="http://www.boekeinsig.co.za/">Boeke-Insig se tuisblad</a>, of <a href="http://boekeinsig.bookslive.co.za/2008/01/14/insig-boektafels-met-ruda-landman/">kliek hier</a>.</p>
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		<title>Loftus Marais, ek soen jou sommer!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martinus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afrikaans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hemelhel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eerder nie, maar ek het julle aandag getrek, of hoe? Alhoewel die woorde&#8230; hierdie idee is al banaal in die literatuur, en dit is nie 208 bladsye se deurlees werd nie &#8230;nog soos &#8216;n mes in my rug sit, moet ek Loftus Marais bedank vir sy interessante resensie. Maar dit is die resensies oor die [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eerder nie, maar ek het julle aandag getrek, of hoe?<br />
Alhoewel die woorde&#8230; </p>
<blockquote><p><em>hierdie idee is al banaal in die literatuur, en dit is nie 208 bladsye se deurlees werd nie</em></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8230;nog soos &#8216;n mes in my rug sit, moet ek Loftus Marais bedank vir sy interessante resensie.<br />
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Maar dit is die resensies oor die resensie &#8211; iets briljants wat ek nog nooit van te vore gesien het nie &#8211; wat my aandag getrek het. Dit bewys weereens dat daar tussen die lyne van <strong><a href="http://bookslive.co.za/bookfinder/ean/9780798148757">Hemelhel</a></strong> vir elke persoon &#8216;n ander storie lê. Party van die resensente se name ken ek en dit is &#8216;n eer om deur hulle beoordeel en verdedig te word. Ander ken ek nie, maar is verras deur hul treffende kommentaar.</p>
<p>Wonder jy nog steeds waarvan ek praat?</p>
<p>Gaan na <a href="http://www.litnet.co.za">Litnet se webwerf</a>, beweeg die muis oor <em>boeke/books</em> en klik dan op <em>resensies/reviews</em>. Kies by die opsie <em>select subcategory</em> &#8220;Afrikaans&#8221;. Rol na onder en soek vir die resensies wat die naam <strong>Hemelhel</strong> bevat (sien, &#8216;n mens kan rekenaartaal in Afrikaans skryf).</p>
<p>Uiteindelik het ek die uiteenlopende en eerlike kommentaar gekry waarvoor ek al so lank wag. Jippee!</p>
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		<title>Two Thumbs Up for South Africans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martinus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just a quick post to give two thumbs up to all South Africans. Okay, mostly all South Africans &#8211; those who are responsible for causing absolute chaos excluded. In the last weeks, after having a few virus exposure scares &#8211; the real life ones, not the computer kind &#8211; and being forced by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is just a quick post to give two thumbs up to all South Africans. Okay, mostly all South Africans &#8211; those who are responsible for causing absolute chaos excluded. </p>
<p>In the last weeks, after having a few virus exposure scares &#8211; the real life ones, not the computer kind &#8211; and being forced by Eskom to stop writing in the middle of a creative free flow, I have come to realize how resilient we South Africans have become &#8211; this without having to mention crime.<span id="more-6"></span></p>
<p>I applaud the media for dragging the truth bit by bit out of Eskom and not giving up on reporting crime. Keep up the good work.</p>
<p>My motto: Keep on resisting bad service! It worked before, it will work again.</p>
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		<title>Kama versus Karma</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martinus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aargh! I had a great shock when I read my first post today. Somehow &#8211; I am not giving details &#8211; karma changed to kama in the title. What difference does a li&#8217;le ol&#8217; r make? Well, guess what? A lot. I meant it as a play on words, but it ended up as a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aargh! I had a great shock when I read my first post today. Somehow &#8211; I am not giving details &#8211; <em>karma</em> changed to <em>kama</em> in the title. What difference does a li&#8217;le ol&#8217; <em>r</em> make? Well, guess what? A lot.<br />
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I meant it as a play on words, but it ended up as a very interesting tip on dispelling writer&#8217;s block &#8211; please do not ask me the dynamics of achieving this, because I haven&#8217;t tried it&#8230; <em>yet</em>. Karma &#8211; loosely translated &#8211; deals with causality. In other words: what goes around, comes around. Kama, on the other hand, means&#8230; yeah, well, look it up in the dictionary.</p>
<p>I had an bump in with karma today, I set up an interesting opportunity for myself and just as I though the attempt got lost in red tape, I get an e-mail back. Here&#8217;s hoping it all goes well. No kama today, though!</p>
<p>More details to follow &#8211; provided that there is details to follow.</p>
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		<title>The Kama Sutra and the Art of Writing Books</title>
		<link>http://martinusdebeer.bookslive.co.za/blog/2008/01/11/the-kama-sutra-and-the-art-of-writing-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martinus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings; welcome to my blog. Someone once said: “The moment you know you are a great writer, you cease to be one” – or something like that. Few truer words have been spoken. Although Hemelhel has been on the shelves a few months now, it still feels like something that happened to someone else, as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/booksa/2185389088/" title="Martinus de Beer by BOOKphotoSA, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2270/2185389088_c50e8ca402_t.jpg" width="75" height="100" align="left" alt="Martinus de Beer" /></a>Greetings; welcome to my blog. Someone once said: “The moment you know you are a great writer, you cease to be one” – or something like that. Few truer words have been spoken.</p>
<p>Although <em><a href="http://bookslive.co.za/bookfinder/ean/9780798148757">Hemelhel</a></em> has been on the shelves a few months now, it still feels like something that happened to someone else, as if the memories I have of the months slaving in front of my laptop, attending the <a href="http://nb.bookslive.co.za/2007/10/26/five-new-books-five-new-voices-at-the-ek-is-n-skrywer-launch/">launch</a>, reading reviews and having various book discussions belongs to some greater being than lil&#8217; ol’ me.</p>
<p>The process of writing is again leaving me feeling inept and mediocre, which means I must be working on something great – I hope. I will not really know until it is finished, approved, edited and the reviews and sales data are in.<br />
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<a href="http://sapartridge.bookslive.co.za">S.A. Partridge</a> and Derick Muller are due to appear at the <a href="http://www.suidoosterfees.co.za">Suidoosterfees</a> in a sixty minute discussion with the topic what is it like to publish your first book. I am guessing someone will ask them how do you write a book – at least, that is what I would like to ask them.</p>
<p>Since finishing editing, I’ve spent a lot of time on the internet researching this very question, which is strange, being a published writer and a good way into my next book – or rather my next book a good way into me (books have a way of finding their own course, turning the writer into a simple copywriter for his own creation).</p>
<p>There is no real consensus on the matter and I have found a lot of advice that makes no sense and/or utterly contradicts itself. Yet, a lot of it seems to work in its own weird little way. I have decided to regard it all as I regard politics: it is mostly devoid of logic and frequently makes no real sense, but we need it anyway.</p>
<p>I guess the block I am feeling has to do with feeling mediocre and inept, caused by my writing, which I aim to achieve by getting rid of my block, which makes me feel mediocre and inept. And so the vicious circle continues…</p>
<p>Or it is just simple Second Book Syndrome. Who knows?</p>
<p>On advice from PG du Plessis, I’ve gone out and bought some super glue and attached myself to my desk chair &#8211; well, not really, but you get the idea.</p>
<p>So, this is me, poking you through countless wires and aerial transmissions right into the eclectic comforts of your home.</p>
<p>Enjoy the blog and Happy New Year to all!</p>
<p>P.S. I am accepting applications for a muse, seeing as my last one fled to the other side of the country – was it something I did? Enquire within.</p>
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		<title>Hemelhel</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Die krag van hierdie debuut lê daarin dat dit die lewe uit die perspektief van die depressielyer vir jou nuut maak. In die hartjie van die Vrystaat is daar &#8216;n huis met &#8216;n wit muur daarom. Agter dié muur ontvou verhale waarvan bitter min mense ooit hoor. Dié huis is die kliniek vir depressielyers. &#8216;n [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><a href="http://bookslive.co.za/bookfinder/ean/9780798148757"><img src="http://images.kalahari.net/ann/all/lg/978/079/814/875/9780798148757.jpg" alt="Hemelhel" /></a></p>
<p>Die krag van hierdie debuut lê daarin dat dit die lewe uit die perspektief van die depressielyer vir jou nuut maak. In die hartjie van die Vrystaat is daar &#8216;n huis met &#8216;n wit muur daarom. Agter dié muur ontvou verhale waarvan bitter min mense ooit hoor. Dié huis is die kliniek vir depressielyers. &#8216;n Jong pasiënt stap die kliniek binne. En saam met hom ervaar jy die onbekende en afgeslote wêreld. Op sy gemaak-weerbarstige manier ervaar die leser al die roetines, sien die personeel en ander pasiënte uit sy sardoniese perspektief en beleef sy grille, sy gemoedskwellings en vertwyfeling. Die aantal weke in die kliniek word &#8216;n meesleurende verhaal – dit word die ontdekking van &#8216;n wêreld. Ook &#8216;n boek vir die ouer of jonger leser.</p>
<p>&#8211; <i>Protea Boekwinkel nuusbrief</i></p>
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