Ntebogeng Mahlare Archer Newsletter # 5 • April 2025 Dumelang (Hello), Can you believe the first quarter of 2025 is already over? Oh my goodness—where does the time go? Truly, that’s how I’ve been feeling lately. I had a personal goal to finish my current round of edits by the end of March... and well, March has come and gone, and I’m still at it! But I’m making good progress, so no complaints. If you haven't read Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman, I HIGHLY...

Ntebogeng Mahlare Archer Author Newsletter, Issue # 4 • January 2025 DUMELANG (Hello), Interestingly, it’s been fairly easy to remember to change my date to 2025. Maybe it was just something that happened when I was in school, but I remember it taking a while to get used to writing the new year—January 2024...oops, January 2025. I hope you’ve had, or are having, a wonderful holiday/festive season, wherever you are in the world. My year has started off at a steady pace. The children are back...

Ntebogeng Mahlare Archer Author Newsletter, Issue # 3 • September 2024 Dumelang (hello), If you are receiving this quarterly newsletter for the first time, welcome. In case you noticed the date at the top, it’s not a mistake. I had planned to send this out earlier, but I’ve been feeling sluggish this past week. I’m pretty sure it’s because I’ve hit the trough of my energy cycle after pushing hard for the last three months. It’s been a good quarter—though challenging at times—and filled with...