Interview with James Kemoli Amata

Published 2014-12-13.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
Dishonesty of traditional publishers.
How has Smashwords contributed to your success?
I write and get published immediately and I can modify my published work as guided.
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
An opportunity to say what is in my mind. I also use writing to teach other people what I know even if not directly.
What do your fans mean to you?
they are my consumers. they delight me so much.
What are you working on next?
SIMPLE SWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS SERIES
BOOK 1
MAAMUKIZI SALUTATIONS.
After this I will make sure I modify one book before publishing the next book until I clear the backlog.
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Let Me Confess: I Have Sinned Terribly Before Heaven and Earth
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 3,160. Language: Swahili. Published: October 23, 2023 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Bibles » God’s Word / Text
Let Me Confess: I Have Sinned Terribly Before Heaven and Earth is a monologue talking about us. What do we do when we are in privacy and when we forget that God sees everything all the time? Chapter starts in English but the content is in poetic Swahili. It makes the reader think about themselves.
Mama Peris Imali Maikuva: The Fallen Mighty Tree
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 5,600. Language: English. Published: August 19, 2023 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Religious history
Mama Peris Imali Maikuva: The Fallen Mighty Tree is a collection of some observations arising out of what happened at the funeral of Mama Peris Imali Maikuva. It calls for need to personally and individually review at heart what we stand for in our being right with God. Rebellion and negligence coupled with ignorance are the order of the day in matters religion.
Crying to Deaf Governments: The Owners Are All Dead
Price: $1.95 USD. Words: 3,510. Language: English. Published: June 23, 2023 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Personal finance
In 1985 the British Government gave the Kenya Government money to compensate former employees of the defunct East African Community. To this day, the Government of Kenya under the then and successive presidents has not paid any of the beneficiaries any of the money. Can the United Kingdom help to have the money paid out?
Sadaka Ya Tarehe Tano: Msumeno Ulao Mbele Na Nyuma
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 1,150. Language: Swahili. Published: June 23, 2023 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Bibles » Common English Bible / General
Sadaka ya Tarehe Tano ni Agizo la Agano. Ni msumeno ulao mbele na nyuma; ni dawa na ni sumu; inaweza kuhuisha na inaweza kufisha. Kutotoa Sadaka ya Tarehe Tano ni kukaidi na kukaidi ni dhambi. kKama umekosa, Mungu Anajua huna. Hivyo, hutakuwa na dhambi kwa kutotoa.Kumbuka u katika Agano ambalo ni makubaliano kati yako na Mungu wako.
Generosity Blesses
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 3,130. Language: British English. Published: June 1, 2023 . Categories: Nonfiction » History » Ancient » Egypt
Many years ago I was a student at the University of Nairobi. I was a resident student in Hall 5, also known as, Elgon. In the two last years, room 103. On my notice board in the room, I ignorantly proudly displayed a poster which read GENEROSITY IS THE VOLUNTARY ROAD TO POVERTY. I was morally and ethically poor and blind to the fact that selfishness is poverty in things that really matter.
Blame My Self-respect
Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 2,890. Language: Swahili. Published: January 24, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
Blame My Self-respect is a short cultural challenge in which a Maragoli man proposes to a Maragoli girl and receives the girl's initial response.
Breathe Evening Breeze
Price: $3.00 USD. Words: 41,020. Language: English. Published: December 28, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
James Kemoli Amata in Breathe Evening Breeze has seen people. Councilor Ndiegu of Lidala Location was touring schools in his area of representation. He spotted Bidii in Lidala Primary School. At first he ignored him.
Nimeipenda Uganda
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,750. Language: Swahili. Published: December 25, 2022 . Categories: Nonfiction » Language Instruction » Swahili
Nimeipenda Uganda ni kijitabu kidogo cha kuipongezea serikali ya Jamhuri ya Uganda kwa kukikipandisha heshima Kiswahili. Kiswahili kimefanywa lugha rasmi ya pili na tena somo la lazima katika shule. Hata hivyo, kama si kuishauri serikali iwape wanafunzi mzigo mwepesi, kinawatia moyo watakaotaka kujifunza Kiswahili wafanye hivyo kwa kusoma vitabu vyenye mambo mepesi. Kila mtu atumie Kiswahili safi.
Kiswahili Kibovu
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 3,970. Language: Swahili. Published: December 25, 2022 . Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Literacy » Library & information science / school media
Kiswahili Kibovu ni mkusanyiko wa mifano michache tu kati ya makosa mengi yasikikayo katika matumizi ya Kiswahili. Wanafunzi wanapokiiga hujikuta wameanguka mitihani huku wakidhani wanajua Kiswahili. Shida ni kwamba makosa haya ni kutoka kwa watu wanaoheshimiwa katika jamii. Wanafunzi wawe makini wasikiige bila kujali wakidhani wanaongozwa sawasawa.
A Kangaroo at Kilingili Police Station
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,000. Language: English. Published: December 24, 2022 . Categories: Nonfiction » Entertainment » Humor & satire » Topic / relationships
A Kangaroo at Kilingili Police Station is about some bad things that happen at a police station. It calls for revision of the law to protect people. The P3 Form is abused by some police officers. The penal code and the judiciary procedure need urgent review since innocent people with simple cases rot in remand prison due to the automatic fourteen days in remand the moment they plead not guilty.
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