The next best thing to experiencing something yourself is to hear people talk about their interests, sharing their experiences and stories. And the best stories are those that come from passion - striving to overcome obstacles on your way to succeeding in your chosen field, funny anecdotes, hardships endured. "Release The Geek" is our weekly forum to chat to people who are geeky about something - they could be successful, semi-so, or on their way to achieving a level of it but they've all got one thing in common - passion. Can't replicate it. And we want to share their experiences, their hurdles, their stories with the greater geek populace (or anyone who would care to).
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episode 133: Episode 134: 'Our Immaculate' Geekery with Jason Hes!
In 2016, we interviewed Kelan Gerrity from Sera Blue, a new age publishing company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Kelan, a writer herself, offered a very interesting promotion - if you purchased a copy of her book, Crimson Skies, you could submit a story idea that Sera Blue would edit and publish for free.
After a long and challenging process, due to the quality of the entries, Sera Blue declared a winner - Joburg based writer Jason Hes, for his horror novel submission, "Our Immaculate".
We recently sat down with both Jason and Kelan to discuss Jason's path to geekdom, the competition process overall, and how Jason came upon the ideas that formed the basis of his horror story.
"Our Immaculate" is now available at Skoobs in Montecasino, Johannesburg, or via the Sera Blue website! You can also follow Jason via his Facebook page!