Steve Braker Blogs
African Jinn: An Insight
A lot of you have been asking me for more history emails about East Africa. This is a pet subject of mine, so I am happy to oblige. Not far from where I live is a large market called Kongowea. The market is known for selling almost anything. It opens at some...
Wayne Stinnett, John Cunnigham, Nick Sullivan, Nicholas Harvey| Graceless
Graceless Authors: Wayne Stinnett | John Cunningham | Nick Sullivan | Nicholas Harvey. Wayne Stinnett is a bit of a hero of mine. He was the reason I started to write action thrillers. I also read his book on writing within the Amazon domain and gained a lot of...
The Naming of Kenya
A lot of you have been asking me for more history emails about East Africa. This is a pet subject of mine, so I am happy to oblige. Kongowea Market Mombasa-A blog by Steve Braker Action Thriller Author Not far from where I live is a large market called Kongowea....
Live and Work in Africa-My Story.
Live and Work in Africa-My Story. Thinking of a Change? Around 1998-99 I was struggling in the UK. I just was not satisfied with what I had managed to achieve, and I wanted more excitement and challenges in my life. At the time, I lived in Muswell Hill in North...
Mark Dawson | The Vault
The Vault-Mark Dawson Mark Dawson is one of my heroes. He is one of the reasons I got into indie publishing in the first place. He is a great writer and although he has hit the big time in the indie publishing world he has also kept his writing career up to speed....
James A. Ross | Hunting Teddy Roosevelt
Hunting Teddy Roosevelt was a very interesting action and adventure novel. I had heard a lot about Teddy’s trip to East Africa so when I saw this book on Kindle it was a must for me. I live in Kenya and find the history of this country fascinating. Hunting Teddy...
Day Four on an African Safari
As I sit in my office, come living room, looking out at the dark thunderclouds hovering above the ocean. I am sure as the evening arrives and the earth cools, the clouds will roll in and we will get another tropical rainstorm. This has been a constant in my life...
Stephen King | A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King is a legend in the writing world. I am sure most of you have heard of him for his horror stories over the last twenty years. This book is different. It is an autobiographical look at how he came to be a writer in the first place. I thoroughly enjoyed...
Back on Our African Safari
It’s raining here in Mombasa, which is a double-edged sword. We desperately need the much needed rain as we have been having a drought for almost six years, but the rain always brings flooding and disease. The denizens of the slums around Mombasa suffer, as they...
A Leopard Attacks-Safari Stories
A Leopard Attacks the Village Where I live in Mombasa is not exactly in the bush. However, we do get reminders from time to time that it is very close. The clever, thieving vervets that come and invade my house, stealing anything they can lay their hands on is one....
Five Day African Safari…Continued
I have been very busy with book six, African Jinn, it has reached eighty thousand words. Now is the time to send it to Deirdre, my lovely editor, so she can mark it up with loads of red pen and make me feel awful! But that’s the life of an author. As Stephen King...
Five Day Safari – Gede Ruins
Currently, we are suffering from empty nest syndrome. Olivia and Sam, my daughter and her fiancé, left to head back to the U.K. So, Pauline and I are rattling around the flat waiting for the doorbell to ring. But what the hell, life goes on, and we have to settle...
The Entrepreneur Next Door with Steve Braker
I was recently interviewed by Zev Asch on The Entrepreneur Next Door Podcast. Check it out below! Steve Braker: A successful entrepreneur who moved to Africa to write action-thriller...
A Day Out Climbing Mount Longonot in Kenya, East Africa
I had a great Christmas with my daughter Olivia and her fiancé Sam who have come to stay for six weeks. This world of nomad working is fantastic for families like mine where we are spread out all over the world. Olivia is working a few days via the internet and...
The Battle of Salaita Hill-African History
Over this last year, a few people have reached out to me regarding coming to Kenya for a holiday. I am no travel expert, but I am more than happy to chat about places to go and things to do. If anyone is planning that trip of a lifetime to see the big game, then...
