When I first met Dr Walter Masocha he promised me the world. He noticed I was a writer and he promised me that he personally was going to help me publish my books. I have writen a total of five books to date. Two children's books, one autobiography, one fantasy novel, and one non fiction book. I showed Dr Masocha my manuscripts and he loved my work and encouraged me to keep writing.
I gave him 3 of my manuscripts and he has possession of them today. He promised to get me a publisher. He told me that he was also writing his books and me and him would use the same publisher. He told me that he was now my manager and he wanted to manage me on the road to stardom. He said he was there to guide and protect me, and with his prayers and help I would definitely fulfil my dream to be an author.
He spoke prophecies in my life that I would write best selling books one day. It was my dream, I had been writing books since I was 15. I had been looking for a publisher since I was 24. However on the 26th of April 2013 I recieved a phone call from Trafford Publishing and they were offering a very good publishing package for my fantasy fiction novel. Dr Masocha was in South Africa at that time. I contacted him straight away via email and he said he would talk to me about the book publishing upon his return from South Africa. Remember Dr Walter Masocha had told me he was now officially my manager.
So I wrote Trafford Publishing an email and explained to them that I was unable to do anything or make any decisions till my manager Dr Masocha was back from South Africa. Daddy had promised to publish my books, so for me this was it! The dream I had been waiting for. This was a self-publishing company, a very reputable one. They wanted me to publish the book straight away, but of course I had no money to.
So Dr Masocha came back from South Africa. My publishing consultant Melody called me before I spoke to Daddy. She kept putting so much pressure on me.
"I'm sorry I cant do anything without my manager's consent", I told her on the phone.
"Why Jean? This is a good publishing deal. Your book will be out in 3 months." She tried to convince me. "We have had best selling books and your fantasy novel sounds exciting".
" I know but I havent even got the money and I really have to speak to my manager first." I insisted.
She sounded dissapointed. "Can I call your manager then?" She asked me. "I don't mean to disrespect you but some managers dont actually have your best interest at heart. Let me call him". She persisted.
I remember I was actually in Sandra's room. Sandra advised me to give them Daddy's number. I did. I sent an email to Trafford Publishing and told my publisher to contact my manager Dr Masocha on my behalf to discuss any book publishing deals. She sent an email back straight away and told me she had called Dr Masocha. Please note I have the emails exchanged between Trafford Publishing and Dr Walter Masocha and I.
This was just the beginning of a heartbreak that would follow me. Daddy called me the next day, telling me that he had spoken to Melody my publishing consultant from Trafford Publishing. Little did Daddy know Melody had cced me the emails she had exchanged with Dr Masocha. Within the first phone call from Trafford Publishing that was meant to be about me and my book, surprisingly Dr Masocha then secured a publishing deal for HIMSELF with my publisher.
Melody did write me and told me that Dr Masocha was now publishing his book (Threshing Floor) with her. I want you to know dear reader that I am the one who found the publisher for Dr Masocha's recent published book. I have all the emails to prove it.
So Daddy called me and told me he had spoken to Melody. He said actually he was now thinking of publishing his long awaited book with her. Actually he told me he was at a prayer retreat and he was there to finish off writing his book. So everything had actually happend at the right time. He was excited.
Now at this time Trafford Publishing had a special offer, you could publish two books for the price of one package! Daddy had some good news for me. He told me this was it! Our breakthrough. He called me everyday for a week. We discussed publishing and money and business. He said actually I was going to publish my book under his deal. He was going to pay for the publishing deal, and get another book published free. He said because he was now my manager, he could carry me on his back. I was ecstatic! My dream was coming true! And Daddy my hero was sorting it all out for me.
I did not speak to Melody for a week. Daddy was the one now dealing with Melody. I spoke to my husband about the book deal, he wasn't very happy that Dad would get the book published for me. He said it was not Daddy's duty to do that for me. Before God, as his daughter I should be the one paying for his book to be published. He said if he had money he would pay it for Dad. My husband told me to tell Dad that he personally was going to to pay for his wife's publishing contract.
"But Daddy told me he would do this for me. He promised me. I don't see anything wrong with that." I told my husband, crushed and confused.
"No baby, its not right to have your book published by Dad. God won't bless you. Lets do it ourselves." My husband convinced me.
So Daddy called me the next day. He had been acting a bit differently the previous day, I had to ask him if he was really really really gonna keep his promise and let me in on the book deal. He promised me.
So when he called me the next day I felt I had to tell him what my husband had said. I wasnt sure. I wanted him to say no we will keep our promise to each other. But to my hurt and pain, he changed his tune. He agreed 100% with my husband, and told me that he would not be publishing the book for me and that I was better off getting it published through my husband's funds. He said in-fact he had two books he wanted to publish and he was going to use the other offer for his own books.
I cried. I felt crushed. I felt betrayed. That was it for me. My husband did not discuss the book publishing deal with me again after that. Two weeks later he asked me, "Honey, how is it going with your book publishing deal?"
Upto today I can't believe what actually happend. One minute my book was getting published. The next minute everything fell apart before me. Daddy had even promised me we would launch our books together. He said it was going to be such an amazing event. Then the next minute he says actually I will go ahead and publish my book without you. It hurt that it was actually me who found the publisher for him, yet he dropped me like a hot bun. It left me hurt and confused. But I know in my heart my fantasy book will make it to the shelfs one day. My God is always faithful. To add to the wounds, on the 5th of June 2013 after he had dropped me from the book deal, he had the guts to send me this email, as I hard working daughter I spent a week drawing 40 images for his book, work that would take at least 4 month to do. I had blisters on my fingers. This was the week my marriage suffered the most, this was the week that led to the breakdown of my marriage, the week I was working for "Daddys" book.
Beloved daughter, Jean. Here is a list of the images I need for the book. Would you be able to draw these in a week? I shall call yoo to discuss the ones you gave me last time. Soo happy with them because it seems you have caught the idea. I would appreciate if you would work on this straight away, if you are able to, as I need these as a matter of utmost urgency. Images/pictures of threshing floor Images of 9 story grand house/mansion, with a lovely Penthouse at the top Wheat in field or wheat being harvested Someone working out in the gym/ lifting weights Threshing Floor of Araunah Ruth on the Threshing floor Image of winnowing process Image of the sifting process Dirty Dishes and Dirty Linen/clothes, plus clothes on drying line Hyenas, jackals and wolves Pregnant woman or women, Drunk person or ppl People gossipping Someone looking in the mirror Human mouth, showing teeth, tongue and lips Human tongue Images of people queueing (as in going for surgery) or waiting to be attended to Images of a Man of God or Prophet Images of someone being counselled one on one Traffic jam Images of murderer or someone knifing someone Someone in the toilet, either one person or a group of ppl Cracks on someone's feet (man'a) Someone having shower or just the shower sprinkling water Wrestling ring (either people or cartoons) Image of orange/fruit with segments (Fruit Of the Spirit) Heart or group of hearts, depicting LOVE Image symbolising clinic ie hospital or nurse etc etc Someone in Intensive Care Unit, depicting Surgery Images of wasps (mago) in a tree or bush (chigwenzi) Vehicle being attended to (to show/symbolise MOT) Green leaf from a shoot (to show Re-freshness) Someone on the Penthouse of the grand house, rejoicing, with beatiful views of beautiful scenery with mountains, lakes, sea etc etc in the distance Wheat bundle Beautiful Wheat seed in a container or in a hand etc Page full of wheat seed everywhere People rejoicing and having a party - some dancing, some praying, some jumping etc etc showing rejoicing It would be most helpful if you were able to SCAN and e-mail back the images as a WORD document to make it easy for me to cut and paste. Looking forward to hearing from you soonest. You know I love you, Daddy vako. xxxx
Below is a picture of my husband, Dr Masocha and I. The two men I ever trusted the most.
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