While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.
1. I edited only 15 chapters of my thriller Sophia von X. I still have to add some details about Istanbul, Jerusalem, Yakuza family, Ice Age caves of Europe, Jesus Christ (grave), von Essen family, prologue-epilogue-interview…and most important, Bible. I also changed names of heroes, sigh.
The book is some kind of mix: Charlie’s Angels and Da Vinci Code.
2. I’ll spend Christmas on Malta! Vacation mode! 💃💃 Also, I’m taking a break from blogging until 15 January, but planning to work on Sophia von X and publish it – in the end of January 2020.
3. All my posts are scheduled (until Xmas). Plan is always here
4. I registered my books in the Copyright Register (Sweden/& International). If you are an American, you probably know that you can register your work with the Library of Congress, in general, whatever country you are in – there’s a copyright registry.
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Sharing a very cool book of poetry MARGINALIA, Johan Jonson (check the picture below). I found it in the local library, in the section – ‘For you with a good taste” (yeah, we’ve got a section like this 😜)
The poems are short, 3-4 liners: the funniest thing is the lines between them. Let me give you an example of those lines first:
– I don’t have money
– We must have more money
– I gonna get these fucking money
– I promise you more money
– I love when I have money
The poem-example from Marginalia, J. Jonson
(translated by Ray):
I want to love you, but I have no money
flowing
timeless
life
of my body
and zero.
I write for money
to write is
to suffocate. i want to
be choked.
I have to get some money, some way
suicide
never ends.
never.
I need more money
death is always
after you.
‘inaccessible’ after …
The money is never enough
i have no right
to be free. why
would i?
I dream about money at night
heaven
and the ocean
are ‘engines’.
Sharing my latest review on Book Viral – here
The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.
The poverty stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.
Next post – Interview with Sabina Gabrielli Carrara
Entertaining… as always Victoria!
Just sharing some unusual findings 😛🧐🕺🕺🕺
Writing for money seems like a dream come true.
Yeah, in the world where people are reading less & less books 🙂 – we r going to be rich, I feel it 😂😂
We have a saying, from your mouth to god’s ears.
Good one 👍👍👍
Always knew you had good taste 😄!!! Can’t wait to get into Sophia (pun intended). Glad you’re taking the holidays off while you work on YOUR stuff. Happy writing !!!!!
Thank you, but Sophia is still in draft #2 lol I’m just making a buzz in hope it will work out in January :)) My taste? haha I couldn’t pass by such ‘straight forward’ book 🙂
Same as above, accidentally put incorrect e-mail in form 🤗🤪
Yes I see it now!! It’s fine 😀📚📚
Would love to write for money would be even better than making love for money (I guess-No experience) Thanks for the philosophical bent on today’s post, VR
Made me laugh … really 🙂
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Always a pleasure to make you laugh. 😁
Love the quote and thoughts RNB.
They are . . . money! 😉
😂 on the way to get mooooreeee 🤔😛
I suppose money is what it’s all about.
Lol 😂 noooo… what about the true pleasure of suffering while writing or editing? 😬😉😉
Not too mention the tremendous satisfaction of having a world-wide audience of 12…
no no no…don’t tell me, or I’ll start hating this “writers-life” 😤😤😂😂
If seriously tho…we do what we are 🙂 😉 don’t forget that
Words to embed.
There’s a lot of Truth in Groucho’s comment, 😀 and talking of women! I’ve often mused, if I won say £4,000,000 on the lottery, would 25yr old pretty ladies begin trying to chat me up?
🙂 Seriously, I’d guess yes!!
I think yes…I think you’d make their day even if you’d lift your finger to chat with them…but first – 4.000.000 😅😅😅
Have yourself a Happy Christmas Victoria 🙂 (Victoria’s a classy name.)
🍰🍰 you too…it’s still November tho 👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️☕️☕️ but I’m looking forward to my vacation… 🌞🌞🌞
“And the money should roll in” sayeth The Tom
😂😂✌️👍
GBS quote cuts to the core of the world today!
Yeah…true that 😬😉🙃🙃
I hope you enjoy your Christmas 🙂
I hope to see you about…
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Show me some money!🕺🕺
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