How tough was life for Gabriel Garcia Marquez when he finished writing One Hundred Years of Solitude? As we find out in The Guardian, quite tough:
When his masterwork was finished in August 1967 and he and his wife went to the post office to send it to his editor in Buenos Aires they had only 53 pesos. It cost 82 pesos to send the parcel so they sent half of the manuscript.How very lucky indeed.
"Afterwards we realized that we had sent not the first but the second part," he said. Luckily, the editor "was so eager to read the first half that he forwarded us the money so we could send the rest."
So what am I doing sitting on my ass bitching about everything in the world and not doing no writing? Sit yer ass down and get to writing, Kenny!
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-Hilmy-
Kenny: That's the spirit! Are you writing a novel for the utusan-exxon mobile competition?
ReplyDeleteHilmy: WOW! That's a great link! Thanks for the headsup! I shall highlight this on the blog a little later.
Yes and no. Yes, I'm working on something. But. No, it's not for the U-E competition. Definitely not Young Adults, if you know what I mean, heh heh.
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