Japaholic
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I am writing a book, I have written and published another book 11 years ago which sold well world wide.
Unfortunately I can't tell you the name of the book for fear of doxxing myself. As much as I love you all here (well, most of you anyway. What was it Bilbo said? “I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”).
I want to keep my private life private so this next one will be published under a pseudonym. My last book, a self help, non fiction title, brought me attention I never intended and didn't really want or appreciate. Hence this..... change of heart and name.
This new piece, is hand written rather than written on a pc or typewriter.
It is a collection of short passage, phrases and paragraphs that inspired, educated and awakened me, mixed with some of my own musings and meditations on life.
I am hand writing it for the personal touch, it feels right to undertake this project, this journey in this way.
The original is leather(suede actually but some people dont know what that is) bound and has hand made plain paper inside.
Its my intention to publish this time on both ibooks and amazon kindle. I want to maintain control over content and finances.
When I published my first book my publisher and agent ripped me off collectively for about 1/4 million Dollars all told. I wont let that happen again.
I dont really care if it sells well or not, its a process of meditation and catharsis for me to write it and I hope that some of you will want to be a part of it.
Just by completing it I will have achieved my main goal. To meditate and reflect on life and to pass on to at least one person some powerful words to inspire them and hopefully change their life for the better. I hope to help at least one person wake up and smell the coffee so to speak.
One year after publishing I will give the hand written original to one random person who buys a copy from either Itunes (Ibooks) or Amazon (Kindle).
What I want from you are meaningful quotes and the source, who wrote it. What it means to you and why.
I dont want lengthy essays or fiction, I want short paragraphs, a couple of sentences. Short and to the point.
Any that I use will be given credit on the page its published on.
Other than that, all I can leave you with is one of the first in my book.
By Bruce Lee
This motivates me to try harder, to express myself, just simply to do my best. I want to be a quality human being more than anything else. This is because there are so many ....... "Not Quality" human beings around to F#$k things up for the rest of us.
Any that I hit "like" for are short listed, if I dont hit like, please dont be upset. Its just it may not happen to fit my mould. Im grateful for every contribution regardless of whether it makes the cut or not.
At the time of writing the project is 1/3rd finished and has about 60 of 200 pages completed.
Unfortunately I can't tell you the name of the book for fear of doxxing myself. As much as I love you all here (well, most of you anyway. What was it Bilbo said? “I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”).
I want to keep my private life private so this next one will be published under a pseudonym. My last book, a self help, non fiction title, brought me attention I never intended and didn't really want or appreciate. Hence this..... change of heart and name.
This new piece, is hand written rather than written on a pc or typewriter.
It is a collection of short passage, phrases and paragraphs that inspired, educated and awakened me, mixed with some of my own musings and meditations on life.
I am hand writing it for the personal touch, it feels right to undertake this project, this journey in this way.
The original is leather(suede actually but some people dont know what that is) bound and has hand made plain paper inside.
Its my intention to publish this time on both ibooks and amazon kindle. I want to maintain control over content and finances.
When I published my first book my publisher and agent ripped me off collectively for about 1/4 million Dollars all told. I wont let that happen again.
I dont really care if it sells well or not, its a process of meditation and catharsis for me to write it and I hope that some of you will want to be a part of it.
Just by completing it I will have achieved my main goal. To meditate and reflect on life and to pass on to at least one person some powerful words to inspire them and hopefully change their life for the better. I hope to help at least one person wake up and smell the coffee so to speak.
One year after publishing I will give the hand written original to one random person who buys a copy from either Itunes (Ibooks) or Amazon (Kindle).
What I want from you are meaningful quotes and the source, who wrote it. What it means to you and why.
I dont want lengthy essays or fiction, I want short paragraphs, a couple of sentences. Short and to the point.
Any that I use will be given credit on the page its published on.
Other than that, all I can leave you with is one of the first in my book.
By Bruce Lee
To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
This motivates me to try harder, to express myself, just simply to do my best. I want to be a quality human being more than anything else. This is because there are so many ....... "Not Quality" human beings around to F#$k things up for the rest of us.
Any that I hit "like" for are short listed, if I dont hit like, please dont be upset. Its just it may not happen to fit my mould. Im grateful for every contribution regardless of whether it makes the cut or not.
At the time of writing the project is 1/3rd finished and has about 60 of 200 pages completed.