Of all places Two Lipsticks and a Lover is about to be published in China. This is very good news. China has a population of 1.3 billion. Of those 49.2% are women. So if only 0.1% of them buy it, I’m quids in. It’s an exciting thought, being published in another script, all that stuff I wrote at my desk here being translated into characters I will never understand. I once went to China and I have one friend there. Maybe she will be part of the 0.1% to buy it. I suppose I should tell her, perhaps she is a member of a book club and could get the whole thing rolling. I guess once you gain momentum somewhere like China or the US you’re off.
Anyway, talking of writers in various countries, I came across a brilliant quote today. It is from a man called Geoffrey Cottrell whom I can find nothing out about from the internet. “In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.” And in China? I’ll let you know……
Golly Gosh, I did not realise they had lovers and lipsticks in China! The world has changed!