kemasminda

 Author: Writes book UK: Literary Agent: the gatekeeper who assesses the book and makes the decision whether to pitch it to editors.  Editors @ Publishing Companies: decides whether or  not to publish Few gatekeepers in Malaysia = more opportunities for writers!  WHY YOU NEED AN AGENT. . High volume of submissions/time is $$$ • Screening process,  °Commercial experience/instincts/managing expectations: what kind of lofty goals you like, break into realities, can take 12-18 months before they decide when to fit you into their schedule. No Marketing? Public eye? The demand and supply is more important: until you see a publishing contract, you don't know what you'll do. The excitement of a book deal might make you too excited to sign something off that you shouldn't have. What you end up signing off may, epigram prize???? What nuances you're signing off???? • Not getting screwed! How to get an equitable deal? Agent help you to prevent Signing without thinking of co...

Poem drafting on certain days i wake late from my dreams to this nightmare swimming in a tangle of sheets, smelling familiar scents of sweat Smoldering this sacred stretch of skin. another day, another whiff of Worry drags me further into bed like clockwork the cicak on the wall sears my eardrums   ki ki ki ki ki a cacophony of ki ki ki kiasu  ki ki kiasi ki kiamsiap kisiao clumsy can’t believe you’re still stuck Sound on certain days I wake late from my dreams to   a screaming nightmare swimming in   a tangle of sheets smelling familiar scents of   sweat smoldering   this scratch of skin another day another whiff of worry drags me   further into bed like clockwork the cicak on the wall   sears my eardrums   ki-ki-ki-ki-ki a kakophony of ki-ki-ki-kiasu    ki-ki-kiasi ki-kiamsiap kisiao-klumsy   kan’t believe you’re still   stuck 🦎 i  have grown too far too fast  fevers break my growing pains   and i pr...