Memories...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
ON WRITING MY LIFE STORY
I was telling friends like Jeremy irons, bit, and ah bing ge today that I hope to blog as long as I can. So that it ll be much easier for me to publish my own autobiography and life story in future.
Haha, I noe, I may or may not be some famous personnel or big shot in future. And i m not really concerned about the sales of my books. In fact, a lot of people dun earn much from publishing books, unless u re like Rooney, Bill Clinton, Mick Foley, or Richard Branson. A check with my EUFP lecturer Dr Reuben Wong revealed that he earned really little from publishing his book (albeit his was on Europeanization of French foreign policy) .
Anyway, the key point of writing an autobiography and having my life story published in a book, comes down to my passion for life and love for writing. If I become successful next time, great, I can share my experiences and hopefully inspire younger readers. Just like how I was inspired when reading Richard Branson's autobiography, where it was very clear that his childhood and youth experiences were pivotal in shaping the successful man he is today.
A quick check on Popular's shelves also revealed that there is an increasing number of Singaporean authors (besides Catherine Lim, Kishore Mabubani and Russell Lee) who are writing on a range of topics and their life stories.
So there, lets see when my own book ll be published haha!
