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I'm testing Lulu.com for publishing Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama in the US. If it works, I will buy a new ISBN to publish it worldwide so that semua orang yang ngerti Bahasa Indo bisa menikmati karya saya *hahaha*

This international version has 228 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, 60# cream interior paper, black and white interior ink , 100# white exterior paper, full-color exterior ink. Different font types inside - I hope my choices of fonts would facilitate readers' imagination...

Content wise, all typos (hopefully I don't miss anything) have been amended. And there is one page of selected reviews (Pantene, Pak Harry's review in Riau Pos, Mbak Nunik's in Batam Pos, Mbak Illydea's in RSI Malay) and Dr Dede's congratulatory comment. My author's profile is on the final page (coz there is no flap cover this time around).

PS: The blank space on the bottom right of the back cover is for the new ISBN later on (hopefully).

Receipt of 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize

-----Original Message-----
From: Info [mailto:info@manasianliteraryprize.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:15 AM
To: Yunisa
Subject: 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize - Ref: 20070123_002

I am writing to confirm receipt of your submission to the 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize, which has been assigned a reference number: 20070123_002.
Sincerely,
Mary Lee
Prize Administrator
2007 Man Asian Literary Prize

Submitted to Man Asian Literary Prize Competition

Finally... Today I have submitted the translation of Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama (Sakura Blossoms in Yokohama) to the Man Asian Literary Prize Competition. Yes, one of my personal (or is it professional?) targets is to get Sakura published in English, so it can touch wider international readers... Hopefully, I can be a future Tolkien or a future Lewis!

Well, I don't know whether this "light" novel can be considered as a piece of literary work - yeah, if you see it in Indonesian, memang mirip karya sastra (haha, PD amat)... But I just go with Dr Dede's advice to me that I do have some literary talents... At least if I can make into "long list" or even "Top 5" again, surely Indonesia (as my nationality) and Singapore (as my country of residence) will be proud of me *_*

PS: I'm also considering whether I want to take up one "bad" offer from other publisher for my next novels or shall I wait for a better offer... Please pray for me so I can be wise and enlightened in my decision. Thank you.

Translation is being checked

My first update in 2007. Sigh. What a hard work for a month plus! And it's still in progress... Too many "small" mistakes on every single page I typed. Typo, the Indonesian version hasn't been deleted, grammatical errors, formatting errors...

The problem is that I could not find someone whom I could rely on checking -- ensuring the same flavour of the Indonesian's Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama is properly put into English version -- the proverbs, the jokes... while at the same time checking the grammar part. Well, I just don't trust my friends enough, frankly speaking, knowing that their "level of accuracy" is not better than me =D

Probably I would ask a colleague to check it for me after I've done my correction.

For every single Indonesian proverb I use in SBdY-- I have tried to find an equivalent in English. And the Bible verses I quote has been checked as well. (Surely I could not ask any translator for this kind of touch).

That's all the update on my part. I would bring my laptop when I'm travelling so I can continue my work on Sakura before submitting it to the competition (the deadline is end of March). Yes, my resolution for Sakura in 2007 is for her to go international!