Going into my 2nd Book

While waiting for my first book to be printed, I've started writing my 2nd book called "My Life Story Vol 2"

This is a continuation of the 1st book after I left England in 1969. I took up a university employment in Singapore. This book is about my subsequent life in Singapore especially my happy marriage to Dorothy. The book ends in 1999 when she sadly passed away.

With my experience from writing the first book, this writing was easier. Although there were more episodes I could remember, I tried to keep this book small. I thus left out the less interesting details.

The new difficulty was selecting interesting relevant photographs. There were too many from among my collections even though I am not a keen photographer. I had to get myself organised laying out the photographs.

I decided to pay for both books and not to sell them. This is partly to gain writing and publishing experience in case I make some mistakes. There is less pressure to ensure both books and the English are prefect. I do not rule out marketing and selling future books.

I didn't mention that for the first book I gratefully got the help of a young relative Ting for proof-editing and arranging with the local typesetter and printer. I continued to get her help for the second book. But for more than one reason, the typesetting and the subsequent printing got delayed. This 2nd book has now been printed.