Highly recommended--Interview of 1988 leader U Moethee Zun by VOA correspondent Thar N Oo--in Burmese, about 8.30 minutes into the You Tube clip.
MTZ talks about admin barriers to his resuming Burmese citizenship, setting up a party and entering the 2015 elections.
It does not look very hopeful, but MTZ himself has a good vision.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtUQ-aCZYw4&list=UUv-YbGueeYCp8_CdjgXQD3A
Sunday, April 27, 2014
The Felicity Harwood of my novel Wolf, coincides with the name of a real person!!
Wow, a fictitious name I picked out of the air, Felicity Harwood, was a real person, and the daughter of Clement Atlee!!
http://www.socialregister.co.uk/felicity-harwood/
Wow, what a coincidence.
I liked the surname Harwood, as a director of an art co-op I was in had that name, and also, much later 2012, I realized that a first cousin --
anyway, I thought a first name for the great love of my hero Wolf, should have a simple, pure name, and so I gave her the name Felicity.
Now I find her listed in the society columns.
I can't get over it.
It must be a sign for me to hurry up the Wolf novel.
KMKaung
4-27-2014
http://www.socialregister.co.uk/felicity-harwood/
Wow, what a coincidence.
I liked the surname Harwood, as a director of an art co-op I was in had that name, and also, much later 2012, I realized that a first cousin --
anyway, I thought a first name for the great love of my hero Wolf, should have a simple, pure name, and so I gave her the name Felicity.
Now I find her listed in the society columns.
I can't get over it.
It must be a sign for me to hurry up the Wolf novel.
KMKaung
4-27-2014
My Twitter page has a new profile --
My Twitter page has a new profile, with an oil painting of a bikkhuni (female monk, not nun) that I painted myself.
I like it/her.
She has had a home since about 2007, and therefore she is not for sale.
She is in our Kaung Family Collection.
https://twitter.com/KyiKaung
I like it/her.
She has had a home since about 2007, and therefore she is not for sale.
She is in our Kaung Family Collection.
https://twitter.com/KyiKaung
Maybe the antidote to Das Kapital--
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117498/pikettys-capital-sold-out-harvard-press-scrambling
Amazon bestsellers are on the economy
Amazon bestsellers= books on the US Economy- and Capital --
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/24/elizabeth-warren-amazon_n_5208807.html?hpt=hp_bn18
Amazing--
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/24/elizabeth-warren-amazon_n_5208807.html?hpt=hp_bn18
Amazing--
Saturday, April 26, 2014
From Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is excellent--here's an excerpt fr the climax of the story--p. 123
The house was silent.
Montag approached from the rear . . .
"Mrs. Black, are you asleep in there," he thought. This is not good but your husband did it to others and never asked and never worried. And now since you are a fireman's wife, it's your house and your turn, for all the houses your husband burned and the people he hurt without thinking.
. . .
He hid the books in the kitchen . . .
. . . he phoned (in) the alarm at a lonely phone booth . . .
Then he stood in the cold night air, waiting . . .
Good night, Mrs. Black, he thought.
The house was silent.
Montag approached from the rear . . .
"Mrs. Black, are you asleep in there," he thought. This is not good but your husband did it to others and never asked and never worried. And now since you are a fireman's wife, it's your house and your turn, for all the houses your husband burned and the people he hurt without thinking.
. . .
He hid the books in the kitchen . . .
. . . he phoned (in) the alarm at a lonely phone booth . . .
Then he stood in the cold night air, waiting . . .
Good night, Mrs. Black, he thought.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Help is on the way for the sight impaired--
Help is on the way for sight impaired--
http://ext-vttts-us.readspeaker.com/cgi-bin/nph-voicetext/a728916405af1b3c94d3831b6429df17.mp3
This is Al Jazeera on U Win Tin.
BTW, all my books published on Kindle are also with text to sound (auto voice) option.
When I have time and or money, I will produce audio editions of all my books.
Right now I am only focusing on text editions.
KMKaung
4-25-2014
http://ext-vttts-us.readspeaker.com/cgi-bin/nph-voicetext/a728916405af1b3c94d3831b6429df17.mp3
This is Al Jazeera on U Win Tin.
BTW, all my books published on Kindle are also with text to sound (auto voice) option.
When I have time and or money, I will produce audio editions of all my books.
Right now I am only focusing on text editions.
KMKaung
4-25-2014
Gift offer for SIX book reviews-- Inkkas Shoes
Hey hey,
If you review all SIX of my new novellas and go all the way through to posting those on your website or blog site AND ALSO on the relevant Amazon (Kindle and Create Space) sites and send me links--I will give you ONE pair of Inkkas shoes, (I will choose the design and color), as a Gift. At that stage you may give me your shoe size.
Go for it.
KMKaung
4-25-2014
If you review all SIX of my new novellas and go all the way through to posting those on your website or blog site AND ALSO on the relevant Amazon (Kindle and Create Space) sites and send me links--I will give you ONE pair of Inkkas shoes, (I will choose the design and color), as a Gift. At that stage you may give me your shoe size.
Go for it.
KMKaung
4-25-2014
My novella The Lovers, set in Chile and the USA, is now available in a Kindle edition as well as a print edition
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JX3IG0Q#reader_B00JX3IG0Q
The print edition is on Create Space and all my books are published by Words Sounds and Images.
The print edition is on Create Space and all my books are published by Words Sounds and Images.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
How very strange--poem in honor of U Win Tin by Kyi May Kaung
How very strange
(in honor of U Win Tin)
that someone who had no time to get married
no time to have a family
should now have a family numbering in the thousands.
A place to sleep
people to bathe him in death
bury him
see him off on his last journey
share merit for him, not that he does not have enough of his own
rich people to set up a foundation
help the people he wanted to help.
I am truly sorry I never got to meet you
I am not able to come to your funeral or yet le soon.
But I will do as I promised
get your words translated into English
publish What's That? A Human Hell.
That's all. As you would say.
K.M.Kaung-- 4-24-2014
Washington, D.C.
(in honor of U Win Tin)
that someone who had no time to get married
no time to have a family
should now have a family numbering in the thousands.
A place to sleep
people to bathe him in death
bury him
see him off on his last journey
share merit for him, not that he does not have enough of his own
rich people to set up a foundation
help the people he wanted to help.
I am truly sorry I never got to meet you
I am not able to come to your funeral or yet le soon.
But I will do as I promised
get your words translated into English
publish What's That? A Human Hell.
That's all. As you would say.
K.M.Kaung-- 4-24-2014
Washington, D.C.
Market or real prices, my Black Rice phenomenon--
Market or real prices.
My Black Rice phenomenon.
I haven't sold that many copies, and as it's POD (Print on Demand) there aren't that many copies out there.
The Kindle editions (of almost everything, not just my books) are controlled as to electronic shares, though some authors opt to give out copies free.
Anyway, a curious thing is, whenever I look at my Black Rice page, I find more and more used copies on sale, and the price of the used copies are higher than the list price of new books.
Now, I am certainly not the one buying and then reselling. I don't even know how to do it and don't think it's worth the trouble, and like art, the original creator does not benefit.
But for a maybe very good reason, such as the quality of the goods, and I stand by my products, it must be being considered a collector's item.
It's very strange as it's only been out a year.
I actually had to raise my list price in response.
It may be due to there being a small supply out there, and only available on line, as again it's POD. NOT "pay on delivery"
Anyway, as the market test is the best test, why should I complain.
It is worth $10 if it remains a true gem forever.
BTW, I only autographed one copy for a special friend, she knows who she is, and that's the only copy I ever signed.
I hope my other gems also will sell well and become instant classics.
Like Paul Bowles' The Delicate Prey.
KMKaung
4-24-2014
My Black Rice phenomenon.
I haven't sold that many copies, and as it's POD (Print on Demand) there aren't that many copies out there.
The Kindle editions (of almost everything, not just my books) are controlled as to electronic shares, though some authors opt to give out copies free.
Anyway, a curious thing is, whenever I look at my Black Rice page, I find more and more used copies on sale, and the price of the used copies are higher than the list price of new books.
Now, I am certainly not the one buying and then reselling. I don't even know how to do it and don't think it's worth the trouble, and like art, the original creator does not benefit.
But for a maybe very good reason, such as the quality of the goods, and I stand by my products, it must be being considered a collector's item.
It's very strange as it's only been out a year.
I actually had to raise my list price in response.
It may be due to there being a small supply out there, and only available on line, as again it's POD. NOT "pay on delivery"
Anyway, as the market test is the best test, why should I complain.
It is worth $10 if it remains a true gem forever.
BTW, I only autographed one copy for a special friend, she knows who she is, and that's the only copy I ever signed.
I hope my other gems also will sell well and become instant classics.
Like Paul Bowles' The Delicate Prey.
KMKaung
4-24-2014
A mother tells her child of seven to go work in Thailand
My two stories, Dancing like a Peacock and Koel Bird are also available on Create Space, print edition. Published by Words Sounds and Images--
A seven year old girl is sent off across the border to earn a living and send money home to Burma. A computer expert finds--
https://www.createspace.com/pub/simplesitesearch.search.do?sitesearch_query=K+Kaung+dancing+like+a+peacock&sitesearch_type=STORE
A seven year old girl is sent off across the border to earn a living and send money home to Burma. A computer expert finds--
https://www.createspace.com/pub/simplesitesearch.search.do?sitesearch_query=K+Kaung+dancing+like+a+peacock&sitesearch_type=STORE
Good news from inside Burma--my novella Black Rice
Good news from inside Burma--my novella Black Rice almost sold out.
Available on Create Space and Kindle, Amazon.
Traversing Burma in 1947 with very dark skin.
Available on Create Space and Kindle, Amazon.
Traversing Burma in 1947 with very dark skin.
Please be aware, books etc don't grow on trees--
If you are one of those people who is "afraid to use his or her credit card" on line, and therefore wishes me to send you copies, I am afraid I cannot do it now, because of legal requirements.
The only exception may be for reviewers with major outlets, in which case I would have to buy the books myself as review copies to send out in press kits.
In this system, authors even have to pay for each and every proof copy themselves. That is the way it is set up.
I am afraid you will have to get used to it, in this modern world.
If you can buy shoes, clothes, concert tickets, education, groceries and trips on line, pay your phone and internet provider, then so also you can buy books.
I don't hold by the view that writers and artists should give everything away free, as we also need to eat, pay for housing and make a living.
At the most it could be a barter of services. But money is better as it does not require a coincidence of wants and needs.
Everyone already gives away a lot of material free.
Books, songs, poetry, paintings don't grow on trees.
Thank you for your Understanding.
KMKaung
4-24-2014
The only exception may be for reviewers with major outlets, in which case I would have to buy the books myself as review copies to send out in press kits.
In this system, authors even have to pay for each and every proof copy themselves. That is the way it is set up.
I am afraid you will have to get used to it, in this modern world.
If you can buy shoes, clothes, concert tickets, education, groceries and trips on line, pay your phone and internet provider, then so also you can buy books.
I don't hold by the view that writers and artists should give everything away free, as we also need to eat, pay for housing and make a living.
At the most it could be a barter of services. But money is better as it does not require a coincidence of wants and needs.
Everyone already gives away a lot of material free.
Books, songs, poetry, paintings don't grow on trees.
Thank you for your Understanding.
KMKaung
4-24-2014
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
My fiction now all available--
These now all available on Create Space--
by K. Kaung or K.M. Kaung --1. Black Rice Also on Kindle
2. The Lovers
3. No Crib for a Bed and Other Stories
4. Dancing like a Peacock and Koel Bird.
The rest on this schedule--
Create Space--immediately
Amazon.com and Amazon Europe, 5-7 business days
Expanded distribution (libraries) 6-8 weeks.
KMKaung
www.kmkaung.com
by K. Kaung or K.M. Kaung --1. Black Rice Also on Kindle
2. The Lovers
3. No Crib for a Bed and Other Stories
4. Dancing like a Peacock and Koel Bird.
The rest on this schedule--
Create Space--immediately
Amazon.com and Amazon Europe, 5-7 business days
Expanded distribution (libraries) 6-8 weeks.
KMKaung
www.kmkaung.com
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
My interview of the late poet Tin Moe and translations of some of his poems
Tra la tra la tra la--here comes Htee Ka Lay ne Ma Ni.
Miss Red with the (red) umbrella.
I once dressed all in red at that radio station from hell, but already struggling when Burma Debate commissioned me, for a small sum, to translate these poems and this interview I did of U Tin Moe, that was originally broadcast in Burmese.
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/U_Tin_Moe-poems.pdf
And somewhere there's a video (not the same as the broadcast piece) that my friend made (hint hint--do look for it)--in my apt, when U TM's cheroot popped out of his mouth and fell on my carpet, and my friend Khin May Zaw scrambled around to look for it.
Good thing is did not cause a fire among my dear books.
Kyi May Kaung 4-22-2014
www.kmkaung.com
Miss Red with the (red) umbrella.
I once dressed all in red at that radio station from hell, but already struggling when Burma Debate commissioned me, for a small sum, to translate these poems and this interview I did of U Tin Moe, that was originally broadcast in Burmese.
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/U_Tin_Moe-poems.pdf
And somewhere there's a video (not the same as the broadcast piece) that my friend made (hint hint--do look for it)--in my apt, when U TM's cheroot popped out of his mouth and fell on my carpet, and my friend Khin May Zaw scrambled around to look for it.
Good thing is did not cause a fire among my dear books.
Kyi May Kaung 4-22-2014
www.kmkaung.com
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