Love, Sex & Flight Tickets out
Social media was filled with congratulatory messages for local entertainer and author Monica Pinias AKA Top Cherie when people learned that her second book is finally finished and will soon be launched.
With a very catchy title Love Sex & Flight tickets, Top Cherie gave a friendly warning saying that her book is not suitable for anyone under the age of 20 and that it talks about what is happening around us. “I will have two book launches, one in Windhoek and one in Walvis Bay. Both will be strictly by invitation only. After the launch of the book my team will also announce where people can buy copies,” she said.
tjil caught up with the author on her latest work and this is what she had to say.
tjil (T): It has been three years after your first book Modern Relationships. What were your goals and intentions in this book, and how well do you feel you achieved them?
Monica (M): I made a lot of mistakes in my first book. I was excited and I just wanted it out. It had a lot of spelling errors and other complications, but people still bought the book. So my number-one goal was to make sure my second offering is a killer. I need my readers to know that I have put in effort.
T: Without giving anything away, what can people expect in your latest book and what is it about?
M: All I can say right now is that the book is not for sale to people under the age of 18, or 19 in fact let's just say 20.
T: How did you become involved with the subject or theme of your current book?
M: Love, Sex and Flight tickets ... look around you. People are giving/ getting love, others are simply just having sex and well others, are flying. It has become a daily sight… people in love, people having sex and others flying. Levels on levels they say.
T: What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?
M: Sex sells.
T: If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?
M: DO NOT RUSH IT.
T: Do you believe there is a market for authors like you in Namibia to achieve your maximum potential?
M: Namibians authors in general? They have a long way to go. Authors like me; it's not that difficult. Controversies are a Namibian delicacy.
T: If you had to do something differently as a child or teenager to become a better writer as an adult, what would you do?
M: I believe it's the life I have lived, the roads I have walked, the people I have met and the mistakes I have made that have given me the ability to write the way I write.
T: As a writer, what do you believe is your role in the community and what cultural values do you see in
writing?
M: Basically I want to develop a reading culture, a writing culture ... I really just want to inspire, not just young authors but anybody who wants to do something but feels it's impossible.
June Shimuoshili
tjil caught up with the author on her latest work and this is what she had to say.
tjil (T): It has been three years after your first book Modern Relationships. What were your goals and intentions in this book, and how well do you feel you achieved them?
Monica (M): I made a lot of mistakes in my first book. I was excited and I just wanted it out. It had a lot of spelling errors and other complications, but people still bought the book. So my number-one goal was to make sure my second offering is a killer. I need my readers to know that I have put in effort.
T: Without giving anything away, what can people expect in your latest book and what is it about?
M: All I can say right now is that the book is not for sale to people under the age of 18, or 19 in fact let's just say 20.
T: How did you become involved with the subject or theme of your current book?
M: Love, Sex and Flight tickets ... look around you. People are giving/ getting love, others are simply just having sex and well others, are flying. It has become a daily sight… people in love, people having sex and others flying. Levels on levels they say.
T: What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?
M: Sex sells.
T: If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?
M: DO NOT RUSH IT.
T: Do you believe there is a market for authors like you in Namibia to achieve your maximum potential?
M: Namibians authors in general? They have a long way to go. Authors like me; it's not that difficult. Controversies are a Namibian delicacy.
T: If you had to do something differently as a child or teenager to become a better writer as an adult, what would you do?
M: I believe it's the life I have lived, the roads I have walked, the people I have met and the mistakes I have made that have given me the ability to write the way I write.
T: As a writer, what do you believe is your role in the community and what cultural values do you see in
writing?
M: Basically I want to develop a reading culture, a writing culture ... I really just want to inspire, not just young authors but anybody who wants to do something but feels it's impossible.
June Shimuoshili
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