posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 08:52pm on 15/10/2007
Claudia's an interesting person; one of the original hippies. I only met his sister once (Jessica? Jemima? Something beginning with J anyway... *G*). Claudia told me his name - China - is totally meaningless; she just wanted something 'different' - no story there, really - China loves it.
It was while we were in Cuba he sold his first book; he'd been rejected so many times till he changed his rather bland, studenty look for that of a shaven-headed thug, sent out his picture with the ms and suddenly became desirable. (o:

I'll defo give TR a go then; sounds very intriguing and pretty much my thing.

 
posted by [identity profile] archaeomom8.livejournal.com at 05:50am on 16/10/2007
That is such a funny story! One of the earlier photos has him looking menacing and all frowns with arms crossed in front of him. Aah, marketing. I think his sister is Jemima.

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