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Hello everyone.
This is not going to be a cheerful journal entry. Nor a lengthy one. I decided to write it to let you know how things are in my life right now. And they are not good.
Some of you may remember that I work as a book translator, free-lancing for various Spanish publishing houses. I've been doing this (in combination with my artistic work) since 1991, so I am not what you could call a newbie in the field. And now, after all those years, I came across an untrustworthy publisher.
I was approached last year by one of his collaborators (a personal friend too) because the publisher was interested in the translation of a Greek book. A fat one. We agreed on the price and I started the translation, a bit worried by the fact that the contract never seemed to find its way to my hands but also thinking that it was because the publisher went through major surgery in February and was behind in his duties.
I finished the translation in May and was told I would be paid at the end of June. I finally received the contract by mid-May so I felt everything was in order.
But I was not paid at the end of June and the publisher now states -by e-mail- that he won't pay me till September. He also disagrees with the price I set and his partner accepted months ago.
So basically, I haven't received any money since the end of March and I now have to wait two more months. I'm not a millionaire and this is an extreme situation for me. Things are now at the hands of a lawyer.
I am stressed and very, very angry. I am anxious about the immediate future and frantically trying to find the money I need to spend the summer. I stopped painting because I can't concentrate on art -or anything else. Suddenly and very unfairly I'm in deep crisis.
I'm sorry to communicate such bad news but I have no idea how things will fare and I didn't want to disappear from dA without notice. Being optimistic is next to impossible right now.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and lots of love to you all.