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New York Post reports today that Mrs. Trump is "preparing to pen memoir on her time in the White... (Original Post) demmiblue Nov 2020 OP
"Becoming" by Melania Trump. marmar Nov 2020 #1
.... Rorey Nov 2020 #16
Many people will compare the two struggle4progress Nov 2020 #17
We all know she will plagiarize. LiberalFighter Nov 2020 #92
Becoming My Husband's Keeper in the Promised Land Rice4VP Nov 2020 #53
"The Audacity of Becoming My Husband's Keeper in the Promised Land" tblue37 Nov 2020 #93
Yes! Rice4VP Nov 2020 #95
The cover: demmiblue Nov 2020 #54
LOL marmar Nov 2020 #56
LOL! lunatica Nov 2020 #100
+100 Native Nov 2020 #58
Be As Bestest! struggle4progress Nov 2020 #62
Cover with alternate title just leaked - MUST credit DU's John Funk JohnQFunk Nov 2020 #60
Be So Glad to have that Bullshitting Birther Cha Nov 2020 #90
lol.. my first thought. The Plagiarism Cha Nov 2020 #88
LOL! lunatica Nov 2020 #98
Two pages long? Ohiogal Nov 2020 #2
Get ready for bulks, boxes of books being bought by . . Iliyah Nov 2020 #3
It will be in the Dollar Store remainder tables as quickly as Sara Palin's book was. NurseJackie Nov 2020 #30
Tentative title Hutchewon Nov 2020 #4
Nice! CTyankee Nov 2020 #7
Lol! demmiblue Nov 2020 #9
LOL! skylucy Nov 2020 #26
Omg HHHaaaaa! Guilded Lilly Nov 2020 #38
"They were the best of the times. They were the worst of the times." n/t forgotmylogin Nov 2020 #39
Suggested Extended Tentative Title: Brother Mythos Nov 2020 #75
"Buy Best" (nt) muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #85
Who is going to write it for her? Another "best seller" with an asterisk after the title, no doubt. niyad Nov 2020 #5
Michelle Obama already wrote it. NYC Liberal Nov 2020 #10
I don't care Deuxcents Nov 2020 #6
I Really Don't Care, Do U? n/t Mister Ed Nov 2020 #8
:) My exact first thought. Her prenup means it won't be Hortensis Nov 2020 #50
#BeBest Title.. yours Cha Nov 2020 #91
The paper used to print that ghost written drivel Docreed2003 Nov 2020 #11
I'm sure it will be Marthe48 Nov 2020 #34
Which former First Lady will she plagiarize it from? nt procon Nov 2020 #12
She's gonna set the record straight! She's got scores to settle. liberalla Nov 2020 #13
Yep Rorey Nov 2020 #20
Exactly. How the MSM hate me and give me a f'g break about Christmas and kids in cages MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #59
LOL!!! RKP5637 Nov 2020 #14
grifters gotta grift mucifer Nov 2020 #15
Two paragraphs? Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #18
Meredith McIver will write it exboyfil Nov 2020 #19
It won't be a long book. Polly Hennessey Nov 2020 #21
What is to write .. CatMor Nov 2020 #22
Titled MrsMatt Nov 2020 #23
"I become" NotAPuppet Nov 2020 #24
I hope she chooses a graphic novel type format Siwsan Nov 2020 #25
Her husband might flip through the pages if it was a graphic romance novel hunter Nov 2020 #78
Now a tell all snowybirdie Nov 2020 #27
I can see this going one of two ways Major Nikon Nov 2020 #28
Her divorce settlement treestar Nov 2020 #37
At this point I think getting any money out of #DiaperDon is the least of her worries Major Nikon Nov 2020 #42
FLOTITS " I thrite boook" calguy Nov 2020 #29
I can see it now..."F*cking Christmas: A Vite House Memoir." Maybe it'll be available for catbyte Nov 2020 #31
" My Journey, From Porn Star to Prositutue to the Penthouse to the White House" Botany Nov 2020 #32
Translation -- Mrs Trump will hire a ghost writer to write a memoir vlyons Nov 2020 #33
She's already got book cover art. marmar Nov 2020 #35
Kick dalton99a Nov 2020 #36
A comedy of fiction. MuseRider Nov 2020 #40
one haiku. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #41
"Be Beauty and Be Beast" Wounded Bear Nov 2020 #43
It will be the perfect magat gift for fucking creezmus in 2021. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2020 #44
I really don't care about fucking Christmas, do you? Johnny2X2X Nov 2020 #45
"Fucking Chreesmas every Day" redwitch Nov 2020 #46
Did Michelle Obama write one? jcgoldie Nov 2020 #47
She did not do shit..Oh wait..doesn't she have 4 more years according to Donnie?nt helpisontheway Nov 2020 #48
who's going to read it to her husband? mnmoderatedem Nov 2020 #49
Rudy could read it to him. Digger Nov 2020 #97
Title: I F***ING Hate Christmas! sarcasmo Nov 2020 #51
"I'll be Gone for Chistmas" marble falls Nov 2020 #63
If it were truthful, it would be titled I Hate Everyone of You. lark Nov 2020 #52
There are certainly photos aplenty of her... 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #55
She put the 'X' in X-mass. marble falls Nov 2020 #64
Ooooh - that's a good one! 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #82
Unfortunately her fan base can't read bedazzled Nov 2020 #57
Somewhere, a ghost writer is celebrating having paid work. MineralMan Nov 2020 #61
Potentially paid work. Donnie signs off on the vouchers, remember. marble falls Nov 2020 #66
Smart Ghost Writers Get Their Fee Out of the Publisher's Advance MineralMan Nov 2020 #67
Even dumb asses who usually freelance in vanity publications? I'll bet no one ever heard of this ... marble falls Nov 2020 #68
I know a few ghost writers. A couple of them make tons of money. MineralMan Nov 2020 #71
Will the title be, "Damn those ungrateful American peasants"? n/t area51 Nov 2020 #65
How a two bit escort working for Putin became dumps handler? onecaliberal Nov 2020 #69
That should resolve the malaise Nov 2020 #70
I like Adam Parkhomenko's suggestion Nevilledog Nov 2020 #72
Will she write her own or just copy Michelle Obama's? fishwax Nov 2020 #73
Translation: "preparing to sign contract for millions of pennies to supplement pre-nup" UTUSN Nov 2020 #74
I can't imagine any decent publisher giving her much of an advance n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2020 #80
looking forward... dhill926 Nov 2020 #76
How to Trophy Wife. TeamPooka Nov 2020 #77
What about her time before the White House? Yeehah Nov 2020 #79
Melania: An Adult coloring book IcyPeas Nov 2020 #81
Melania Subsequent Book Klaralven Nov 2020 #83
BeBesting DesertRat Nov 2020 #84
A one page document would cover her time in the White House. ooky Nov 2020 #86
Everyone has heard & seen her Bullshitting Cha Nov 2020 #87
Memoirs are so dull... try something on gardening sweetie! (n/t) JPbelgium Nov 2020 #89
Another book Meowmee Nov 2020 #94
In what language? Maeve Nov 2020 #96
She has a way with words..... brooklynite Nov 2020 #99
Title: Gif me a break! I don't give a Fucken! lunatica Nov 2020 #101

Cha

(297,187 posts)
90. Be So Glad to have that Bullshitting Birther
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 05:37 PM
Nov 2020

Gaslighting Liar Gone from our WH.

Your "book cover" is macabre funny.

niyad

(113,279 posts)
5. Who is going to write it for her? Another "best seller" with an asterisk after the title, no doubt.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:12 AM
Nov 2020

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
50. :) My exact first thought. Her prenup means it won't be
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 12:05 PM
Nov 2020

a sordid tell-all about her husband ordering her to plagiarize Michell's speech and then being hung out to dry, but she should manage to slip in some hits against Ivanka.

I'll pass too fast to even make out the title.

liberalla

(9,243 posts)
13. She's gonna set the record straight! She's got scores to settle.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:18 AM
Nov 2020

I predict this will be an ugly and vindictive re-telling of how she's been misunderstood, betrayed and treated so badly. Everything has been so unfair!

is there a baby crying emoji? waaah waaaahhh...

MaryMagdaline

(6,853 posts)
59. Exactly. How the MSM hate me and give me a f'g break about Christmas and kids in cages
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 12:37 PM
Nov 2020

How children in cages stole my thunder are a bunch of liars who were coached by lawyers to say they were poor and in danger. How I worked harder than I ever have in my entire life (true)(public appearance every few months and hiring others to decorate for Christmas) and people still hate me (true again)

Polly Hennessey

(6,794 posts)
21. It won't be a long book.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:24 AM
Nov 2020

Perhaps three chapters. I arrived, I did fooking Christmas stuff, I left. Who would read this.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
22. What is to write ..
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:24 AM
Nov 2020

the only thing she did were those f$#king Christmas decorations and destroyed the Rose Garden.

Siwsan

(26,260 posts)
25. I hope she chooses a graphic novel type format
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:26 AM
Nov 2020

I wouldn't believe a word she wrote, anyway, so at least that would make it an interesting perusal.

hunter

(38,311 posts)
78. Her husband might flip through the pages if it was a graphic romance novel
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 02:50 PM
Nov 2020

Especially if his portrayal is heroic, him having a full head of hair and her nearly naked.

Something like this:



https://bookriot.com/best-romance-novel-covers/

Trump doesn't read any books that are all words.



Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
28. I can see this going one of two ways
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:29 AM
Nov 2020

The assumption here is that Melania is going to divorce #DiaperDon at some point, which I'm pretty sure is a given.

1) She writes a pro-Trump fantasy book in order to generate some fast cash and then gets a divorce after the money rolls in from the rubes.

2) She flushes the #DiaperDon turd immediately and writes a tell-all book giving us more insight into just how fucked up #DiaperDon really is.

Personally I think it's going to be option #2 (no pun intended). If she goes with #1 and then gets a divorce, any credibility with anyone is going to be shot to hell and she will be delegated to the ash heap of history. I suppose there's an option #3 where she stays with #DiaperDon indefinitely, but seeing as how he's broke and the legal cases are going to bury him even deeper. I don't realistically see her staying with him when shitting on a gold toilet is no longer an option.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
37. Her divorce settlement
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:42 AM
Nov 2020

might well not be good, because he is in debt and has negative worth. So the book would be the only way to get any money. The upside of that might be she does not have to comply with the no-tell clauses he usually has people sign. Then she could really tell all.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
42. At this point I think getting any money out of #DiaperDon is the least of her worries
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:48 AM
Nov 2020

The fun part will be when he stops sending checks to his other wives and they come out with their own tell-all books.

catbyte

(34,376 posts)
31. I can see it now..."F*cking Christmas: A Vite House Memoir." Maybe it'll be available for
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:35 AM
Nov 2020

sale by next Christmas.

Botany

(70,501 posts)
32. " My Journey, From Porn Star to Prositutue to the Penthouse to the White House"
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:36 AM
Nov 2020

She can dedicate it to her "special friend" Hank.

MuseRider

(34,107 posts)
40. A comedy of fiction.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:47 AM
Nov 2020

I think, in enough time, it might be entertaining even funny. First I need some time to rinse all the gooey, sickening residue of the Trump time out of my system.

Really, how much she loves her husband? What could she talk about, Ivanka? By the time it comes out we will find that they have been separated for years and her modeling contract for first lady is done and over, kaaaaaaaPUT!

Johnny2X2X

(19,060 posts)
45. I really don't care about fucking Christmas, do you?
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:57 AM
Nov 2020

She’ll try to cash in. She’ll be getting divorced soon enough.

redwitch

(14,944 posts)
46. "Fucking Chreesmas every Day"
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:59 AM
Nov 2020

I really don’t care what she does once she is out of the White House.

Digger

(478 posts)
97. Rudy could read it to him.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 07:00 PM
Nov 2020

That is, if he can get his parasitic lips off little donald's anus long enough.

lark

(23,097 posts)
52. If it were truthful, it would be titled I Hate Everyone of You.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 12:09 PM
Nov 2020

That is all she is, a skinny bundle of greed and hate. Wonder how long drumpf will pay her to stick with him and wonder how long she will stay? I think she leaves as soon as he is indicted.

bedazzled

(1,761 posts)
57. Unfortunately her fan base can't read
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 12:26 PM
Nov 2020

Maybe she intends to write a board book. Ghostwritten since she can barely speak English

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
61. Somewhere, a ghost writer is celebrating having paid work.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 12:40 PM
Nov 2020

Melania won't write a word of it. She is incapable of doing so.

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
67. Smart Ghost Writers Get Their Fee Out of the Publisher's Advance
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 01:00 PM
Nov 2020

That's part of the publication contract. Sometimes, they are also included in the royalty payments, but that's a negotiable thing. Nobody who ghost writes depends on the author to pay them.

marble falls

(57,080 posts)
68. Even dumb asses who usually freelance in vanity publications? I'll bet no one ever heard of this ...
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 01:07 PM
Nov 2020

author to be named.

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
71. I know a few ghost writers. A couple of them make tons of money.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 01:55 PM
Nov 2020

When it comes to famous people and celebrities, you may not know the ghost writer's name, but the publishers do.

Will there be interest in a book by Melania Trump? Absolutely. Will it make money for a publisher? Maybe.

Big names use very skilled writers to create their books, and the publishers will be glad to suggest one they have worked with in the past.

As I said, you may never have heard their names. They don't care. Ghost writing is all about landing a book that has a big up-front advance. That means celebrity memoirs, etc.

Ghost writing can be very lucrative, but your name isn't necessarily the issue. You have to not care about becoming famous yourself. It's not an area of writing that interests me very much, but I know a few writers who make a very good living with that specialty. I've done a couple of books that way, but it's a hassle getting the person to tell you enough to get through it. Not my thing.

Nevilledog

(51,092 posts)
72. I like Adam Parkhomenko's suggestion
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 02:02 PM
Nov 2020


Tweet text:
Adam Parkhomenko
@AdamParkhomenko
Melania’s book should be called “Fucking Evil.” It works on several different levels.

fishwax

(29,149 posts)
73. Will she write her own or just copy Michelle Obama's?
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 02:04 PM
Nov 2020

Either way, I'll pass

Because I really don't care. Do you?

UTUSN

(70,686 posts)
74. Translation: "preparing to sign contract for millions of pennies to supplement pre-nup"
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 02:13 PM
Nov 2020

Both she and her derelict other half are about to have the rude awakening that their memoirs are worthless in every conceivable way - content and profit.








Yeehah

(4,587 posts)
79. What about her time before the White House?
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 02:56 PM
Nov 2020

That would be a lot more interesting, with all the nudie mag stuff and everything.

ooky

(8,922 posts)
86. A one page document would cover her time in the White House.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 05:24 PM
Nov 2020

She came and went, and did nothing in between.

Cha

(297,187 posts)
87. Everyone has heard & seen her Bullshitting
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 05:30 PM
Nov 2020
Birther Gaslighting LIES.

but the Cult will ear it up with a fucking shovel.

Maeve

(42,282 posts)
96. In what language?
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 06:42 PM
Nov 2020

She claims fluency in several, but "Broken English" would be my bet.

She will have it ghost-written, if it ever appears.

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