this sounds way too good to be true somehow

So, for the past few weeks I have been catching up with an old friend of mine, who unexpectedly resurfaced via email (like all my old friends, she lives 'across the big pond', obviously). And who also happens to be a professional publisher, interested in feminist and/or lesbian literature. Many years ago, before I flew across the big pond, we had an idea of making a book together. An anthology of lesbian short stories, written by various American authors, translated into Polish by yours truly. My publisher friend was very enthusiastic about it, but she didn't have enough money to sponsor the project, so we applied for a grant. Predictably enough, we didn't get it (there was only one feminist organization in Poland at the time, and they told us they had more pressing issues to deal with than publishing a book about lesbians). And that was the end of it - or so I thought. Now, however, my publisher friend claims she doesn't need to go begging for a grant anymore, she can fund it herself, and the market is much more receptive to the topic than it used to be all those years ago. In short, she still wants to do the book with me - more than one book, in fact. She just wants to start publishing new lesbian literature that isn't currently available in the Polish language, and I am her translator of choice. She will only start looking for someone else if I decline her offer of cooperation. And she doesn't expect me to do it for free either.

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