I have long resolved that my writing life would be limited to the writing process per se and sending my works for publication or validation. No more of writing groups and gatherings. Reason: No time. My other preoccupations are more primordial, more practical, that I would rather spend more time there. Anyway, really, gone are [...]
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What made me attend Su’pay and forget my schedule?
Posted: February 6, 2011 in Culture, Favorite Authors4
I don’t usually eat at McDo but it was a Saturday night full of mishaps. Law professor who likes to terrorize everyone seems to make it a point never to call me for recitation when in fact I spent the whole day preparing. I set a gimik date with friends and it gets canceled. A [...]
MISSING THE FEAST
Posted: September 20, 2007 in Culture, Favorite Authors, Literature, Publications and Anthologies, Uncategorized, Writer's Groups, Writers Groups/NetworksWas away during the Peñafrancia Fiesta. Here I am claiming to be a Bikol writer and I can’t even be there for Ina on her feast day. Not to mention that I made a promise back in ‘O3 that I would never again miss it. I wanted to personally ask for permission, to visit [...]
PISTANG PANITIK
Posted: September 3, 2007 in Bookstores, Favorite Authors, Literature, Publications and Anthologies, UncategorizedAlthough I write in English and Tagalog/Filipino, I consider myself a regional writer not only because I also write in Bikol-Naga and Iriganon, but because I am based in Bicol. Staying here was a choice I earlier made even if there are more opportunities in Metro-Manila, where the national government seems to center its developmental [...]
GAWAD KOMISYON 2007 DEADLINE FOR BIKOL DIVISION EXTENDED
Posted: August 21, 2007 in Awards and Contests, Bookstores, Favorite Authors, Literature, Publications and Anthologies, UncategorizedWhether it is regional or national literary landscape, the real problem is not really with the number of literary practitioners—it is with the number of readers. This was discussed in Cirilo F. Bautista’s latest column in the Philippine Panorama last Sunday, August 19, 2007. Because we cannot get more Filipinos to pick-up literary titles by [...]
MANILA AND CAVITE VISIT
Posted: July 31, 2007 in Favorite Authors, Literature, Travel, Writer's GroupsJust arrived from a visit to Cavite and Metro-Manila. I came to check on my uncle and cousin in Imus and send-off my cousin Tots, a seafarer, to his ship in Europe. I also visited writer-friends, and more importantly, my Esmi. It was also a chance for me to check out the Cinemalaya 2007 [...]
