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Look who’s streaming (Day 2)

Still wonky on the lighting pero madaming narating writing-wise in fairness kapag hindi mo “focus” ang writing (kasi focus ko na makapag-focus dahil nagsi-stream) mas playful ang approach ko sa pagsusulat. Ang weird! Parang that quote about that sideways pursuit of happiness. Baka magstream sa YouTube at Twitch nang sabay kapag sanay na. Hindi ko […]

42nd National Book Awards Finalist (Best Novel in Filipino) ang Hoy, Pong!

(Ang featured image ay galing sa pagbating post ng Avenida Books.) Ayus! Napasali ang nobela kong “Hoy, Pong!” bilang finalist sa kategoryang Best Novel in Filipino ng 42nd National Book Awards ng National Book Development Board–Philippines at Manila Critics Circle. Nasa 326 na libro ang na-nominate (sabi ng GMA news online), at kung tama ang […]

Look who’s streaming

Posting my first and ugly test stream here to figure out if I like doing it after a few weeks. Don’t watch it, the audio sucks and I cough a lot in it. I’m not exactly aural but even I got very annoyed by both my voice and the keyboard sounds. Some new mic is […]

Things I learned from reading for Escape Pod

I’ve learned by being in writing discussion groups that have pro (authors who’ve been paid market rates in exchange for the right to publish their stories on a venue) writers in them (who don’t know me) that submitting to venues is a super important part of getting published. I say that without cheekiness, because for […]

Glasgow Worldcon 2024

Nagka-Covid ako noong June hanggang early July. Teorya ko ay nakuha ko ito noong nag-CR ako bago manood ng Furiosa isang Sabado. Pagdating ng Lunes ng gabi, tila may naramdaman akong pangangati ng lalamunan. Pero dahil nasa periphery na ito ng nalalapit na mens, as usual, hindi ko masyado ito pinansin, hanggang sa paggising ko […]

Goodreads author na’ko

That is, naniwala na sila sa wakas. Nakailang request din ako na oo ako ‘to. Check out the three-star review, ang cute. Ang bait din ni C.L. Balagoza sa paglagay ng review niya from Facebook to Goodreads. In fairness sa shelves ko, mukhang tinangka ko talagang ilagay lahat ng librong nakilala ko sa buong buhay […]

Mabalik tayo

What a way to lose the plot. I had all these plans to do a bit of marketing on the book, which by the way, has been getting some love for the cover (please very much judge my book by the cover art), thanks to Rombutan for saying yes and delivering. Since last I updated, […]

Hoy, Pong! is out in the world

Makikilala niyo na sina Dante, Raya, Keebs, at Pong! So excited for you. Matagal kong tinrabaho ang “side project” na ‘to at inilaban ang mga minutong makapagsulat kahit madaming distractions sa buhay. Ang nobela ko ay nasa young adult category at maituturing na urban fantasy. Tungkol ito sa dalawang college student noong taong 1999, na […]

“Hoy, Pong!” will have inside art!

Hello, I’m in Dublin! I’m on the ground floor of my new digs. There’s squirrels or maybe chipmunks (I haven’t researched yet), this black bird with a white tummy and a royal blue tail, and this chunky maya-looking bird with the red-orange chest. And there’s trees and shrubs and a walkway people from the other […]

Sinister

Ipinanganak at lumaki akong kaliwete, primarily dahil tinamad na ang mga magulang ko na korekin ako tulad ng ginawa nila sa kapatid ko. Hindi ko naman masabi kung for better or worse ang desisyon na ‘yon dahil wala naman akong panilip sa mga parallel universe kung saan right-handed ako. Wala ring bearing sa’kin ang posibilidad […]