Raissa Rivera Falgui's Blog, page 10
July 16, 2013
Simple Ways of Celebrating National Children's Book Day
I didn't get to go anywhere for National Children's Book Day this year, though my friend Michael Jude Tumamac was awarded for his PBBY entry. I had my two children to attend to this year.
July 14, 2013
Shoesical
Just watched Sandosenang Sapatos, a musical based on the children's book of Dr. Luis Gatmaitan of the same title. My husband and I were very impressed.
July 11, 2013
Making pieces slide into place
I have compared writing fiction to a puzzle. Perhaps the type of puzzle it most closely resembles is one of those little square sliding puzzles.
July 1, 2013
Beyond the Comfort Zone
My mother is renovating the huge basement of her house into an apartment. This is good as in all the years we lived there, it hardly got used. It was a place to stash stuff we didn't use much.
June 20, 2013
Ways of Seeing Women Writers
If you've read my earlier blogs, you'll know that I find suicide apalling, something definitely not to be treated lightly.
June 19, 2013
The Odd Thing About People Who Own Lots of Books
...is that they always want more. In spite of not having read most of the books that we already have.
May 22, 2013
Grating and Frustrating in the End
Lately I've been watching a number of movies with endings that do not quite satisfy. These are all award-winning films, and I guess their way of ending adds to their uniqueness.
April 28, 2013
March 29, 2013
Cool Women
Not too long ago, I was interviewed for an article on strong female figures in literature. I was hard put to find any in contemporary realistic fiction.
March 19, 2013
The Princess and the Pea Souped Up
My daughter asked me to tell the story of "The Princess and the Pea" after seeing its title on the back of her Cinderella book.
