Announcements
Palanca winner Yvette Tan will be the guest speaker at the Talecraft Horror workshop this Sunday, May 18, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Powerbooks Megamall. Yvette is also the guest editor for the coming Special PGS Halloween Issue, and has a story, "Chimaera", in PGS4. She also announces in this blogpost her first article, a fashion story, for The Philippine Star. I talked about Talecraft here, here, and here in the past. Please do find the time to attend this workshop and to get yourselves a copy of this game, created by Ria Lu. It's a wonderful aid at identifying story conventions, and at prompting your imagination.
I blogged about M.R.R. Arcega's piece on libraries here, then a short time afterward she emailed me to tell me that she has another one out: "Why We Need More Libraries In Provincial Areas". Her point in this second article? "Somewhere out in the rice fields, or in the shadows of the mountains, the constantly beleaguered shorelines, are kids who need to read more and better, and feel like there's more for them out in the world. There are very talented kids who need the extra pat on the back, the assurance that they can pursue their dreams without abandoning their roots, or being ungrateful and selfish." M.R.R. Arcega is the author of "The Magic Christmas Box" from The PGS Special Holiday Issue.
Joseph Nacino, author of "Insomnia" from PGS1, has a fantasy erotica piece, "Love And Noir In The Time Of Call Centers", out in the FHM erotica anthology. Joseph also won 1st place in 2007 at the 2nd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards for short fiction for his story, "Logovore".
And while we're on this line of thought, Nikki Alfar, author of "Beacon" from PGS2, has a new story, "Bound", out in the May issue of Rogue Magazine. I was lucky enough to have read it some weeks ago. Like Joseph's, it's an erotic speculative fiction tale, and her story has heavy build-up, lots of seeding, and multiple climaxes. ("Oh behave!")
I wrote here how Mia Tijam (author of "Blink, Wake Up" from PGS4) and Dean Francis Alfar (author of "The Middle Prince" from PGS1 and "In The Dim Plane" from PGS4) have stories published in recent issues of The Philippines Free Press. Their stories were "Wishes Do Come True" and "Sunboy", respectively. Well, another PGS contributor, Sharmaine Galve (author of "Y" from PGS3), will have her story, "The Death Of Roy", published too in a coming issue of the same publication. Go and get copies of all these Free Press issues so you can read their stories!
Crystal Koo (author of "The Scent Of Spice" from PGS2), who wrote me about her upcoming trip to the Sydney Writer's Festival, updates us on recent developments via her blog. It seems she'll be meeting Butch Dalisay and Wendell Capili there, both of whom will be giving speeches at the Festival. Here's her latest email:
"Just an extra piece of news to go with the thing in Sydney. I've been invited by Consul General of the Philippine Consulate in Sydney, Maria Theresa P. Lazaro, to attend a reception in the Philippine consulate in honor of Dr. Butch Dalisay and Dr. Wendell Capili, the Filipino speakers in the Festival. Waaaa. It's funny how all these things are suddenly happening. I hope I can take pics, haha.
It's a bit of serendipity actually, because a year ago I WAS in the Sydney consulate, trying to get through the bureaucracy of getting my Palanca entry and copyright notarized by them, lol. (And I'm glad I went through all the trouble, since it's the same story that's bringing me back, haha.)"
The story she's referring to is "Benito Salazar's Last Creation", which placed third at the 2007 Palanca's. More on that, and the anthology it'll be included in, here in this earlier Announcement.
Congratulations, all!
I blogged about M.R.R. Arcega's piece on libraries here, then a short time afterward she emailed me to tell me that she has another one out: "Why We Need More Libraries In Provincial Areas". Her point in this second article? "Somewhere out in the rice fields, or in the shadows of the mountains, the constantly beleaguered shorelines, are kids who need to read more and better, and feel like there's more for them out in the world. There are very talented kids who need the extra pat on the back, the assurance that they can pursue their dreams without abandoning their roots, or being ungrateful and selfish." M.R.R. Arcega is the author of "The Magic Christmas Box" from The PGS Special Holiday Issue.
Joseph Nacino, author of "Insomnia" from PGS1, has a fantasy erotica piece, "Love And Noir In The Time Of Call Centers", out in the FHM erotica anthology. Joseph also won 1st place in 2007 at the 2nd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards for short fiction for his story, "Logovore".
And while we're on this line of thought, Nikki Alfar, author of "Beacon" from PGS2, has a new story, "Bound", out in the May issue of Rogue Magazine. I was lucky enough to have read it some weeks ago. Like Joseph's, it's an erotic speculative fiction tale, and her story has heavy build-up, lots of seeding, and multiple climaxes. ("Oh behave!")
I wrote here how Mia Tijam (author of "Blink, Wake Up" from PGS4) and Dean Francis Alfar (author of "The Middle Prince" from PGS1 and "In The Dim Plane" from PGS4) have stories published in recent issues of The Philippines Free Press. Their stories were "Wishes Do Come True" and "Sunboy", respectively. Well, another PGS contributor, Sharmaine Galve (author of "Y" from PGS3), will have her story, "The Death Of Roy", published too in a coming issue of the same publication. Go and get copies of all these Free Press issues so you can read their stories!
Crystal Koo (author of "The Scent Of Spice" from PGS2), who wrote me about her upcoming trip to the Sydney Writer's Festival, updates us on recent developments via her blog. It seems she'll be meeting Butch Dalisay and Wendell Capili there, both of whom will be giving speeches at the Festival. Here's her latest email:
"Just an extra piece of news to go with the thing in Sydney. I've been invited by Consul General of the Philippine Consulate in Sydney, Maria Theresa P. Lazaro, to attend a reception in the Philippine consulate in honor of Dr. Butch Dalisay and Dr. Wendell Capili, the Filipino speakers in the Festival. Waaaa. It's funny how all these things are suddenly happening. I hope I can take pics, haha.
It's a bit of serendipity actually, because a year ago I WAS in the Sydney consulate, trying to get through the bureaucracy of getting my Palanca entry and copyright notarized by them, lol. (And I'm glad I went through all the trouble, since it's the same story that's bringing me back, haha.)"
The story she's referring to is "Benito Salazar's Last Creation", which placed third at the 2007 Palanca's. More on that, and the anthology it'll be included in, here in this earlier Announcement.
Congratulations, all!
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