Author: Macky Cruz
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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Singing on the Spot
This week was pretty amazing. I did not expect the volume of congratulatory messages I got on my social media announcement, but mostly because I have forgotten that I did know these many people. I’m relatively old. I’ve lived so many lives. So. Many. Lives. One day I will write about them. But for now…
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It’s happening! I’m getting published!
Ang aking Tagalog novel (working title: Hoy Pong! previously known as Pangkantong Gabay sa Pagiging Ganap) ay ipa-publish early next year ng My Avenida (publisher ng Trese, Kikomachine Komix, mga libro ni Bob Ong, Eliza Victoria, Eros Atalia at marami pang ibang manunulat na Pinoy)—basically my dream publishing house as far back as I can…
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OK kind of OK
Well then, I’ve had more social interactions in the past month than the two years that went before it. Yet somewhere people’s worlds are falling apart. It is hard to be perma-happy when you’re perma-informed. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be or that you can’t try. Here, with half of the remaining communal sopas…
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Broken, sure
There was this scene in the first episode of BBC’s Sherlock where Sherlock does a Sherlock guessing Watson’s sibling’s life circumstances by taking one look at the phone he’s using. The phone had several scuff marks near the charging port and Sherlock somehow deduced that only a person with shaky hands would make that many…