Tag: writing
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Bagong sulatin
Went to the doctor today and immediately felt my symptoms settle down a bit, effectively gaslighting myself so it felt like I was exaggerating everything I was feeling. Doctor was able to chalk some of it to post-Covid gland swelling, so we’re just going to wait for a bit for the symptoms to either disappear…
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Free again (from social media)
3 weeks of laundry, vacuuming, garbage bin refresh, returning books to my shelves, cleaning up: I was thinking of doing these during the weekend but none of that happened. Instead, I finished The Saint of Bright Doors (read my Goodreads review on it, I was feeling very strongly when I wrote is as that was…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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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39
I should probably just get over this push-and-pull of whether or not I should go back to blogging by coming up with something first draft-y to get it over with. Yesterday was my 39th birthday, which was as good a time as any to not start blogging again. I had seafood dumplings, sushi, and okonomiyaki…
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On Keeping a Notebook (with Apologies to Joan Didion)
I’m 15 pages away from the end of my red comp book, which I have started filling up with three to six pages of fountain-pen-scribbled morning ramblings since June 15 of this year. I have impulsively titled the notebook UNPACKING in teal marker because there was space for a label. It was one of three…
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Random Return of the Comeback
So gusto ko lang markahan ang araw kung kailan na-realize ko na mahalaga pala ang pagdesisyunan agad ang framing at POV bago simulang tahakin ang pagsusulat ng isang kwento. Kwento ko lang. So matagal ko na nililigawan ang kwentong ‘to, mga tatlong buwan na rin. At least itong version ng kwentong ito na gusto ko…