My story, “I Am the City”, is now live over at Expanded Horizons. :) Clicky-click!
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in photos
Yeah I’m feelin’ lazeh.
October 23 (Friday)
Research night. Because we never get tired of each other, oh no.
I am so not drunk in this picture.
More photos here.
October 24 (Saturday)
Christening day of uber-cute Johan. I’m still waiting for Joan (proud mom) to upload the photos. God, I must have looked horrid. But what the hell. Love you Joan, your baby’s absolutely adorable. :)
P.S. Seriously Ace that was a fun ride from Makati to Bulacan. We should do that again! Hahaha.
October 25 (Sunday)
Watched this with Jaykie.
Not a fan of romantic films at all, but believe me, this is a fun watch. “Inventive” I think was the word Roger Ebert used to describe this film.
Got this early birthday gift. Howee. (Also: we were able to find an issue of The New Yorker in BookSale that went for TEN PESOS. TEN PESOS my goodness.)
Thanks, Jake. ;)
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And oh, Ms Lanot of the Graphic says they will use all of the poems from “Reportage”. It will appear in several issues. Watch out for them? Yes? :)
weekend!
Well, not exactly the weekend because my schedule’s weird, but whatever.
Oct. 16 – IV- 1 whut.
Dinner at Cyma (Greenbelt 2) and coffee at Trinoma with high school friends. Still sabog, still fun. :D
More pictures here.
Oct. 17 – Nice night at Serendra, na nauwi sa alay-lakad and peoplewatching.
Bummer, I didn’t know Bruce Wayne’s already dead. And a time bullet? Wha~? /end nerd
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Random: I had my ID picture taken at Waltermart for ze French class. My hair’s blue in the picture. TRUE STORY.
Some pipe or whatever exploded in the condo unit washroom. Got drenched. (Quick: think boom box, car, boys, SOAP SUDS.) Ondoy-like flood indoors whut.
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Very quickly: my new poem, “Cliffhangers”, can be found in the latest issue of the Philippines Free Press. :)
the farthest shore is now live
My story in this collection of secondary worlds, “The Just World of Helena Jimenez”, is over here.
Feel free to repost/share the link. :D
meanwhile, somewhere in texas
Click here to read the September issue of The Houston Literary Review. “News About the End of the World” is on page 4, just zoom in. :)
Love the cover art.
the farthest shore covers
I think I’m in love.
From editor Joseph Nacino’s site:
But really, this is just an excuse to show you the final front cover art for The Farthest Shore anthology done by the excellent tyron caliente. Granted the cover is for the PDF download, the art will still be available on the actual website itself.
rocket kapre launches into (cyber)space
Click on the banner to go to the website, or if you want to go straight to ze goodies, you can click here to read the FAQ, or here to read what some crazy sexy people replied to the question:
Rocket Kapre will also run a series of interviews (“On the Far Shore”) featuring the authors of The Farthest Shore. Up first is Kate Aton-Osias.
Now. Who’s behind this insanity?
At present, Rocket Kapre (the blog, the imprint, USOK) is run by Paolo Chikiamco. A lawyer by training and a writer by inclination, in 2009 Paolo resigned from one of the top law firms in the country to establish Eight Ray Sun Publishing Inc., driven to take advantage of the burgeoning ebook market to allow Filipino Speculative Fiction authors a chance, not only to reach an international audience, but to eventually make a living from writing.
Paolo’s articles have appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Online Chronicles, and Code RED Magazine. His stories have appeared in the Digest of Philippine Genre Stories, A Time for Dragons, and the Farthest Shore. He won third place in the 2009 Carlos Palanca Awards in the Short Story for Children (English) category. His greatest escapade was sneaking in to watch Total Recall when he was 12 years old. It was totally not worth it.
Paolo can be found on twitter or at the Bahay Talinhaga blog.
Visit and spread the word. Support Filipino authors! :D
Eliza Victoria 