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Seek Ye Whore Book Signing at Mt. Cloud Bookstore, Baguio City

The first photo is the only one I took of my book signing at @mtcloud last weekend. It was a fun and intimate event filled with unexpected and serendipitous occurrences that can only happen in Baguio. I really had no plan beyond showing up, but then Frank Cimatu arrived and before I knew it, I […]

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Why Creativity Shouldn’t Be Cheap

Haggling for creative services such as writing, photography, and graphic design is detrimental to both client and supplier. Here’s why.

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“The Bridge” podcast on Pakinggan Pilipinas

An abridged podcast of “The Bridge,” my short story about a very special former first lady and a psychic child can be heard on Pakinggan Pilipinas, site that features podcasts of fiction written by Filipino authors. Listen to “The Bridge” here: https://pakingganpilipinas.blogspot.com/2010/10/episode-4-bridge-abridged-version-by.html I had that story in my head for more than a decade, ever […]

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Seaside Story

A Visit to the Seaside The boy stumbled over the body of a mermaid, long dead. The sea had tangled seaweed onto her hair and body.The crabs had picked at her skin and the gulls, her eyeballs. She stank like meat and fish left too long in the sun. She was the loveliest thing he […]

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Waking the Dead Book Launch

Thank you to everyone who made it to the Waking the Dead book launch. Lots of people braved horrible traffic and a mall sale just to get to the lauch, and for that I am supremely grateful. There were folks who tried to make it, but got stuck in traffic and had to turn back […]

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On the Phone with Cirio Santiago

I did a short phone interview with director Cirio Santiago today (I wasn’t able to catch him at the photoshoot, where I interviewed director Eddie Romero) for Rogue. It’s amazing how, in just a five minute conversation with this man, I learned more about the Philippines during the American era than I did in four […]

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Writing helped me process my father’s death

I couldn’t sleep last night so I ended up writing a whole story from scratch. It’s been a while since I wrote anything, and I don’t think I’ve ever accomplished a piece in one sitting before. It’s set last year and basically, the premise is that I get a phone call from my dead father. […]