Postscript of doom

Charles Tan and Dean Alfar have fairly extensive reports of Neil Gaiman’s visit to the Philippines for the Philippine Ad Congress and the 2nd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards.

As for me, I am ashamed to admit that while I was peripherally aware of Mr. Gaiman’s visit, I never got round to actually finding out the exact details of when he would be here. I believe that Fully Booked sent us an invitation. It’s all very vague. These things take time to sink in for me since my brain can’t seem to process anything which does not remotely resemble an article for editing or letters affixed with “Yes, we are delighted to accept your proposal” asdfjkgls;;;;. Never got the chance to personally thank him for plugging RodCon 2007 in his blog, if only because I received a few hilarious emails from American anime fans asking how they might get to the Philippines to attend the Read or Die convention and if there would be sexy Miss Deep cosplayers hanging about.

… As I was saying, for a book club, we made a rather pathetic showing this time around though a few members were present. They sent me SMS messages? I didn’t imagine them? Everyone else has been horrifically busy. We should be getting some breathing space this week now that the content updates we’ve been planning are ready to go, but the pace will pick up again.

In any case, congratulations to everyone who placed in the awards, especially to Joseph Nacino and Andrew Drilon. I’m very happy for Celestine Trinidad–whom I’ve known for a long time–for making it to the shortlist.

The complete list of winners can be found in Charles Tan’s blog.

PS: Speaking of Celestine Trinidad, you can check out her serial “Alternate Futures” in the Conundrum Magazine (which is more like an ongoing writing challenge than a zine, but everyone is welcome to submit their multi-chapter stories for serialization).

We have also finally updated Maybe Sparrows with a short issue on the books of Diana Wynne Jones. The next issue will focus on reviews of ghost stories. To check out the reading list, please go here.