If you’re planning to join the 3rd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards, then heed this advice: don’t strive to imitate Neil Gaiman. In this article by The Manila Times’ Rome Jorge, Fully Booked’s marketing manager, Tals Diaz, advises aspiring contestants: “One thing we can tell you not to do is mimic a Gaiman story.” Awards chairman Erwin Romulo adds, “Neil’s theme is Filipino unrealism. It has to have that unique sense of Filipino-ness about it. We do have a rich tradition of Filipino mythology and folklore that we hardly explore in our literature.” More when you click the link below.
Link: “How not to be the next Neil Gaiman” via The Manila Times
Hat Tip: Azrael Colladilla
Cross-posted from NewWorlds.ph
