A Guide to Winning the 3rd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards

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

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