another interesting read

Ang kuwento sa likod ng romansa

BAKYA.

Ito ang karaniwang persepsyon sa Tagalog romance pocketbooks. Ilan-ilan na rin ang nagsasabi, partikular na sa akademya, na nakakapurol ng kasanayan sa pagbasa at panlasa sa “mas mataas na sining” ang pagkahumaling rito.

Gayon man, bakas pa rin sa mga mukha ng mga mambabasa ang kilig at kasiyahan sa pagbabasa ng mga nobelang tila pabalat at pangalan lamang ng mga karakter ang nagbabago. Hindi rin maikakaila na sa kabila ng pagdaan ng panahon at paglabas ng mga alternatibong libangan, nananatiling malakas ang industriyang ito.

Read the rest of the article here

interesting read

while bloghopping, i came across this site

http://gladyegimena.blogspot.com/2008/04/undying-romance.html

--------------------------------------------------
my comment on the post pending approval
--------------------------------------------------

isang malugod na pagbati sa iyo bb. gladi. una sa lahat, gusto kong magpasalamat sa iyo at ibinahagi mo ang mga pananaw mo tungkol sa paksang ito.

kung iyong mamarapatin, gusto ko lang sanang ibahagi ang mga saloobin ko.

nakakalungkot isipin na sadyang marami ang bumabatikos sa panitikan ng tagalog romance. sang-ayon ako sa punto mo hinggil sa grammar, spelling atbp. lalong bumababa ang impresyon ng mga mambabasa/kritiko sa TR dahil sa mga nabanggit. isang konkretong halimbawa itong blog na ito mula sa isang dismayadong mamabasa.

mapunta naman tayo sa mga nabanggit mo hinggil sa kontento ng istorya. sa pagkakaintindi ko, hindi ka nasisiyahan dahil hindi mo makuhang "maglaro" sa iyong panulat. ngunit sa iyo na rin nanggaling na ang romance genre ay may sinusundang formula. kaya malamang ay nauunawaan mo ang dahilan kung bakit nililimitahan tayo ng mga publishers.

masasabing ang formula na ito ay hango lamang sa formula na ginagamit sa ibang bansa. formula na nakasanayan na at inaasahan na ng mga mambabasa. pinili nating magsulat ng romance--genre writing ang romance--samakatuwid pinili nating
isailalim ang panulat natin sa mga pamantayan ng genre na ito.

sa isang banda, may nabasa na akong mga libro kung saan lumihis sa formula ang manunulat (halimbawa: rape o phedophile victim ang bida) at sa tingin ko ay epektibo naman ang kinalabasan ng kuwento. suma-tutal, nasa paraan ng paghilot ng plot ang kasagutan.

ngunit ang paglihis sa kahon sa puntong mamatay ang bida o hindi magkakatuluyan ang mga bida, sa palagay ko ay ibang usapan na iyon. hindi na maaaring ikategorya sa kombensyonal na romance genre ang kuwento. huwag nating kalimutan na hindi talaga maaaring mawala ang HEA sa romance genre.

kung gusto nating magsulat ng kuwentong kakaiba, huwag nating asahan na malilimbag ito sa ilalim ng tagalog romance kung sadyang hindi ito maaaring ikategorya sa naturang genre.

marami pa sana akong gustong sabihin ngunit gahol na ako sa oras. kaya bilang panghuli, gusto ko lang sanang ipunto/ipaalala na ang romance genre sa kabuoan ay nagsisilbing behikulo ng mambabasa upang makalimot kahit pansumandali sa realidad ng buhay. kaya naman tungkulin natin bilang manunulat ng genre na ito ay tulungan silang makamit ang hangad nila.

peace :)

lss v. 5

I've been lss'ing on this song since I saw leona lewis singing it on TV somewhere yesterday. Can't remember which show though. But I do the remember the intrigera host asking her if indeed Simon Cowell bought her a house worth 5M$.. hmn... She said no. Naturally.

Anyhoo, I was able to download the track from this multiply site. Thanks site owner.

Sidenote: Drat! I missed Grey's last night. I totally spaced out and forgot all about it.

Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis
--------------------------
Closed off from love
I didn't need the pain
Once or twice was enough
And it was all in vain
Time starts to pass
Before you know it you're frozen

But something happened
For the very first time with you
My heart melts into the ground
Found something true
And everyone's looking round
Thinking I'm going crazy

But I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

Trying hard not to hear
But they talk so loud
Their piercing sounds fill my ears
Try to fill me with doubt
Yet I know that the goal
Is to keep me from falling

But nothing's greater
Than the rush that comes with your embrace
And in this world of loneliness
I see your face
Yet everyone around me
Thinks that I'm going crazy, maybe, maybe

But I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

And it's draining all of me
Oh they find it hard to believe
I'll be wearing these scars
For everyone to see

I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open and I
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love

coincidence

Currently watching SUPERMAN RETURNS on cable whilst writing the tenth installment for my upcoming series. If all goes well, it'll probably be released by next week or next, next week.

The coincidence lie in the illustration I chose for Zeke. That's my character's name. It's none other than Superman himself, Brandon Routh. As a rule, I try not to use easily recognizable faces as reference for my book covers but I just couldn't resist this one time.

Afaic, B.R. is HOT!

vintage

guys, lookie what i found

Launch in external player

I'm not sure if I embedded it right. If not, just click this