Twiddling thumbs

SO excited (and scared) for Time Traveler’s Wife. There are books that wish I had written (The Inheritance of Loss) because I know I could do it, and then there’s Time Traveler’s Wife which I know I couldn’t have done […]

Man Asian longlist is out

For those watching out for this kind of thing, the longlist for the Man Asian Literary Prize has been announced. Congrats to those who got in! And now the frenzied finishing of the actual novel begins, haha.

Trying to be more “social”

New, personalized URL on Friendster: http://profiles.friendster.com/minavesguerra. Finally grabbed it because of the nice people who’ve added My Imaginary Ex to their profiles, so I had to log in and thank them somehow. Summit Books is on Facebook! Add add add. […]

Media roundup

I should have talked about this before I went on the radio, but frankly I was scared of burping or saying something stupid on the air. Thankfully none of that happened (stupidity was kept at a minimum I think), so […]

Where credit is due

Asian Chick Lit

(Joel McHale is going “Chicks, man” in my head right now.) Here’s a Newsweek article on Asian Chick Lit, particularly those published in Singapore and written by Filipinos.

Talented people are cool

I don’t draw. People who can, even in that techie, digital way, are cool. In the same way that people who read music, or dance, or do other things I can’t do are cool. When I was younger, I used […]