It is the pinnacle of being a writer to be published. To have the words that one’s mind has birthed printed and experienced in material form. And for a blogger to be published is an even greater achievement. For the digital medium have often been relegated a credibility undermining the potential of this medium. Blogging is generally perceived with the same respect that entertainment weeklies might beckon, only because for most to blog is a mere reflection of one’s passing inclinations, a voicing of opinions, and often, nothing more. But for those few whose words have become more than their apparent significations, and have grown into a following of communities transcending what the entries profess, goes beyond what blogging is, to what it can be. It becomes dialectic, a cross section of the human consciousness, and a testament to the democracy of the medium.
To be a published blogger is the evidence that it is beyond the medium that value is created, but by the content that meaning can be derived. It is the solemn proof that writing, in all its myriad manifestations, blogging being no less a form of this, has the capacity to affect change. To lead narratives, change perceptions, and open the mind.
To write that the Threesome: Three Books to Break the Rules Launch was a success would be a gross misrepresentation, and a grave understatement. The support it garnered is overwhelming. A literal microcosm of the kaleidoscopic world the medium has expounded. From the uber-cool to the understated, from the eccentric to the eclectic, the audience that graced the launch is a spectrum of inclinations and dispositions, leanings and loyalties that show how strong this medium has become. And The White Room, being a perfect canvass to this spectrum.
To E, for the courage to bare your heart and speak the explicit few would dare thread and attempt to verbalize, to McVie for taking each bath house visit with a grain of salt and the optimism that life should be enjoyed despite all circumstances, and to Migs for the open-minded embracing of the culture we inhabit and the willingness to connect and learn and teach to those who are but neophytes in this milieu; thank you. For your words and your entries, for the dialogues you have inspired and the friendships you have birthed. How a test result can be a fulcrum of belief, or how a comic yet raunchy incident can be a thespian’s triumph, or how a simple letter can empower the understanding and love of the parents of this new generation.
To be published is not the end, but the beginning. Continue to break the barriers of ignorance and dispute, discrimination and myopia. For the life of a writer only begins when the last period is typed. The words become more than its authors, they take a life of their own, and us, readers, take pieces of this literature and make it our own. Own stories, and narratives, own opinions and beliefs. Let your books be our blank page, on which lives can be written and rewritten.
Because to write is not a mere threesome, but an orgy of minds.
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All three books can be purchased at MyBookstore.ph
The titles in the Threesome: Three Books to Break the Rules series include:
The Chronicles of E
The Wetbook: Stories from the Bathhouse
Dear Migs: Letters to Manila Gay Guy
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Because to write is not a mere threesome, but an orgy of minds.
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@~Carrie~ Isn't it? :)
The question now is, when are you publishing your own book, red? :)
@~Carrie~ Hehe. Kapag may sarili na akong publishing outfit? Or, better yet, kapag kaya ko nang tanggapin ang sarili kong lapat.
yeah, kelan ka magpapublish, red?
@mikel I don't feel that my blog, and consequently its contents, are worthy of being published. It requires a certain readability and approachability that makes a material publishable in that sense. I feel my words don't possess either.
Thanks for dropping by. :)
i always read your blog, red, if i have time. and its a sucker if you will not publish. yours belongs to that class where words are as fluid as spring water.
@mikel Oh my. Sir you're too generous. I could be saying the same thing with your prose. How it is lyrical and melodic, where prose almost becomes poetry in its eloquence. Yours is the sort of blog that has a frugality in posts, but when you do share your words, you leave me in awe. All the time.
Long time fan here, sir.
sir, ka diyan! i may be (way?) younger than you. bleh! :D
@mikel Ble ka din! Haha. Four years isn't much of a gap. Maturity, albeit wisdom, is non sequitur with age. But pleasantries aside, I've always found your style cerebral and crisp. Something that my verbosity tends to lack with its inclination to layered imagery and expounding.
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