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Thursday, October 14, 2004
I have a confession to make...I am embarassed to admit that I am a writer of Tagalog Romance novels...simply referred to as pocketbooks.
Wait lang, mga co-writers! Before you raise your eyebrows at me...hear my piece. Oo...nahihiya akong amining ako'y manunulat dahil para sa akin ang salitang manunulat ay isang mabigat na salita. Once you started to claim that you really are one, you have to prove it.
As for me, I still feel that I'm not worthy to be called one. Sure, I had a two novels approved by a publishing company but still that is not enough. Not unless I can fully touch my readers, will I be able to fully grasp the title of being a writer.
Pero hindi ko ikinakahiyang amining isa rin ako sa mga masusugid na pambabasa ng tagalog romance novels. Back in elementary, I had an awfully large collection of pocketbooks. Unfortunately, when I started sharing it with my highschool friends, most of them never come back. I guess, it was passed on from one reader to another until I can never figure out where the book was.
I was reading a blog copied by a writer friend, Almira, from a blogsite somewhere. The blogger describes tagalog romance novels as mere cheap reading materials one should avoid.
Nakakalungkot no? Nakakalungkot na mas naliligayan silang basahin ang mga Danielle Steel, Sydney Sheldon, Harry Potter o Lord of the Rings kaysa sa mga tagalog romance na likha ng kapwa nila Pilipino. Hindi ko tahasang kinokondena ang mga nagbabasa ng mga foreign novels. Ako man ay nagbabasa rin nito. Ang kinokondena ko ay ang tahasang panghusga sa genre ng romance novel dito sa Pilipinas. Laging nababansagang cheap o nakahihiya ang mga ito.
Isa itong pang-aalipusta sa kakayahan ng mga kapwa niyo Pilipinong manunulat ng prosa. Dahil sa totoo lang hindi ganoon kadali ang gumawa ng nobela. Gaano man kasimple ang istorya nito, walang sino man ang nakakayang bumuo nito sa isang araw. Kung meron naman, saludo ako sa iyo!
Sa totoo lang, mas gusto ko pang magbasa ng pocketbook kaysa aksayahin ang daan-daang piso sa mga librong makakapal nga pero sa bandang huli makikita mo nagpapakalalim lang. Sa tagalog romance kasi, simple lang ang buhay. Sa sandaling oras, nakapunta ka na sa daigdig na puno ng pag-asa at pag-ibig...bagay na kailangan nating lahat sa mga panahong ito. Minsan kasi may mga akdang banyaga na mapagpanggap. Dudulungin ka sa liit ng letra, mauubos ang oras mo kababasa ng pagkakapal-kapal n libro na binili mo ng mahal na bandang huli, gusto mong murahin ang may-akda dahil pinagod ka lang.
Sa totoo lang, maraming mas magagaling na manunulat na Pilipino. Naniniwala akong tayo ay lubos na biniyayaan ng mga talentong maaaring higitan pa ng iba. Ang siste lang, kung minsan, kapwa Pinoy pa natin ang tahasang nang-aalipusta sa talentong ito.
Kudos! To all tagalog romance writers...at sa mga critics...keep it up! Payamanin niyo ang mga banyagang manunulat at patuloy na ilugmok sa putik ang mga manunulat ng ating bansa. Makatutulong yan ng husto sa pag-unlad ng bayan na ito. Mga mapagpanggap lang ang mga iyan...dahil hindi ako naniniwalang wala man ni isa sa inyo ang nakaranas na magbasa ng tagalog romance...o come on!
Posted at 10/14/2004 2:20:17 pm by pillows_14
 | Posted by NameMERLY @ 02/29/2008 03:18 PM PST | | ISA AKONG WRITER, KAYA LANG DISMAYADO AKO SA MGA PUBLISHER, MGA MANGGAGAMIT LANG SILA. KAPAG KAILANGAN ANG KUWENTO MO, SAKA LANG OKEY. TAPOS REPRINT NALANG SILA NG REPRINT, MAKATWIRAN BA IYON.
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| Posted by NameMERLY @ 02/29/2008 03:07 PM PST | | ISA AKONG WRITER, KAYA LANG DISMAYADO AKO SA MGA PUBLISHER, MGA MANGGAGAMIT LANG SILA. KAPAG KAILANGAN ANG KUWENTO MO, SAKA LANG OKEY. TAPOS REPRINT NALANG SILA NG REPRINT, MAKATWIRAN BA IYON.
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| Posted by jerico b. @ 02/26/2008 07:05 PM PST | | | pak u!!!! | |
| Posted by Gracielle Anne @ 09/25/2007 02:48 PM PDT | | | i have lots of ideas para sana sa pocketbook!!! so please kung gusto nyo ang mga ideas ko... okey lang as long as ma share na!!! gusto ko kasi makabasa sa mga imaginations ko... promise hindi ko ipagkakalat!!! thanks | |
| Posted by zharon @ 05/21/2007 01:31 PM PDT | | ate turuan nyo ako maging isang manunulat ang hilig ko magsulat pero hindi ko alam kung paanu simulan un at kung saan ko ipupublish yun
sanay matulungan mo ako
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| Posted by Lj @ 08/16/2006 01:51 PM PDT | | | i want to become a writer.I want to published my manuscript.It's a tagalog novel.How could i published it?where?please help me.I want to share my talents to other people... | |
| Posted by Lj @ 08/16/2006 01:51 PM PDT | | | i want to become a writer.I want to published my manuscript.It's a tagalog novel.How could i published it?where?please help me.I want to share my talents to other people... | |
| Posted by alyssa_sancon07 @ 04/05/2006 08:57 PM PDT | | | whew,, tsk. tsk. ang lupit mo anti na anti ka sa mga banyaga ah, buy pinoy save pinoy ka ah..... alam mo believe din ako sa iyo ms cute mgbasa ng romance novel sige gud luck sino ka ba????? at sino si Almira????????????? reply ka naman alyssa_sendoh07@yahoo.com | |
| Posted by gonzales @ 03/28/2006 02:23 PM PST | | | ate sana turuan nyo ko pano magsulat ng tagalog novel hindi kasi ako maayos magsulat ehhh | |
| Posted by Sara @ 03/24/2006 05:50 PM PST | | | May mga publising ngayon na may mga sense na ang nga inilalabas ng libro, but sad to say yung pknaka malaking publishers sa bansa ay hindi pa ganoon ka open minded. Ang masama pa hindi nila binibigyan ng respeto ang mga writer nila. i mean kung napapakinabangan ka nila, ok lang. But once u question them, patay ka na, Kung baga para silang abs-cbm if u all know what I mean. Iyan ang dahilan kaya mababa ang kalidad nila. Iyan din ang dahilan kaya marming writer ang hindi na nagsusulat dahil sa kawalan ng freedom pf expression! Hindi sila naggrogrow as a writer kaya hayun ang resulta, mababa ang kalidad ng mga novela | |
| Posted by joycee @ 02/22/2006 05:46 AM PST | | hello!!! saludo ako sayo! hehe. ako'y isa sa mga masusugid na tagapagbasa ng tagalog romance pocketbooks. ngayong nasa ibang bansa na ako, mas lalo akong nanabik magbasa ng inyong mga akda. i mean ninyong lahat!! hehe. i feel that i'm home basta nakakapagbasa ako ng tagalog. tsk. kaso wala naman akong makita dito. kaya supppper search ako sa net sa ebook pero wala pa din. so siguro. magkasya na lang ako sa isang librong nadala ko at basahin cya paulit ulit.
sister! im so proud of you! im a frustrated writer kaya natutuwa ako sa mga nababasa ko kase parang yung nasa isip kong plot eh naisusulat nyo. hehe. | |
| Posted by joycee @ 02/22/2006 05:45 AM PST | | hello!!! saludo ako sayo! hehe. ako'y isa sa mga masusugid na tagapagbasa ng tagalog romance pocketbooks. ngayong nasa ibang bansa na ako, mas lalo akong nanabik magbasa ng inyong mga akda. i mean ninyong lahat!! hehe. i feel that i'm home basta nakakapagbasa ako ng tagalog. tsk. kaso wala naman akong makita dito. kaya supppper search ako sa net sa ebook pero wala pa din. so siguro. magkasya na lang ako sa isang librong nadala ko at basahin cya paulit ulit.
sister! im so proud of you! im a frustrated writer kaya natutuwa ako sa mga nababasa ko kase parang yung nasa isip kong plot eh naisusulat nyo. hehe. | |
| Posted by Name @ 02/22/2006 02:47 AM PST | | | sweet_rica80@yahoo.com <sweet_rica80@yahoo.com> | |
| Posted by concerned @ 11/26/2005 07:02 PM PST | | | di naman sananlalait sila siguro its just that sana magkaroon naman ng sense ung isusulat nila. ang iba kasi makapagsulat lang kala mo ok na.. ung mga lines na ginagamit parepareho lang. alam na syempre ng nagbabasa yun. Every paragraph meron salitang ganun patungkol sa bida. sana hauwag namang ulit ulit. | |
| Posted by sol @ 11/20/2005 04:42 PM PST | | hi... im proud of tagalog romance writers! at gusto ko ring magsulat ng tagalog romance novel pero diko alam kung paano magsisimula at kung sino ang kokontakin para magpublish ng work ko kung saka-sakali...
plz help me...
tnx!!
grizelda03@yahoo.com | |
| Posted by wala @ 11/15/2005 08:06 PM PST | | | mga gago | |
| Posted by Genesis @ 11/14/2005 08:22 PM PST | | I am an aspiring writer as well. I am right now finishing my first tagalog romance novel and I am proud of IT. If my work is accepted, I will use my real name (most tagalog romance writers use pseudonyms). Tagalog romance is not cheap it just something new; it is a still evolving genre in our local literature. I am saying this with conviction, because I am avid reader of contemporary and classical literature.
In America for example, during the 1700s and early 1800s American Literature was looked down by European countries only a handful of american writers like Melville and Hawthorne gain some respect in foreign countries. Popular American literature at that time was very melodramatic, they are often about starcrossed-lovers, rape victims, etc. these books were regarded as CHEAP by Europeans. By the early 1900s America has produced novels by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, Jack London, Henry James, Edith Wharton just to name a few, and these writers are now regarded a GIANTS in world literature, their work were not just best-sellers but awards winners, even the most prestigious Nobel Prize.
Where is American literature now? Well, we don't need to be a literature-geek to know the answer to that question.
My point is this: even when early American literature was look down by foreign countries, American never considered them as cheap, Americans appreciated their own. So American writers kept on writing, American writers can make a living on writing, American writers began to write better and better... | |
| Posted by pillows @ 07/12/2005 12:38 PM PDT | | | guys, to those budding writers out there, we a yahoogroup for tagalog romance writers just look for tagalogromancewriters sa yahoogroups. some of the the members are veteran writers themselves na makakapagbigay sa inyo ng advices, answer your questions or makakapag-share sa inyo ng info. see you sa group! | |
| Posted by Krysty Choi @ 03/08/2005 11:35 AM PST | | | Hi... i'm interested to write too, just dont know who would accept. Since you're already in the biz, maybe you can tell me who to contact :) krys_choi@yahoo.com | |
| Posted by craftshobbiesent@hotmail.com @ 02/26/2005 09:16 AM PST | | | hello! inggit lang sila kaya walng magawa kungdi ang mamintas. let them baka diyan sila masaya anyway you can also laugh you way to the bank, o di ba? ako rin may nagawa ng 2 novels just dunno where to send them also. can anybody help, please? damihan niyo choices ha & syempre yong legal and decent publishers. thank u thank u! | |
| Posted by craftshobbiesent@hotmail.com @ 02/26/2005 09:16 AM PST | | | hello! inggit lang sila kaya walng magawa kungdi ang mamintas. let them baka diyan sila masaya anyway you can also laugh you way to the bank, o di ba? ako rin may nagawa ng 2 novels just dunno where to send them also. can anybody help, please? damihan niyo choices ha & syempre yong legal and decent publishers. thank u thank u! | |
| Posted by ivy @ 02/21/2005 03:21 PM PST | | | Haller pasaway nman un nagsabi n cheap ang pinoy romance novels..hindi nmn nuh..we should read p nga kc atleast nkkrelate tayo dto kc..theres a touch of reality rin like living ng mga pinoy, economy at iba p.right?..ilove to write nga..kya lng isa plng nggwa ko.hehhe..mhirap kc, pero masarap magsulat..tlga..i enjoy it..pti ako kinikilig s srili kong story.heheh..kya lng like others i dnt know wer to send my piece..I hope somebody can read this and help me with this slight prob..pls...i really really enjoy kc..kya lng sayang nman un gawa ko kung ako lng magbbsa nito..pls..help me...email me here nlng h.. d_lady_fortress@yahoo.com....tnks | |
| Posted by sofiajade @ 01/10/2005 04:52 PM PST | | Mahirap magsulat. nakakahilo at masakit sa ulo. sa mga nanlalait sa tagalog novels, e di sila ang magsulat ng sarili nilang novel. peste! nanlalalalim nga ang eyebugs ko makapagpasa lang sa editor tapos lalaitin lang nila. namumundok pa ako para lang makapagsulat ng magandang nobela. tapos manlalait lang sila. bago sila manlait, make sure na kaya din nilang gawin... well, may right naman silang magalit kung hindi sila satisfied sa nabasa nila. after all, right nila iyon as a reader. pero kung magdya-judge sila nang hindi pa nakakapagbasa, unfair iyon.
hindi lahat kayang magsulat ng one hundred pages na novel or more. at hindi lahat ng novels, napa-publish. simple lang naman ang gusto ko as a writer... to entertain and to educate people.... kung hindi nila nakikita iyon, kawalan nila iyon.
Mabuhay ang mga manunulat na Filipino!!!! | |
| Posted by lokaloka @ 01/08/2005 05:55 PM PST | | | whoever says that tagalog pocketbooks are cheap, then he/she is as shallow as his/her words. malunod ka sana sa ka sosyalan mo...... | |
| Posted by danggle @ 01/06/2005 02:39 AM PST | | hi and happy new year !
just like J@, i'm interested in trying my hand with the pinoy romance writing. sino nga ba ang pwedeng pagtanungan tungkol dito ???
hope you can help me out...
thanks ! =)
danggle@yahoo.com
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| Posted by j @ 01/02/2005 09:00 PM PST | | | Hi. I haven't really read any tagalog ramance novels. but i do appreciate the effort and the wit of those who write one. I, for one, want to write a tagalog romance novels but i guess i don't know where to send them or to whom should i send them. Hope you could help me on this. my email ad is johnsparks3@yahoo.com. Thanks to you. Happy new year. | |
| Posted by Celyn @ 11/07/2004 09:59 AM PST | | | Hi! I'm a college student at one of the universities here in Manila. Anyway, I find nothing wrong with you being a writer even if you are a Tagalog pocketbook writer. I know how it feels to write. Every summer vacation, I try to write about everything that goes into my head. Unfortunately, only less than 10 of those works are finished. It really is hard to think of something to write. I respect writers! I also love to read. I read thick English pocketbooks (fiction/bestsellers), comics, Filipino Books (Bob Ong, Sicat, etc.) and even Tagalog pocketbooks. I am familiar with the kind of books you are writing and I have to say that Tagalog Pocketbooks are a little bit tame compared Western books because some of them have detalied bed scenes. Besides, Tagalog pocketbooks shows the Filipino's lifestyle, unlike of the Western books. There's nothing wrong with them. Ok, now that I have no more to say, I just want to say keep up the good work and God bless! BTW, if you like, you can reach me through cheerio_888@yahoo.com >>> Thanks! | |
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