Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing.--Ernest Hemingway, 1954 Nobel Prize winner
You can not change the past. You can not change the facts.
We gave literary books and magazines to writers during occasions and other literary activities like the event at the Mariano Marcos State University in the so-called Sunshine City last May. We gave out no more than 30 Ilokano books for teachers that may help them in the Mother Language-Based Multi-Lingual Education. We gave a "rare" literary book to the youngest participant (student of Data Center College Laoag, Philippines, a wisp of a girl who wants to write in the language) and a "rare" copy of The New Yorker to the oldest (male) would-be-Ilokano writer.
This is for the record and no other motivation.This is also for the record of the Almighty God who sees everything and knows the heart of men.
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| Leisurely walking in LA with my wife and cousin Simonie (partly hidden). |
Yet this is our advice to the young writers or those who hope to be responsible mannurat: if you are a writer, you have created for yourself a pulpit that requires you to look for the truth, and once you have it, write it, speak it. In this case, be fair with yourselves and give the blogger a fair chance by asking him his side of the controversy. Check your facts. Balance your piece.
The Lord of Hosts is watching.
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