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Sir, I would like to thank you po. Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog got me into reading! More power, sir!

Wow, maraming maraming salamat! :-)

Hello po! Fan of Janus Silang here! Galing nyo po magsulat, napaisip ako kung do-ol ba ung iba sa pamilya ko :)). When will the next book come out?

Bakit ang sama mo sa pamilya mo? Ha-ha-ha. Salamat, salamat! Pipilitin naming lumabas sa Nobyembre ang Book 2. Sa ngayon, patulong sa pagpo-promote ng Book 1 para makabili at makapagbasa rin sila at nang maraming mag-abang sa kasunod. Salamat, salamat!

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The key for me was the essay that Gab supposedly wrote: youthful attempts in art often betrays experiential truths.

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Sir Idol, sapalagay ko naman nagawa ko na yung note #1 noong nagsimula akong magsulat. Kasama ka sa listahan ko. (Astig nung Janus Silang!)

Salamat! E patúlong pa-promote sa iba mong kaibigan at kakilala!

Sir! Bigay ka naman ng readinglist (foreign o local) para sa mga teenager *kuno* na katulad ko.

May *kuno* talaga? Sige, basahin mo ang Cubao series ni Tony Perez. Kapag buhay ka pa pagkatapos niyan, saka ko ibibigay ang kasunod.

I remembered that you installed Flappy Bird in your device. I was just wondering, what's your highscore?

Just how exactly do you know that I did install it? Never had much attempts, and I don’t remember getting anything higher than 20. Certainly timing is not my thing.
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Sir, may connection po ba sa isa't isa ang mga sinulat niyong nobela? Saka sino pong author/mga author ang unang dapat basahin kung nais magsulat sa Filipino? Salamat po sa sagot sir.

Kapag nabasa mo na ang una kong dalawang nobela, malalaman mo kung magkaugnay ang mga iyon. Hindi, ang totoo, bahagi ang mga Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog at Sa Kasunod ng 909 ng tinatawag kong Trilohiya ng mga Bílang. Sinusulat ko ngayon ang ikatlo. Abangan mo ang iba kong ipo-post sa http://ecsamar.svbtle.com para sa mga mungkahing basahin. Salamat!

Sir Egay! NGSB ako, nakakabawas ba ng pagka-lalaki yun?

Paano ba iyan, magkaiba tayo ng sitwasyon dahil di naman ako NGSB? Pero ano namang masama na mabawasan ng pagkalalaki paminsan-minsan para magkaroon ng espasyo sa ibang bagay, tulad ng pagkatao.

Sir, guro din po ako ngayon sa high school. Ano po kaya ang pinaka-importanteng bagay na dapat nilang matutunan? Salamat po :)

Sang-ayon sa disiplinang pinagmumulan ko: maging malikhain, magbigay-kahulugan at saysay, at magtaya’t manindigan.

Sir, kung hindi po kayo writer ngayon, ano po kayang propesyon niyo? Salamat po. :)

Kung naging mayaman ako, publisher siguro (na sinikap ko ring gawin sa pamamagitan ng Tapat Journal, mahirap nga lamang i-sustain sa harap ng iba pang gawain). O editor. Hindi ko maisip ang sarili ko na malalayo nang tuluyan sa book/publishing industry. Btw, guro rin ako at iyon talaga ang propesyon ko. Ang pagsusulat ay isang bagay na gusto at sinisikap kong gawin sa harap ng, at sa kabila ng, aking pagtuturo.

What apps do you mostly use on your phone?

I hardly use apps on my phone because I always have my iPad with me, but they have an almost similar first page list of apps. So here’s what I got on my iPad:
What apps do you mostly use on your phone

Single?

Often, deep in my most selfish heart, which I hate—and depend on, in times of true solitude.

What is the purpose of life?

To ask questions, even in anonymity, and to attempt to seek for answers. Don’t you agree?

At what age you kissed for the first time?

As in kiss alongside a sexual desire that wanted to go beyond such kiss? 11.

Nakakalungkot na huli ko na nalaman na nagtuturo kayo ng malikhaing pagsulat (maikling kuwento) ngayong sem. Sana, Sir, sa susunod na sem may offering po uli.

Ummm, sino ito? Mukhang kapag first sem lang ino-offer ng FA ang Fiction Writing Workshop class na ito e.

How ambitious are you?

If ambition is proportionate to the amount of work I feel I need to accomplish well, I am then a very ambitious man. And I suppose you know that my ambitions mostly reside on the literary.

Janus Silang is so good! Can't wait for the second book. I always wonder why there is a limited choice in Filipino YA lit. Yours is a saving grace! A contemporary treatment of Philippine folklore that is not an overkill. Congrats!

Wow, thanks! While we’re at it, you may want to like its FB page at http://www.facebook.com/JanusSilang. Thank you again for the kind words.

Which is your song of the week?

“Somewhere Only We Know” brings me back to a decade younger version of myself—someone whom I needed to access this past week.

Read Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog and Sa Kasunod ng 909. I must say they are really great books, Sir! :) Excited na para sa Pitumpu’t Pitong Pu*a. Naalala ko pa nung binanggit mo ito sa klase naman dati! :) Reading Janus Silang now and I'm enjoying it! :))

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Wow. Salamat, Ella! Kapag nagustuhan mo ang Janus Silang, patulong pa-promote sa blockmates mo at kahit sa high school mo. Salamat!
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I'm trying not to be anonymous sir. But I keep on hitting the anon button. Shy type po. :) I'll read sa Kasunod ng 909 sir. Where can I direct message you? Gustong gusto ko pong maging writer kagaya ninyo.

Try my Twitter @ecsamar.

Where can I buy Sa Kasunod ng 909? It's not available in every National Bookstore. Salamat!

When all of NBS and Powebooks fail you, you can buy it directly from either UST Publishing House or me. Thank you for the interest, btw.

Is Sa Kasunod ng 909 has something to do with Walong Diwata? That book always let me travel in a world which I only know, Atisan. :) I hope to meet you sir. Two thumbs up for your books.

The two books are related, yes. When you’ve read both, it is not hard to see that. But Sa Kasunod is not necessarily a sequel to Walong Diwata. Well, I guess it is easier for us to meet if you are not so anonymous.

Why did you end your book, Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog just like that? It's been hunting me for almost half a year now sir.

It has haunted me for almost a decade now, thus my present struggle with the final book of what I call the Numbers Trilogy that began with Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog and followed by Sa Kasunod ng 909. Hopefully, I get to finish writing this Pitumpu’t Pitong Pu*a this year.

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