



joni | July 28, 2010
It seems like I’m going to be a real novelist soon. I finally got word from the Academic Publications Office, informing me the result of the evaluation. Below are the recommendations from the two evaluators: [Recommended for Publication without Revision] 1st Referee I recommend for publication without revisions the novel “In My Mother’s House.” It [...]
joni | June 25, 2010
–Instead of a DLSU Press,the university now has the Academic Publications Office (APO) which partners with publishers for (what else?) the school’s publishing needs. The way I understand it, APO acts like an agent of sorts in that it becomes the middleman between the writer and the publisher. Last Saturday, I sent a soft copy [...]
joni | June 23, 2010
There were actually three Macanese houses open for public viewing. The first one showcased what a traditional Macanese house would look like inside. The second had the photograph exhibit. This third one had exhibits of various aspects of the Portuguese heritage, not necessarily in Macau.
joni | May 25, 2010
Now that I have uploaded all of the pictures from my Shanghai trip, let me now delight you with pictures from my thesis defense. My Thesis Defense Degree: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Thesis Title: Finding My Way Back to My Mother’s House Venue: Dr. Cirilo F. Bautista’s residence Date: March 19, 2010 [...]
joni | March 21, 2010
Could there be anything I would be more grateful for than finally finishing my novel, successfully defending it, and having it recommended for the Most Outstanding MFA Thesis Award? I suppose not. Oh, one more will make it complete: when I finally do get the award. *waits (Photos as soon as I get to access [...]
joni | January 25, 2010
There will be a marked decrease in my blogging activities. As all you two avid readers of my blog know, I have been preparing for my thesis defense. Never mind that I have yet to officially enroll. (The registrar is still retrieving my records. Apparently, they have been buried so deep that they are having [...]
joni | January 19, 2010
…is scary. But it has to be written. And soon. As I might have mentioned before, the thesis does not end with just THE novel. I also have to write an accompanying essay explaining my creative process in writing the novel. The idea itself is quite exciting. I am one of those writers who enjoy [...]
joni | January 11, 2010
So my meeting with Doc Bau went better than I expected, mainly because to prepare myself, I always expect the worst. Next step is to know what the department would decide my next step would be… Best case scenario: They would allow me to defend and graduate this term. The other scenario is that I [...]
joni | December 14, 2009
Finally. A week or several years too late, depending on when one starts counting, I sent Doc Bau the second draft of the novel this afternoon. Now we wait. Might get a massage while waiting. Will try to keep the acid level on my tummy down. But no promises. Has to sort out my MFA [...]