Fame, fortune and the Filipino writerCreative writers don’t earn much in this country, unless they lend their talents to someone else, for far less literary reasons than writing a novel or a collection of poems. At 70, I’m still working on three or four simultaneous book projects for clients, with my own third novel in the back burner. Last Friday, at the PICC, many of the country’s best writers got together to bask in that shared glory. New winners outnumbered previous ones 31 to 23, a good sign of new talent emerging – and not just new but young. Not everyone who writes for a living can win a Palanca, but not everyone who wins a Palanca can make a living out of writing, either.

Source: Philippine Star November 24, 2024 22:53 UTC