LONG DISTANCE ROMANCE SERIES : TagalogOnlinePocketbook CONTEST

Ito ay isang contest.

Simple lang.

Format:

1.Sundin ang rules sa pagsusulat ng novels for TOP. 

2. minimum words: 24,000 words MAXIMUM : 25,000 words

3. 10-12 chapters (10 chapters with prologue and epilogue ang ibig sabihin nito)

4. Times New Roman 12

All novels will be posted in the TOP site unedited by ME, the EIC.

The winners will be judged by:

1) Number of comments and

2) Number of Facebook likes

THEME: Long Distance Love (preferrably one character or both main characters are OFW or in OFW like situations - karelasyong ng ofw asawa or foreigner etc)

Winners:

TOP Five (first place to fifth)

TOP Novel of the Year 2012 - first place novel TOP Writer of the Year 2012 - for the writer of said novel

 Prizes

1. Gils (varying amount) TOP currency

2. TOP treasure box (laman to be announced)*hopefully me pinas address ito*

3. Load (TBA)

*sorry no cash kasi sa shipping na gagamitin. ^.^

Writing Period/Nomination period: February 1, 2012 to  May 30, 2012 (Birthday ko)

Voting period : June 2012

Winners will be announced in JULY 2012

How to Submit?

1. Copy paste this CV complete it and send to pinaywritertop@gmail.com Check FORMAT OF CV HERE.

2. Send the Document file of your story as an attachment. (make sure mababasa ko kung me password ang document give it to me sa email)

Title of Document: TITLEOFNOVEL(datesubmitted)TOPnameofwriter

Example: mylonelyheart041212pinaywriter.docx or .doc

(if your document does not follow this rule, it will be ignored)

3. SUBJECT TITLE: TOP LDR ENTRY (baka kasi isipin kong spam ito eh para maiwasan)

4. Attach a picture you want to use for the cover of your novel. WE WILL MAKE THE COVER FOR IT. NOT YOU.

5. Attach a REAL PICTURE OF YOU that can be posted to verify na a) Tao ka talaga b) Alam ko kung sinong kukulamin kung plagarized pala ang work mo.

6. NOVELS MUST BE ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED OFFLINE AND ONLINE. Kahit ung sinubmit sa school di pwede.

Ito ang pakulo ko for TOP's 5th Anniversary. ^.^ Simulan na ang pagsusulat. Bawal magpatulong sa ibang tao. Sariling sikap ito.

http://tagalogonlinepocketbook.com/long-distance-romance/long-distance-romance-series-5thyranniv-top-contest/

EIC Pinaywriter

TOPShelf Dream

I know that they have tried and there as some sites that have pocketbooks that are in pdf format. But I just wish that someday we can convert TOP stories all to e-book *yes, I know I would need to learn this first* so that we can sell the books for real...But I don't know... I remembered that wish when I saw that flipreads'
romance section was empty. Hmmm...oh well.

which reminds me I need to get a bookshelf in my room

If I knew how to operate it and all the techie parts that it would entail, I would call that company...TOP shelves. E-books by Filipino writers, different genres, comics that are released only in conventions, new writers, old writers, hard to find textbooks since they are super old or something, reference books, and of course Tagalog online pocketbook stories and COH stories on epub and pdf format for OFWs who can't buy the books because they are so far away.

That might just compel my aunt to learn how to use a tablet. ^.^

Would that be a dream...alas. For now you can register and read the stories here in our website http://tagalogonlinepocketbook.com/ There are free novels and there some that require gils for you to read. Note that most of the writers are newbies or amateurs so be gracious in your comments. ^.^

We write for passion although some of us now write for money. ^.^ But if you want to try it out, why not write?


 

Writing Tip #1 : Movie Inspiration - T.O.P.

Bukod sa pagbibigay ng mga sikretong tips sa aming mga manunulat ay naisipan kong bumuo ng isang category para sa mga nangangailangan ng mga tips sa pagsusulat. Ito ay mga simple lang naman at ang iba ay maaaring alam na ninyo. Pero heto na rin siya para mabasa ninyo.

Una sa lahat, wala naman talagang WRITER'S Block. Sakit sa KATAM meron, KATAMaran. Kung hindi mo maituloy ang iyong kwento, hindi ka dapat tumigil, magsulat ka ng iba! Kung wala kang sapat na oras, pwes siguraduhin mong wala kang sinasayang na oras para sa mga bagay na wala namang kapaparaan.

Eto ang unang tip para sa iyo na me KATAM Writing Syndrome.

Writing tip #1

Manuod ng sine.

Hindi lang basta-basta mainstream na pelikula. Dapat ay ung kailangang pilahan, maraming mga taong nasa paligid mo at kung anu-anong usapan ang maririning mo. Hindi lamang ang mismong pelikula ang sadya mo sa lugar na iyon. Ang mga tao sa pila ang iyong papanuorin. Kailangang meron kang notebook na laging dala-dala sa mga ganitong pagkakataon. Delikado kasing gadget ang gamit mo dahil baka manakawan ka pa ng di oras.

Ang pagsusulat ng iyong mga ideya at obserbasyon ay maaaring makalikha ng mga bagong karater, plot points at mga scenario na magagamit mo sa susunod na nakaharap ka sa computer para magtitipa.

Ang pelikulang papanuorin mo ay may silbi din syempre. Ito ang tutulong sa iyo na makapagpahinga sa pag-iisip ng iyong kwento dahil mababalot ka ng kwentong sinulat ng iba. Makikiliti nito ang iyong imahinasyon at madadala sa mga lugar na hindi mo pa napupuntahan. Iisa lang ang buhay natin na tinatahak sa ngayon, hindi natin kayang mabuhay bilang iba't ibang tao kaya't ang mga pelikula ay paraan upang masalamin natin o makita ang mga pangyayari sa buhay na kaiba sa ating buhay.

Tulad na lang ng mga lugar na hindi ko mapuntahan kasi wala akong sapat na pera at dahil na rin sa takot akong sumakay ng eroplano, me pagkakataon akong makita iyon at possibleng sa aking mga kwento ay maisip kong ilagay ang aking mga karakter sa katulad na lugar.

Pwedeng ang iyong sinusulat ay may katulad na karanasan sa tauhan ng pelikula. Maaari mong maintindihan ang ilang mga bahagi ng iyong tauhan sa pamamagitan ng panunuod sa actor na nasa pelikula. Magkakabuhay, magkakaroon ng mukha ang iyong tauhan at maaaring mapakilos mo siya ng mas maayos dahil nito.

Tingnan kung me oras ka para sa mga film festival na ito

http://pinaywriteroraldiarrhea2.blogspot.com/2011/11/indie-film-dilemma-cinema-one-originals.html

Writing Tips on T.O.P. English version here

 

November Mayday

Take a writing break for now, TOPper writers and friends. Things are not going so well. As I gear for the Nanowrimo, TOP site is down because of Google adsense conflict. I am trying to think of ways to help the readers and not make this a big ball of watdafak.

I will still be editing the novels that are pending. But I wonder how the TOPper adiks are going to handle not having the site up and running.

I am thinking of posting stories at the fanpage so that they would have something to read. But my fanfics are in English. T_T, So that might be a problem. I think that would be better than nothing. I'll try to post it later.

Try not to have a panic attack and pray that Google adsense allows us whatever language we use not affect our site hits.

Unfortunately Filipino is not a supported language. T_T, This sucks so bad...

Tulong sa Paggawa ng Tauhan- Nanowrimo & T.O.P.

Know your character. I have been told and I have told other younger writers about this. To some people making a character is easier. They are usually those kinda of people who love to observe people. Believe me, if you start making life stories of people you see at the mall while you are sitting waiting for a friend who is always at least an hour late to a meeting, you best have a handy-dandy notebook. I have been know to write character ideas on receipts. ^.^


Try reading up on archetypes here. Found it in the pinoywrimos' blog. I am reading it now.

There is a link to a character sheet. I think it wouldn't hurt if you had one of this in your file. As your template.

The hardest part about making a character is not making him or her but making his or her actions consistent to the personality that you have conjured. If you based that person to a real person, then it might be easier but what if that character is a collection of different people (which is usually the case) or  a completely fictional character, then the consistency of his actions is the problem or where the confusion actually starts.

So it's best to map out one's character.

++++

Kilalanin mo ang iyong mga tauhan. Maraming beses ko nang narinig at nasabi ito. Me mga taong kayang gumawa ng mga tauhan. Pero ang mahirap talaga ay ang pagpapanatiling tama ng mga reaksyon at pananalita ng mga tauhan mo sa iyong nobela. Kung ikaw ang tipo ng tao na pwede gumawa ng mga "tauhan" sa pamamagitan ng panunood ng mga tao sa mall, maswerte ka. Siguraduhing meron kang sulatan ng mga possibleng kwento o tauhang maiisip mo. Kahit sa resibo mo pa isulat basta wag mong iwawala ang pinagsulatan mo. Sayang din un.

Subukan mo ang listahang ito. Pwede mong gamitin iyang batayan ng mga tauhan mo. Para di mo malimutan ang anumang aspeto ng kanilang pagkatao. Pero maaari ka ring magdagdag.

Hindi na rin masama kung maggagawa ka ng character diagram. Para hindi ka malito kung sinong katipan ng kung sino. O kung anong koneksiyon ng isang tao sa isa pa.

http://thehotspicykimchi.com/2010/11/09/k-popk-drama-secret-garden-trailers-character-chart-ep-1-spoiler-details/

Kung serye at maraming magkakamag-anak sa iyong mga kwento marapating maggawa ng isang family tree nang hindi ka maloka sa dami ng mga tauhang nagka-anak na o nagkatuluyan.

http://mirika02.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/kristine-series-series-review/

Di ba cool un? Mas malinaw kung sakaling me makalimutan ka. Magandang i-print ito o gawin wallpaper para matandaan mo ito kung saka-sakali. O panatiliing nakabukas pag nagsusulat.

Sana ay natulungan ko kayo ngayong makagawa ng mas organisadong grupo ng mga tauhan. ^.^

*Thanks to the sites that I have linked here. I learned a lot!*

ROMANCE SECTION Reminders - T.O.P.

Please do not post your teaser or chapter as an update or message sa wall ng group. Thanks. 

Go to FORUM 

> Go to the bottom part of the page me POST NEW TOPIC dun 

Ilagay ang Title ng Nobela sa TITLE BOX 

I.E. My Heart's Birthday


1. Unang ilagay ang Teaser sa CONTENT box.
how to make teasers => http://pinaywriteroraldiarrhea2.blogspot.com/2010/10/teaser-versions.html


TEASER example

original form in WORD DOCU

GANITO SHA PAG CTRL C THEN CTRL V nyo sa forum part ung nasa docu

 2. Ilagay ang mga chapters na kasunod sa susunod na comment box.

Mas okay na kung susundin nyo na ang format dito. http://pinaywriteroraldiarrhea2.blogspot.com/2010/09/formatting-reminders-simplified-for.html para hindi na magkagulo.

see link for the explanation

Pero pag pinost nyo yan sa Romance section comment Walang bold at italics pero don't panic. The other format however SUNDIN.

Sa ganitong paraan hindi na sasakit ang utak ng editor (at ko) sa pagcheck ng format when in fact dapat content at grammar na lang ichecheck namin. Ha, please. Thanks.

WARNING: if you don't post it completely baka kailanganin nyong mag-edit. 1 gil nababawas ata pag me ineedit so might as well tapusin muna bago magpost ng chapters. ^.^ 

if you want lagyan nyo na ng chapters 1 - 10 as reply then just edit it later. ^.^ para kahit anong comment nila after that will not cut the flow of the story. ^.^

3. Pag tapos nyo na, send me a complete copy. 

pinaywritertop@gmail.com = yan ang bonggang bonggang email ko (mas madalas ako sa email kesa fb etc kasi blocked sha sa opis ko so please, email me your tanong)

Sana ung nabasa, na-check at
content at grammar na lang ang checheckin. Ung format, please kayo na ang kumana nun. Ha? Ha! Thanks. <3

Please, wag ninyong hintayin na ako pa ang magsabi to send me a copy. Babato ko ke Yesha ang copy and she will check chapter one I will check the rest. Pag hindi ninyo nilagay ang mga corrections na binigay namin beforehand, well...nagsasayang lang tayo ng oras ng isa't isa.

Let's be open to helping each other learn. ^.^ Win-win situation.

Tagalog Online Pocketbook social - T.O.P.

There are still some bugs but I am really glad about the new TOP site. It was tested before and it helped keep everything in one place.

So if you are looking to read and socialize about TAGALOG pocketbooks, then feel free to join up. Read this guide to help you earn gils, our TOP currency.

I hope this makes it all easy for some of the readers to get the gils that they need. We are thinking about promos on how to help them read more novels. And of course, I still have those 32+ novels to edit. But changes are in the wind. And more surprise will come when we have our fifth anniversary.

Great things come to those who wait...and are loyal. ^.^

xo

No more after this - T.O.P.

Naiiyak ako. Hindi ako high blood. Kasi hindi ko na pinapaabot ang init sa ulo ko. Otherwise I would be cursing up a storm and marami lang akong flaws na ma-eexpose. I am trying to be a calmer person. I am freaking 26 years old now. I need to learn patience and boy is this year teaching me that being nice is such a challenge and a pain in the toushie.

I made mistakes. But I am not the kind of person who sits in one corner feeling sorry for herself. I am a fighter. I fight harder when I am hurt, bleeding and gasping for air. That is what I think seperates real heroes to those who believe themselves better than something else. A real hero doesn't have a sense of entitlement. He doesn't need medals and applause. He can sacrifice more for the common good and is mum about it. He doesn't go in the middle of a crowd and asks them to kiss his feet. The real hero isn't the prince who rides in his mighty steed at the end of the battle. The real hero is his most mangled foot soldier who could barely smile because it hurts to move his cheeks. War torn and bruised, he or she doesn't care if the crowd is screaming his name but that he was able to achieve peace for all the land. And of course that he survived yet another battle. And once he is healed, he is ready to have another one though he does not hope for one to happen anytime soon.

I realized that I really need to choose those whom I should extend the hand of friendship to. I haven't had a chance to be bitten by someone whom I have considered promising. I have apprentices in the past, each more arrogant than the next. Each more stubborn than the last. Each with a sense of entitlement worse than the last. But they were able to prove to me that their arrogance can be used for good. And they were never rude to their elders.

I guess the world that I lived in should shift. I never wanted to compartmentalize the new people that I meet. I hoped that high school clique mentality of mine had gone. But I guess it's time to bring it back. I will keep those that I love and who love me for who I am as well as my limitations close to me. Those who are associated to me because of their talents would be just below. And the new ones that I meet would just have to be online associates.

I apologize for whomever would be affected by this. I know I am not that significant to the world to cause that much of a ripple. I missed Chen most of all during this time. I know that she was hurt by me before and I was angry when she didn't tell me. None of the things that she did or what happened could make me stay angry at her. But this time, I think that would need to change.

There are things that need to change. But we would not change because of one scrawny kid. We have been planning changes and had been weighing them for a while now. And when he decides to build his own realm, he would realize that being a leader, sitting on one's throne is lonely and difficult. That is why we sit together in a circle to talk about these things. There are things you do not see, things you are yet to understand boy. We know there are flaws and mistakes that were made. But there is one thing that we know that you are yet to learn, that selflessness is not something that is easy to do. Open-ness is something that is hard to achieve. So we must all compromise. I know the effort that you did must have been tremendous for you to think that we have abandoned you. Perhaps your cause is true. But I don't have to talk down to others to have them understand my wrath. If I were you, and as you are saying you would do, I would make a better place for me to do whatever I want. I hope that like Foo, you would find some people who you can trust to accept you for you who are and are not afraid to hit you over the head for being a crazy frack.

There is much for you to learn, young padone. It's not just talent that makes you a person. Tell that to the voices in your head. One of them is sure to understand.

To all the Toppers, slighted or active, lost and new, I will do what I can to make you happy. And I will continue to write, not for fame...not for money...but for the simple fact that I know that in time, I would be able to give you a story that would make you laugh, cry or reflect on your life.

To all the TOP writers, contributors, lost and new thank you for your patience. I offer you all my free time, time is all that I can give you. Every word I cross out, ever correction that I make is with love. So please do not reject my love for you. Give me a chance to give you my love.

Love after all is the “elitism” that caused this website to be, that keeps this community together. We don't need website hits, likes and adoration. We are here to give you stories, to read your stories and to keep T.O.P. alive.

xoxo,

This means War

Kidding! I have to go to war against grammar, punctuation marks and "writer's elitism" so I need to kill all the brain cells I have left and finish all the novels I took for granted. This is in no way an admission of full responsibility but I want to be able to prove to myself that it can be done. It's great that I am not outwardly releasing my anger. There is simply no reason to be mad. It's my fault that it took this long for me to realize that I am useless. But hey, new ideas always come up and things are going to get better from here. Vigilance would be my goal.

I will never abandon something that I started. I just need to finish it so we can move on.

I am not out to prove anything to you. I have been writing since before you were able to hold a Mongol pencil.

Make sure that I would buy your book in the next ten years, online or offline. Because if your dreams never come true, I would be one of the first people would feel bad for you.

Good luck and have a nice life.

Oh and just an advice, try to look into smashwords.com, that might interest you. I think it's a platform for e-books to be sold to other e-book sellers.

NOVELS TO EDIT - T.O.P.

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If your novel is not on this que that means I don't have a copy of your novel. E-mail it immediately. Those FINISHED novels that were not sent to me are not my responsibility. It's part of the HOW TO SUBMIT that you have to SEND THE EIC the edited form  (by another person preferably from TOP as your editor or reader) not the RAW format crazy version of your novel.

If your novel is in FATE, dapat me copy din na na-send sa akin. pinaywritertop@gmail.com

AGAIN, these are the rules. If you can't wait for me to finish all these, then I am sorry. I am not a machine. Write somewhere else but don't expect me to help you. I want to help that's why I got this "job" but I have a life too. It was very eventful lately and I messed up my time. But it's on like donkey-kong.

There is something we are preparing for next year (5th year ng TOP) so I need to evaluate the writers.


Wherever you might end up, don't rush greatness.

Novels and silver linings

August has not opened good for me. In the first four days so many things (read as shitty things) happened. There were also whooping biggies (read as awesome things) that happened or were given in return.

I was late for more than thirty minutes then I found out that I got in the NOKIA Essay Writing Contest. Ergo the link on the left side of my blog. *notice it's new* Regardless of the lack of luck that I have in raffles and stuff that have prizes, I don't care. I did that ovi app and almost burst a nerve and I got in!~

I made a decision to focus on my writing and my extra work schedule actually gave me a chance to write and finish BigB1 - Yongbae's Song (read here in the tagalogonlinepocketbook website).

I am working on my standalone (because if you are a newb, you have to pass a standalone not a series) and decided that my BigB series would serve TOPpers better for now than the Ka-Chapters. I have two standalones that I want to finish.

It's too bad that I lost my perfect attendance that I worked so hard to keep. But it's a wake up call for me. It's a sign that I spreading myself way too thin. I am going to free up some of my time. And come September, I plan to pass my manuscript for My Kimchi Kikay. (walang agawan ng title panget at bobo lang gumagawa nun) then I would work on My Sassy Pinay.

Hopefully they would pass the readers and editors of COH. If not, then I can always post it on T.O.P.'s website.

I am actually behind on my editing and some of the writers are sending their work elsewhere. That is a good thing I think. We have more coming and I hope we can help them to be brave enough to send it to publishing houses. That was always my goal.

I just hope when I am done with my manuscript there is still a chance to get accepted. As for now, I would prepare for my life as a starving artist. I need to work on my paper work so I can flip my life and get a day job that covers the bills and my health card easily.

Pinay really needs to find her INNER PEACE

I really make things worse sometimes. Often I apologizing for blowing up. I will try to work on my diplomacy skills. I think I can rant and rave on my other blog na lang if I want to expel my anger effectively. At least not everyone can get to that blog easily unless they are really willing to check out my thoughts. And if they read it there, it's my blog, they are tresspassing so they can't complain.

I am really glad people call me out when I am out of line. I guess I need to learn to be less carino brutal and more NOONA mode or big sister mode. I should unlearn how to be too harsh. I should expel my Dark side, my Sith mode.

But people should also try, just try, not to do stupid things on my watch. ^.^

Oh well. I need to learn, they need to learn, we all need to keep learning things that would lead us in the right direction.

I need to think that people are affected by what I say and that is my gift and curse. So I should be the adult. Hindi ko sila dapat sabayan. 

At Ninya wag kang mura ng mura. sabi nga ni Mary. 

I still have a lot of growing up to do. Gaining weight sana matigil na, growing up mentally, mga 20 year pa. I still think like a seven year old sometimes.

I am failing on my #2 and #24 on my 26 things to do on my 26th year.

Darn it...to heck.

I pity you

I always say that when I am still mad at you it means I still care.
Now there is a new person whom I am adding to the pity list. This is the list of people whom I pity for very very personal reasons. This is not the kind of pity that makes a person want to help that other person. It's the pity that makes you put up your hands and let God deal with that particular glitch in the matrix.

So far there was my ex, a former classmate and ex-roomate and now their is a girl who can't quite understand the concept of friendship and humility.

This justifies my opinion that people will never change and you can't force them to. Also that you can't argue with idiots because they are fully convinced that they are correct.

It'll be a waste of good cells to care for a person who can't even find it in herself to love the truth about who she really is. I have long embraced that I am a liar and that I HATE CHANGE. But because of the friends who have been honest to me about them hating me then and telling me when I am not being a good person, I became a better person.

So to her friends, if you feel like you are afraid that your friend would betray you. You are wrong. You are not really friends.

In my book a friend is someone you can trust to help you dig up a hole in the middle of the forest to help you bury an ex-boyfriend who replaced you with an ugly brainless twit. They should be vaults. They should protect you and not sell you out. You should have an automatic understanding that one should never betray the others.

I hope that in the future this girl doesn't get into a bull session or a writing workshop, because I am sure there would be a wrestling mania when that happens.

A writer who is incapable of revising her work or accepting constructive criticism is like a reader who is staring and re-reading the same sentences on the front page. They can't move on to better things and they can't see how the end would turn out.

I don't want her guilt to eat her up. I don't want to turn her into a person she wouldn't want to be. But I don't want her to accuse anyone of bailing out on her when in fact we were trying to help her. As they say no good deed goes unpunished. We hope she would come back. I want her to be able to redeem herself. I pray that she would be able to use the revisions that I made on her work and the advice that I gave her to make better stories. Because her style needs to improve, the grammar needs to improve and she needs to understand that marketability is something like a novel in popular Filipino.

If she doesn't come back and continues to live her life incapable of taking creative criticism, then she is condemning herself to a miserable working situation and one-sided relationships.

I can handle the truth

What I can't handle is that all this time that I have been doing my best to help you and hope that you can become as good as you hope to be, you didn't extend the same love and devotion that I extended towards you. If I was the same mean girl that I was in highschool. *yes I was worse than you can ever imagine* you would be covered in boils and your hair would be falling off now. But always I thank the LOYAL and HONEST friends that have helped me become less mean. All I need to do is direct my anger or disappointment to other more productive things. I remember now that I should always remember that my SOUL is of more valueable than simple revenge because I have people who love me and appreciate my give my 100% to friends attitude. Too bad that now I have to demote you to workmate or acquaintance. Because I can't trust you with my deepest darkest secrets if you can't even say to my face and be truthful that I hurt you. You know my policy. Hurt me but not the people I hold dear.

And up until the truth was revealed to me, I was defending you. I was telling them, please cut her some slack. She is young. We are here to help her understand how the world works. I want her to reach her full potential. But now I can honestly say, you are dead to me. I will finish the work I promised to do and I will wash my hands of you. I will continue to edit and help those who are willing to accept my help. And I will find joy that I helped them come this much closer to achieving their dreams.

I was too trusting again. This is my greatest flaw from the start. My mom told me it was because she is like that too. But like her, once my trust is broken it is revocked forever.

So feel free to talk behind my back. Feel free to tell others you dislike how I helped you. Refuse to grow up. Because I have no need of people like you in my life. Believe unfriending you is not necessary. I will just keep on existing fabolously as I have always done. I will focus on those who are willing to extend this hand to help others.  I will welcome those antis who would tell me that I am an arrogant, controlling bitch who has a UP complex. Because at least, they were honest and they gave me a chance to explain and make amends.

Someday, I hope you meet people like my friends who can point you in the right direction. OR hit you in the back of the head when you are being stupid. And  I have the bumps to prove that I needed that more than once.

Sana matupad mo ang mga pangarap mo. I am here as the EIC. I don't think you considered me a real friend. Because in my book real ones tell their friends "Hey, you hurt me. Fix it."

Too late if you say it now. Nasaktan na ako.

Pinaywriter EIC Hiatus

Here is the thing.
I have so many stories to edit and I as the story goes, I only have two hands.

I hope that you would understand that I am focusing on the E-Books for now and that I would not be available to help you in the beginning of your work.

I have said that I would be okay with some stories to be posted at the .com and I will edit them in the future. But this applies only to authors and those whose ability I have already approved.

But this in NO WAY IS FAVORITISM. It's more like TRUST and BALANCE. Because even those who are very very good keep their HUMILITY and not let their stories get to the .com without me finishing it.

It springs from slight insecurity and *I dare say this* their trust that I would be able to help them improve their already passionate piece.

IF ANYONE THINK THEY ARE MY FAVORITE BECAUSE I LET THEM BREEZE THROUGH then they are wrong. Because those whom I bug, I stress out, I repeatedly critique, those are the ones whose work I RESPECT. I don't have any favorites. I am too selfish to like other people than myself. *again I dare say this*

If you think I favor you above the others, then you are wrong. I make the same offers to all the writers, post then I will edit when I have time. But why have they not posted or insisted on being posted at the .com without me returning the other half of their work or their novel despite INSISTENT TOPPERS DEMAND? Because they respect their work too much. They love writing and they want to give out the best work they could out.

Again, if there is anyone who wields my name as their sole champion. They are wrong. I am the champion, nay, the devil's advocate of all the writers in this group. I am relentless but I am not without a knowledge of my own flaws. I would own up to whatever I do wrong for I always have a reason for doing them. My manners may not be a polished as others, but my love and passion matches yours.

Translation: Pasensya na wala akong oras sa mga taong feeling nila special sila. We are all special, thus no one is above the others. I just edit your stuff but I have the heart of the writer too. I have the needs of a reader as well. I want TOP to be better just as much as you want it to stay.
If you think I am harsh and my language is far from being nice but you just need to tell me if I am and I will dial it down. I am here to help not to make people's lives miserable.

I would like to thank RR for the head's up. Never be shy to point out when I am being a mean, bitchy and totally out of place EIC. As for now,  I am taking a break. I need to catch up on BBBS, finish it and worry about the rest once my schedule clears up.

Foo. I just hope you remember that you promised us that you would give us a head's up if any stories gets posted. We are not just hoping for it, we expect it.

TO ALL NEWBIE WRITERS WHO WANT TO WRITE A SERIES - T.O.P.

To Whom it may concern,

Future writers and my dear Toppers fellow I would like to implore you to listen (or in this case read) what I am about to say. Tatagalugin ko na para hindi masakit sa bangs.

As per what I called BBBS fiasco (wait tagalog nga pala)

Dahilan sa mga pangyayari sa nakaraan na (pak ang hirap magtagalog) bunga ng kaguluhan ng isang bruhilda na nagpapasimuno ng gulo sa BBBS (no, hindi ito si empresz surprisingly ahahah love you empz) NAPAGDESISYUNAN NA IPINAGBABAWAL ANG PAGBUBUO NG SERIES NA MERONG LABIS SA TATLONG MGA MANUNULAT. Kinakailangan ding merong THUMBS UP NG EIC ang mga writer na nasa grupo ng tatlo o pares ng manunulat na gagawa ng series. KINAKAILANGANG MAGPAALA, MAGBUO NG SYNOPSIS, MAGSUBMIT NG MGA STORY PLOT AT KUNG ANEK ANEK PA bago maaprubahan ang series. KINAKAILANGAN DING ANG MGA MANUNULAT AY MAYROONG EDITED AT .COM NOVELS NA BAGO MAGSIMULA NG SERIES.

Kaya ipagpatawad ninyo pero hindi pwedeng gumawa ng series ang isang newbie ika nga. Pero welcome silang magsulat ng mga INDIVIDUAL novels para mahasa ang kanilang mga gawa o GUMAWA NG SERIES NG MAG-ISA.

Dahil sinasabi ko sa inyo, hindi ko papayagang maging E-book ang series ninyo. Sorry. Pero ganun talaga. At kapag me mga nag-away away na naman dahil sa isang pangalawang DIOSZA lahat kayo ay tatanggalan ko ng mga karapatang magsulat bilang mga "DIOSZA"-like writers.

Iminumungkahi kong makipagkaibigan tayo sa mga beteranong manunulat at humingi ng kanilang insight at wag tayong suplada sa kanilang mga tanong.

Kung wala tayong tinatago walang mawawala sa pagtugon sa mga tanong ng mga admin. Sapagkat kapag hindi ninyo ginawa ay hindi rin maipupublish ang inyong gawa.

Sana ay maunawaan ninyo ang mga dahilan namin. Kung gusto ninyong magpakwento kung ano ang dahilan bakit me ganitong rule, magpakwento kayo ke Empresz kasi isa siya sa mga me alam ng totoong nangyari.

So sana, sumunod bago sumaway. Maunawaan sana ninyo that it's you and your bond that we are trying to protect. Because nothing destroys friendships faster than lies and misunderstanding.

I want TOP to be a place where newbies learn slowly but surely and not take more than they can handle a little too soon. Sana matuto muna kayo mag-isa, with the support of others lang pero hindi naman sila na ang tutulong talaga to make your story come out. FIND YOUR STYLE and master it then you can collaborate with ONE OR TWO other great writers. Because if you start something that you can't finish then you can't move on to your next piece.

Believe me, I know.

Let's work together, wag tayong mag-epalan.

Remember, "TOPper sa isip, salita at AKDA."

Pinaywriter in WATTPAD - T.O.P.

No, I am not leaving T.O.P. I just tested this site because since bookworm ang mga TOPpers, there are some who read novels here. And I am thinking that it would be a great place to put my C.A.T.s novel which is in English. Since T.O.P. will continue to be my home for my Filipino novels, I am thinking that it wouldn't hurt to have another avenue to get more traffic for TOP and vice versa. I don't want our TOPpers to have a limited world view. Since they love to read the English genre books MIGHT just improve their comprehension skills and their English skills. And that is one less thing for me to worry about.

I am still not sure if this could become a "kumikitang kabuhayan" but heck, I never wrote fiction for money anyway. Make an account and look around.

If you are into Tagalog pocketbooks, check them out here.
If you are on Wattpad and you want to be a fan of T.O.P. you can be a fan here.
Ako ay isang TOPper, sa isip, salita at AKDA.

T.O.P. for MMS Sample Story

To all TOP official writers and wannabes Check the requirements here

This is the sample teaser. Para ding teaser natin pero dapat catchy para maengganyo ang mga humans na basahin at bilhin ang inyong story. 

Teaser : My Sassy Pinay by Pinaywriter

Gusto lang ni Pinay na makapag-ipon ng pampaaral ng kapatid niya. Tama ba namang masabit siya sa gulo ng isang emoterong Law school major? Iniwan si Bae Shin ng girlfriend niya dahil dalawang beses na siyang bumabagsak sa civil test para maging abogado. Dala ng pressure at sama ng loob, mas ginusto na lang niyang magpakamatay kesa mabuhay ng wala ang babaeng minamahal at maging disappointment na naman sa kanyang ama. Malay ba niyang ang maling pag-dial niya sa cellphone niya ang magliligtas ng lovelife niya? 

Ito ang sample chapter. Please indicate how many characters and chapter ninyo para malaman namin kung marunong kayong gumamit ng Tools>WordCount sa open office at sa MS word (o kung ano pa mang ginagamit ninyo)

Tandaang .txt file dapat title-author-chapter(#).txt and file name. Sa notepad ito mga kapatid. Save as TEXT FILE ito sa open office kung sakaling hindi kayo makaMSOffice.

example : mysassypinay-pinaywriter-chapter1.txt

Sample Chapter:

(2185 characters)

Chapter 1

“Ayoko na talaga sa mga Kimchi na yan!” inis na ibinato ni Pinay ang English workbook na ginagamit niya para turuan ang mga studyante niya.

“Mainit na naman ang pantog mo, Pinay.” alam na ni Raya na magnangangawa na naman siya dahil sa init ng ulo niya. Hinahayaan lang siya nito kahit minsan hindi talaga siya tumitigil hangga't hindi nito sinasabing, “Kumain ka na lang. Walang kwentang magwala ka. Alam mo na namang ganyan talaga ang mga studyante mo eh.”

“Ay naku, super mahal ko ang mga students ko, Raya. Alam mo yan. Kahit ang pinaka-Daimon sa kanila minamahal kong tunay. Pero ang mga mudra ng mga kids, nakakakulot ng bangs sa sobrang yabang. Eh hindi na nga makapag-dikit ni dalawang salita ung anak kesyo turuan ko daw ng mas advanced. Gusto kong sabihin na ako me Education degree at lisensyang magturo ng English, sha inire nya lang un.”

“Kaso hindi pwede kasi mawawalan ka ng anda pag ginawa mo un.” napatango siya sa sinabi ng kaibigan.

“May tama ka!” nag-ring ang cellphone niya kaya naputol ang pagtsitsismisan nila. Hindi niya kilala ang numero pero sanay na siyang binibigay ng mga kliyente niya ang number nya para sa mga referral ng mga ito. Mahirap na ang maging choosy. Nagpapa-aral pa sya ng kikay na kapatid.

“Hello, this is 010-2509-5760. May I know who is calling?”

“I want to die. I can't live without you,” ani ng kausap niya.

“Ha? Ano kamo?” natameme sya sa sinabi nito.

“I am going to jump at the Hangang Bridge if you don't come and get me, ne sarang.” Yun lang at nawala na ito sa kabilang linya.

“Sinong tumawag?” tanong ni Raya sa kanya. Hindi na siya magkaintindihan sa paghagip ng kanyang scarf at earmuffs.

“Isang taong baliw to the bones!” un lang at nagtatakbo na siya palabas. Pinindot niya ang call button sa call history niya pero hindi nag-ri-ring. Voice prompt na lang na nagsasabi na walang connection o nakapatay ang telepono. Lalo siyang nanlamig. Na-imagine niyang nasa malamig na tubig na ng Han River ang caller. Anak ng Kimchi naman o!

Tatakbo siyang lumabas ng elevator papuntang labas ng dormitory ng hagwon o academy nila.“Wag kang tatalong Kimchi ka! Kunsensya pa kita!”pumara siya ng taxi. "Ajusshi, Hanggang Bridge, pali-yah!" 

Remember to follow the normal punctuation and writing rules for novels. Ok ito sa mga humans na hirap sa mga mahahabang chapter.

30 chapters each story me teaser at epilogue is required.

Plagiarism For Dummies - T.O.P.

pla·gia·rism

[pley-juh-riz-uhm, -jee-uh-riz-]

–noun

1.

the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.

2.

something used and represented in this manner.

—Related forms

pla·gia·rist, noun

pla·gia·ris·tic, adjective

In tagalog, pag-angkin ng gawa, akda ng iba, bahagi man o sa kabuuan at pagsasabi o pag-angkin na ito ay sa iyo at hindi sa orihinal na gumawa o nag-sulat. 

Tahasang pagnanakaw ng ginawa ng iba na madalas ay sa literatura makikita. 

+++ 

Naniniwala ako na bagaman mas maipapaliwanag ko ito sa English ay dapat sa Tagalog ko ito isulat. Dahil sa ang mga taong dapat makabasa nito ay mas gamay ang sarili nating wika, nais kong maunawaan nila ang pait, poot at pagka-sura ko sa kanila. 

Anong karapatan mong kopyahin ang isang bagay na sinulat ko ng maraming taon, nais kong ayusin at pagandahin pa at pinaghirapan kong habihin dahil na rin sa kahinaan ko sa paggamit ng wikang Tagalog sa panulat?

Wala. Wala kang karapatan na sabihing inaaway namin kayo dala ng baluktot na mga kadahilanan. Wag na wag mong gagamitin ang mga OFW bilang pananggalang sa ganitong pagkakataon. MARAMI KAMING KASAPI at maging mga manunulat na mula sa grupong kinabibilangan mo. Ang hindi namin masikmura ay ang kakayanan mong kutyain ang aming pagtatanggol sa amin karapatang hindi makuhanan ng pagmamay-ari sa mga akdang kinopya mo.  

Mag-isip-isip ka sa mga binibitiwan mong mga paghingi ng tawad. Sapagkat hindi mo kilala ang mga sinasabihan mo niyan. Ito ang bunga ng pagkakaroon ng matinding unawaan sa isang grupo ng mga manunulat. Hindi kami papayag na ang aming pinaghirapan ay ipapangalandakan mo gamit ang bagong bihis. Sana ginamit mo na lang ang lumang pabalat ng aming mga libro, kung saan makikita at mababasa ng malinaw pa sa liwanag ng araw ang pangalan ng grupong naglabas ng libro maging ang pangalan ng taong naghirap na gawin, habihin at isulat ang akdang ninakaw mo. 

Nagpapasalamat ako sa mga taong sinsero ang paghingi ng paumanhin. Salamat at pinagsabihan ninyo ang mga miyembro ninyong hindi nakakaunawa ng salitang copyright. Kung magtitino sila, malaya silang makakasapi at makakapagbasa ng mga kwento sa aming forum at sa aming sariling website. 

Layon din naming magpasaya ng mga mambabasa pero ilagay natin sa tamang paraan ang pagpapasaya. Hindi lang manunulat ang mahalaga sa amin. Kung maubos man ang mga mambabasa sa sanlibutan, kaming mga manunulat mismo ay mambabasa rin. Sa sarili namin ay sapat na iyon. Hindi kami naghahanap ng pera o premyo sa aming ginagawa. Ang gusto lang namin ay makapagsulat kami ng hindi natatakot na mayroong kukuha ng aming akda. Kaya pagpasensyahan niya na lamang ang tindi ng aming gulat, galit at pagwawala. Kayo man kung may kumuha ng inyong pinakaiingatang bagay, pinaghirapan at pinagpuyatan, kayo man ay makikipagbangayan, mawawala sa sarili sa galit dahilan sa tindi ng panibughong inyong mararamdaman. 

Bihira sa amin ang talagang binabayaran o may trabahong nakahabi sa pagsusulat ng nobela, pero konting respeto lang, kung marunong kayo niyan. Simpleng "salamat sa kwento" o "ang galing naman, nakakakilig" ang kapalit ng aming paghihirap tapos ninanakaw niyo pa sa amin. 

Hindi ko ito mapapalampas. Hindi ko ito mapapayagan. Humanda ang sinumang katulad ninyong magkakamaling pabulaanan na sinadya ninyo itong gawin. Hindi kami titigil sa pagtatanggol ng aming mga manunulat kahit lahat na ay makaaway namin. Dahil ang tunay na magkakaibigan, aawayin ang lahat maipagtanggol ka lamang. 

Bilang Punong Patnugot (sorry hindi ko alam ang tagalog sa EIC eh) ng Tagalog Online Pocketbook, bukas ang aming FATE forum at ang TOP.com para sa sinumang OFW, Pinoy, marunong magbasa sa Filipino para mapasaya namin kayo. Please lang, sumunod kayo sa mga kaunting regulasyon namin. Hindi naman sila nakakamatay. Kung hindi pa kayo makaipon ng pang-basa ng mga ibang kwento, sige basa lang kayo sa archive namin dito sa TOP wordpress. 

Hindi kami madamot. Hindi kami lahat warfreak at bichera. Mga sira-ulo lang, slight. Pero kung rerespetuhin niyo ang paghihirap ng aming mga manunulat at KAPWA PILIPINO, sabay tayong uusad at mas marami pa kaming mga kwentong maibibigay sa inyo, libre man, me bayad o inyong paghihirapan. 

Salamat at matuto sana tayong lahat sa nangyaring ito. 

Constant Vigilance, TOPpers, constant vigilance.

 

 *sa sobrang galit ko nagkamali ang title ko* ahahhahahah lintek.

 

IDGAF about her - T.O.P.

I don't really care about her. I know that all I need to do is edit BBBS. I will finish it as soon as I can. I just can't find the time between resting, working (I am getting more training for a new book), and my pandabear.

If she wants to claim anything then she can come at me with her best shot. But for the sake of her health and for her own mental state, I want you ladies to just let her be.

Remember that if you argue with a fool, it makes you a bigger fool. She can blast us in her facebook, she can block us from her life but if she does anything to malign the people that I care for, the writing group that I NOSEBLED FOR, then she has another thing coming.

Stop the smear campaign it makes you look like MEAN GIRLS and she would play the goddamn underdog card. So shut it and let the others judge her for who she is.

If she is willing to show us the real her, accept it. But don't be gullible. Don't ask why a person is still friends with that person, I have crazy idiotic and insane friends too. So I know how hard it is to let go of someone who does more harm to herself than to others. Some people are saints like that. I am not asking you to shut up about it but I want you to stop bothering about attentionwhores and focus on your stories.

I might not be as active as I want to be. (TOP and FATE is not accessible where I am right now)But that doesn't mean I don't think, breathe and hope that TOP will be better than before. I'll find a way to be active again. But as for now, let her be.

Don't be snide, arrogant and mean. Let her be who she is. If she chooses to show you another mask, then it's her own undoing.

She can choke on her lies for all I care.