Upcoming Readings from Growing Up Filipino II

Upcoming Readings from Growing Up Filipino II:
CECILIA Brainard will read on Wed, June 9, 7-9-30 at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program along with 17 other writers/instructors, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd, LA, RSVP writers@uclaextension.edu or call 310-794-1846;
AMALIA Bueno, Oscar Penaranda, Rebecca Saxton, Geronimo Tagatac will read at the FAHNs Conference, July 21-13 in Seattle, WA, contact joan.may.cordova@post.harvard.edu

Updates Finding God, Growing Up Filipino II, and Fundamentals of Creative Writing

Here are some updates on the 3 books I'm working on, which will hopefully be released in 2009:

1. Finding God - coedited by Cecilia Brainard & Marily Orosa, Anvil Publisher
The cover is finished; it uses a lovely painting of a trail in a green quiet forest. Studio 5 Designs is doing the cover, even though Anvil is publishing the book. My co-editor informs me that the back cover will have the blurbs, and will show our picture with this beautiful scripture reading:

"For I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans for hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV).

2. Growing Up Filipino II (ed Brainard)- With the help of Tony Robles, I finally corrected the manuscript for the nth time. I shared the manuscript with the contributors and there were still mistakes. Paulino Lim's "papayas" ended up as "Loloyas," for instance. How that happened, I'll never know.

3. Fundamentals of Creative Writing (by Brainard)- Since I proofed it, I haven't heard back from Anvil, my publisher so I'm assuming the book has gone ahead with production and will be released by August if not sooner. I think Anvil was trying to catch the beginning of the school year, June.

These are all the updates for now. I've been busy.