The Callous Exploits: Day 28.

"Friends love misery, in fact.
Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky
or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing
that endears us to our friends."
~ Erica Jong

Mental Notes.
Demise: Thirteen Short Stories of Love and Misery DAY 28.
Saturday, 31 May 2009, 07:49 PM

One important thing about touching the audience, for authors, is the power to move.

Mitch Albom's writing style is simple yet effective, heavily relying on visuals and writing on a first-person experience to mold a fleeting atmosphere, the type that will be perfect for the story itself. I finished the book I've been putting down for a week, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, while on my way home in a bus last Friday, and I must say I am more than satisfied. Although the girl in the end (the fifth person, a young Filipino girl named Tala) seemed to talk as if still learning her language, the words did not hinder the progression of this moving story. I am satisfied by the end, especially, but I'm not up for spoiling. XD

I've been to Recto yesterday with a friend from UST, canvassing for probable printing presses and finding, as much as possible, the cheapest publication with the best quality produce. So far we've found one - with a net rate of 40 php per newstype page printing and 60 php for white page printing, complete with binding - and I suppose we could settle with that unless we find a cheaper deal somewhere.

Overall, 30K for 500 copies of white type is a hefty sum. Where would I get that much in a short span of two months? XD

This problem only drives me onto two resorts: either I settle with the newstype (and I would hate to see my books in gray paper), or smother my copies into a mere 300. Which, either case, I think I won't want to choose for either at the moment.

Wow. I'm stuck in a rut.

Currently at the draft of story 8, Frogs. I'm enjoying the storywriting experience. And at the start of classes on June 9, I suppose this draft's finished. :]