Romero, Jansen Joel C. 4lit Creative Writing Assoc. Prof.

Nerisa del Carmen-Guevara

Submitting Mangoes

With the help of National Book Development Board (NBDB) and UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, the lecture-launch of Marivi Solivens book The Mango Bride took place last July 30, 2013 at the Tanghalang Teresita Quirino in UST. Soliven talked about the processes of being published, she shared about how, through her own efforts, brought her work into the limelight. According to her, the book is already read worldwide and other translations of the book will be published soon. It is obvious that her book is remarkable, starting from the issues about Filipinas who are being exported to America just to have a better life. When it comes to the production process, the book also has a remarkable story because as Soliven revealed to us during that time; in able to be published in this field, one should know his/her goals and must be willing to do everything for the work to be published. After the strenuous journey of Soliven to submit her work to publishers, she is able to harvest the fruits of her labour. Her work won the Don Carlos Palanca award for Novel in 2011 and because of these publishing groups agreed to help her distribute her work worldwide. She is able to share something about her book in different lecture forums and last July 30, 2013 she held her first campus talk in UST. This explains why well-known writers always encourage young writers to just submit their work to publishing groups and award-winning groups because nobody knows, it could be an opening for greater path.