Achieve Na Achieeeave!

Someone asked me, “You don’t consider the writing of your book as a great achievement?” after he read the speech I made during the launch.

To be fair to Gibo and Dennis, the wonderful minds behind Grey Matter Publishing, I do consider the publishing of The Wet Book: Stories From The Bathhouse to be a great achievement. But it is more a triumph for them than it is for me.

I hesitate to label the writing and subsequent publishing of the book a “great achievement” of mine, for two simple reasons.

First, my writings may be entertaining, even diverting, but no one will ever mistake them for Palanca material.

The second and perhaps more important reason is this. When I sat down in front of the computer and stated typing out what eventually I called The McVie Show, a book deal was furthest from my mind. I wrote to blog online, and that’s the extent of my objectives and my ambitions.

So when Grey Matter approached me and asked if they can turn my blog entries into a book, it was unplanned, unexpected, and yet most welcome. What can I do but say yes?

That is why for me, my book is not really an achievement but more of an unexpected honor. Thank you, Gibo and Dennis of Grey Matter Publishing, for giving me such an honor.