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I am excited to hear you are writing about Philippine Cultural Values. I am currently reading When Turtles Come Home and also have Song of Negros on my Winter stack of books to read. I look forward to your 3rd book, when might we have the pleasure of seeing it come to life? In Kapwa, Letecia
Victoria Hoffarth Will go to publisher in 2024. In the meantime, I have published short anecdotes about Philippine values on my Blog www.victoriahoffarth.com
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What are you currently working on?
Victoria Hoffarth I am working on my 3rd book about Philippine Cultural Values. These are story-based explorations on the functions and dysfunctions of Philippine culture, presuming we as a country would like to join the ranks of more developed nations. Cultures evolve, meaning to say they change extremely slowly; meantime, what can we do to preserve these “good” values whilst addressing those that are not very helpful?
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Victoria Hoffarth The freedom and the opportunity to express myself.
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How do you get inspired to write?
Victoria Hoffarth I have always been interested in writing because I liked reading. When I was about 13 years old, I confided to my father that I wanted to win a Nobel Prize in literature--would like to write a-la-Harriet Beecher Stowe and expose the injustices in the sugar industry in my province. My father told me that I was too young to understand these complicated issues, why didn’t I concentrate on my homework so that I could later be financially self-reliant? I adored my father and followed his advice. Fifty years later, I am retired with enough money tucked under my bed. It is time I follow my dreams--perhaps no longer to win a Nobel Prize, but to do what I enjoy doing.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Victoria Hoffarth My most recent book was SONG OF NEGROS. Although I am not a mythographer, I have always been interested in Myths. So when I met a couple of researchers who had interviewed a lot of older people in the hinterlands of my Philippine province of Negros, and was told they had heard stories that would disappear shortly unless they were documented, I was intrigued. These researchers simply needed a bit of funding. That led me to embark on the project.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Victoria Hoffarth Follow your dreams. Never mind your doubts and insecurities--if you want to write, write! You develop your craft through practice--never mind following a set of rigid rules. Only through practice do you find your true voice.
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