Joe Bert Lazarte (middle) poses with his medal, certificate and check with Palanca Foundation’s Carl Anthony S. Palanca (left) and Criselda ‘Dang’ Cecilio-Palanca. (Photo by Alvin I. Dacanay)
HOW does one develop the discipline to be a creative writer in the age of social media and fake news? For award-winning fictionist Joe Bert Lazarte, it has to do with choosing reading over wasting time on social media.