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Photo by Elena Cordery on Unsplash Sometimes we need to be reminded of this. You know, those days when you’re feeling down and low and worthless. When you’re feeling insecure about your writing, and you’re thinking, is this worth my time? When someone’s criticism or bad review gets to your nerves and you just want to hide under… Continue reading The Worth of Us
WIP stands for work in progress. For writers, this means a story that is being progressively modified and improved over time. As a writer, we usually have outlines of our stories, a veritable road map of what should happen, and a clear vision of the ending. But there are times when certain characters run rampant. When the… Continue reading We Are All WIPs
Do you have a planner? I bet you do. Every writer should have one. Some planners nowadays, though, have become increasingly complicated. Lots of pages, lots of blanks to fill up, lots of dates to remember, and other such things. Some are even bulky and heavy to carry everywhere you go. They're becoming harder and… Continue reading FREE Writer’s Planner: Organizing my Writing a.k.a. Making my Own Writer’s Planner
When I checked Twitter this morning, it was a pleasant surprise to find that I was tagged in a tweet. The tweet? My romcom book, It's Not Just Semantics, was picked by a book blogger/booktuber as one of her Favorite Reads of 2018! 🎉🎉🎉 In her previous post last December 18, 2018, I was so… Continue reading INJS is one of Favorite Reads of 2018!
Last December 15, 2018 at the YDG Coffee Shop in Shaw Blvd., a group of writers and freelancers gathered together for a free seminar on Freelancing and Self-Publishing. Cherrie Ann Balictar, the founder of The Greatest Digital Creatives, invited me to speak about self-publishing and writing fiction. Admittedly, I was hesitant at first to accept… Continue reading Speaking before The Greatest Digital Creatives’ seminar on fiction-writing and self-publishing
After so much dilly-dallying, self-bashing, and numerous drafts, I finally completed the artwork of my first ever Children's Picture Book, Renzo's Rainbow. It's now available digitally on Amazon. This book means so much to me. I wrote this at a very sad time, when I was depressed and thinking of my father who had passed… Continue reading My first Children’s Picture Book
Just popping in to announce the good news: IT'S NOT JUST SEMANTICS is now LIVE! Paperback edition will be out soon. I had so much fun writing this book. It was originally a Wattpad story of mine with a different, angsty, tearful twist, a la telenovela style with a happy ending. But writing it in… Continue reading New book! It’s Not Just Semantics
Update! A Time for Heists romantic suspense collection was formally launched last August 4, 2018 at the iAcademy Nexus campus in Makati, Philippines. Thoughts and photos posted HERE. I always liked challenging myself when it comes to writing fiction. By challenge, I mean trying out new genres or blending them. One such challenge I decided… Continue reading Writing for Heist Club PH x Sachet Novels
Nothing brings more joy to a writer than finding readers that not only appreciate your work, but, more importantly, are able to intellectually decipher, grasp, and be emotionally invested in what you have written. While writers accept that not every reader can be their target readers, it’s always a nice surprise to come upon people who… Continue reading Bookbed’s Review of Chroma Hearts
It was a nice surprise to be among the winners of 8Letters' Summer Dreams Writing Contest. And exciting too, because my story, The Mermaid Princess, will be included in an Anthology that will be launched at the biggest book festival of the Philippines, the Manila International Book Fair. This year, the MIBF will be held… Continue reading Writing Contests and Learning Moments
