projects
On bullet journaling: Hello, September!
Oh yes, it's September and my favorite season of the year is fast approaching (can you hear the bells???) This year's Christmas might be a little different though, as there'd be no simbang gabi , and I doubt if there&…
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projects
Bullet journaling chased my stress away
There's something therapeutic about watching other people plan their lives thru notebooks, colored pens, and stickers in a time lapse. Those Youtube videos of people making bullet journals and writing in calligraphies are odd…
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writing
Your guide to writing romance: Befriending your characters
Characters make your story moving. Essentially, they are the life of the story, and so may it be a person, an animal or an inanimate object (in fables), your readers must be able to relate to them. From a reader's point of vi…
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writing
Your guide to writing romance: Coming up with story ideas
Story ideas pop in my head all the time. When I'm drinking coffee. When there's an ending to a book or a movie or a scene in a Kdrama that I don't quite agree with. When there's a couple sitting next to my table i…
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writing
Your guide to writing romance: An introduction
All of us have a story tell, or two. Or maybe a lot. Sometimes you feel like your brain is going to explode of all the things that want to be written and shared so bad. I'm like that, like, all the time. I was in high school …
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writing
Let me show you The Shape of My Heart
Yay for my newest book out in the market! The complimentary copies of The Shape of My Heart arrived in the mail last month, right before Valentine's Day. A gift that made me feel beyond kilig , that I should say. My 6th baby …
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writing
Free writing workshop, anyone?
One reason why I don't want to go back to school and learn the essentials of writing is because I know I can learn all of those from workshops and other materials that some successful authors have generously shared on th…
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writing
The making of Right Where You Left Me
Right Where You Left Me is my latest release to date – I introduced it to the world in April last year, two days after my birthday. It was supposed to be for a workshop but I wasn’t able to finish it on time. While I must say t…
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writing
If I Knew Then has a new book cover and I am excited
If I Knew Then is my first self-published book in print – it was released back in October 2016. After almost 3 years, I can still remember the euphoria that washed over me. I mean, it wasn’t the first book that was published in …
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writing
I rummaged thru my old files and this happened
Oh yes, for once the traffic wasn’t so bad—I got home much earlier than my usual ten-thirty. Of course, I was pretty excited because that meant I’d be able to work on some of my projects list. I just finished outlining anothe…
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writing
Revisiting my very first self-published book, I Still...
I wrote I Still… in 2015, during the very first writing workshop I attended, #JustWritePH. This was by far the most generous workshop I attended, because it was free and didn’t require me anything but to attend the live session a…
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projects
Forgive and Forget
“Dwight, I’m sorry. I know I am supposed to be there with you at this moment, but my dad is sick, and mom needs me here. I hope you understand. I’ll talk to you soon! I love you, baby.” He played Hanna’s voicemail again and again…
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Welcome To My Heart
Five thirty in the morning. It was still dark and the bed was so inviting with the rain pouring outside, but I decided to get up and prepare early for work. I know it’s gonna be another tough day today, but I need to deal with it…
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Where You Are
The moment I was able to see the world again, all I saw was darkness. Funny just how this irony wrapped my whole life. My friends say that I am so lucky, because not many people are given another chance to see the wonder of this …
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I am a writer, a coffee addict, and born to be a fangirl.
I love CNBLUE, EXO, chocolates, samgyupsal, lasagna, seasoned spring onions, cabernet sauvignon, kimchi soup, mini dresses, pink things, Kdramas, Jung Yonghwa, Kim Junmyeon, and Kim Soohyun.
I dislike pathological liars, cheaters, and thieves.
maybe someday it'll be you and me