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My First Manila International Book Fair

I want to thank Mama Lelen (my aunt, mom’s sister) and her husband, Papa Bernie for bringing me and Inay to MIBF. (Yehey!) I arrived there at 10am (yata). Donated 3 books for the #ABookForAnEbook project! Mama Lelen and Inay left me after we roamed the world of bookshelves and books! I can hear the books calling me. But I have limited cash available so I stayed with Ariel, Yeyet and Jesse. Mina dropped by and when she saw me, she immediately asked, “Where is the family?”

I asked Jesse to have a selfie with us using my iPad while waiting for Niki. We enjoyed Ariel’s company. Right Yeyet? Right Jesse?

With Yeyet and Jesse, we have bonded and they have been so nice to me. I will treasure it guys! ahaha Drama!

We met several talented authors like Krissy (Wee! We finally met again), Six (I miss this girl), Tara (Finally!), Mina (Yey),  Anne (Yay! I miss this girl too) .  Aside from Ariel, I met Maxin and John (Madaya ahaha) again.

Nice to meet you beautiful authors! (Grabbed from Krissy’s Facebook) L T R: Anne, Six, Me, Yeyet, Krissy, Ariel and Maxin

Niki arrived around 11 or 12 and we took our first group bundle picture!

Team For Redemption. Yeyet, Jesse and Niki looked great here! Niki is so sweet to drop by. (Grabbed from Yeyet’s Instagram) L T R: Me, Yeyet, Niki and Jesse

My family dropped by to bring me food! So, we decided to eat. I went with them (Yeyet and Jesse)

Jesse decided not to eat. Why? ahaha While Yeyet was grabbing her food, Jesse stayed with me and knowing Jesse, the silent man, i started the conversation and he answered naman. He is a man of few words I think. But during that moment I saw his concern (THank you!) I often told him to grab food but he didn’t. He said and i quote: Sa bahay na lang ako kakain (Tanda ko pa oh ahaha)

So, Yeyet returned with food and Jesse had to withdraw. The two of us conversed like old friends did. I think, I found a sister in Yeyet. Sobrang bait (naks). We planned for another bonding for Team Redemption.  Yeyet is my soul sister. I think. She has prior commitment because it was the birthday of her hubby (yihie, i saw their pictures after) but she decided to spend time with us (heart heart yeyet!)

We have to endure the crowd and returned to our booth. I have to say goodbye to them. It was a total success.

All Things Are Possible With God

Cerebral Palsy . . . What is it? Why is it so important to spread awareness? What is my motivation in bringing up this sensitive topic?

According to the Philippine Cerebral Palsy Inc.

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a developmental disability since it influences the way children develop. In the Philippines, there are more patients with CP than those with polio, spinal lesions and other movement disorders combined which approximate about 1-2% of the total population. D

I am living with Cerebral Palsy. The cause of it is oxygen deprivation when I was born. I didn’t cry for 2 to 5 minutes and that triggered brain damage.

When I was little, I never feel I was different. My family really treated me as normal as possible. But when I entered school that is when I realized the difference. I was bullied but I stood up victorious. Why? I fought my right as a student. The bullies became my friends.

There were judgmental people all along my journey. People hurt me with their curious look from head to foot and questions buried to my heart. With my family, I surpassed them because I felt their love for me.

They never hide me . . . They have flaunted me and that gave me my courage. With God by my side, I can do what the society says I cannot do. I am not disabled because I used my talents very well. Persons with special abilities . . . That are the right term for us.

I never thought I am living a dream. I dreamed that one day, I would be releasing books. I love words.            That is why I took up Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. Yes. I am an IT professional. But I never get employed. They saw I cannot do the job because they were highlighting my difference. I have my ways of helping my family by being a free lance programmer and a math tutor. I also tried thesis consultation and helped a lot of students.

It came to a point that I cannot go with the flow of our technology and I needed more funds. That is why I wrote my first eBook, When Fate Speaks Big Time. Upon finishing my first draft, my sister suggested me to try reading Mina V. Esguerra’s works and adding MVE on Facebook was the start of my quest as an author.

I signed up for her workshop called buqoYA. The first workshop was an online thing so I tried and came up victorious. Out of 100+ writers, I finished my buqoYA story, Second Sight to Forever. I gained a lot of friends on twitter and decided to try writing workshops.

As time goes by, I attended 3 more writing workshops namely #sparkNA, #JustWritePH, and Camp NanoWriMo. I finished stories that are and will be available on buqo, Amazon, smashwords and other online bookstore. I set my goal of having a printed book this year. I know God’s plan is better than my plans.

I will end this with my favorite verse drawn from the Bible, What is impossible for man is possible for God. Luke 18:27

I always say that what I have achieved is for God’s glory. I also want to make a shoutout to those who have struggles in life . . . if I can surpass it, you can too.

God bless you and may I inspire you as you walk in this road called life.

Crossed Wires: Romance is the Real Deal

Originally posted on bookbed:

by Mina V. Esguerra

Sad and tired truth: Romance is, despite its popularity worldwide, one of the genres that “serious readers” and “serious writers” find acceptable to diss. The put-down can be as innocent as “I prefer to read challenging books” or as alarming as “Teenage pregnancies are on the rise because of books with kissing!”

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Much has already been written about why this is wrong, and how difficult it is to engage a critic who disses a body of work without having tried it. And no, giving up on an entire genre because you couldn’t stand the one page of the book you browsed doesn’t make you an expert. Sigh. I’ve encountered these people in real life and my personal rule is to smile politely and move on.

Let me share with you some comments I’ve heard through the years:

“Romance is fluff that doesn’t…

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JustWritePH-For Justice [Excerpt+Giveaway]

It is the second week of the JUSTWRITEPH BLOG TOUR! It is #JustWritePH For Justice turn to take the center stage!

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#JustWritePH—For Justice

Authors: Michael Recto, EK Gonzales, Pau Castillo, and Mark Manalang

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Bundle Description: When justice calls, heroes rise. Follow the journeys of a fire programmer, two very unique detectives, and an unlikely partnership between a mortal and a ghost as they fight for what they believe in and even their very survival in this action-packed bundle of four stories from up-and-coming writers. Features “Eleven” by Michael Recto, “Expendable” by EK Gonzales, “Between Two Worlds” by Pau Castillo, and “The Seven-Day Detective” by Mark Manalang.

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Eleven by Michael Recto

Detective Randall Dela Rosa is hot on the trails of a string of unexplained murders halfway around the world. There have been 7 victims so far, all of them murdered in creatively horrible methods, had the number 11 carved on their corpses, and were made to recite a cryptic in Filipino before their murders: “Mayroong isangdaan at dalawampu’t isang dahilan kung bakit hindi para sa iyo ang kuwentong ito ngunit…” The latest victim, number 8, has lead him back to his father’s home country, the Philippines. As an Interpol agent, he expected that his presence will not be welcomed. The local police deemed his “meddling” as unnecessary and a blow to the local force’s pride. However, Detective Dela Rosa is ready to place everything on the line to stop the murders and finally stop the nightmares haunting him.

Expendable by EK Gonzales

 

Corespasa is a fire programmer, drifting and drinking through his aimless life. But during a fire of his own making, he is saved by a stranger, a scholar running away from the rival region. As their paths and lives join, their individual paths will change the other. But will he destroy their joint world?

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Between Two Worlds by Pau Castillo

 

At the age of 5, Sam Lawrence discovers a peculiarity which changes her life forever. Along with three others who share a similar curse, Sam eventually finds herself caught up in a mishap involving a family, a mansion, and a spirit who continues to haunt its walls. With Sam’s perseverance, an unlikely friendship forms between Sam and the infamous White Mansion ghost, Lucian Malliarch. Together, they try to stop a greater and more sinister force which connects Sam and Lucian in ways no one had expected.

 

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The Seven-Day Detective by Mark Manalang

Insp. Gene Bello is no stranger to rape cases, or speedy investigations. As a cadet, he was known as “The Seven-Day Detective”, having solved a serial rape incident in seven days. So when an NBI official asked him to handle a similar case, he was ready to take on the job… or so he thought. The case: a serial rapist targeting call center agents from Bonifacio Global City. Luck is on Gene’s side, though. Four PUV drivers plying the EDSA-BGC routes have seen and interacted with the fifth victim. Each of them knew her well. Each of them, perhaps all of them, may hold the key to stop the next attack and find the suspect before he strikes again. But they have to hurry… All they have is seven days.

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Excerpt Time!

Excerpt from Eleven by Michael Recto

“Mayroong isangdaan at dalawampu’t

isang dahilan kung bakit hindi para sa iyo

ang kuwentong ito ngunit…”

I stood stunned and breathless while I read this. It was written in blood on a concrete wall just above a bludgeoned corpse. He was victim number 10. His arms were bloody stumps with strings of cartilage hanging loosely where the hands were supposed to be. The killer must have forced the victim to write the phrase on the wall with his bloody arms.

The 9 victims before this were all made to say this phrase and then murdered in horrible ways before they finished.

I followed this case halfway around the world. It has become my life for the past 8 months. I never imagined that this case would bring me back to my father’s hometown.

Number 1 was impaled with an ornate knife to his nape. The knife was part of the victim’s antique collection, and other than the knife itself, none of the other expensive antiquities were touched. The body was found inside a museum which the victim frequently finances as a donor.

Number 2 was pale white, had blue lips and was retrieved a washed by the River Nile. His limbs were bound by ropes one inch in diameter. When the corpse was autopsied, they found a set of keys in the victim’s stomach. We found out that victim number 2 has a collection of yachts; the keys he ingested matched all of those that he owned. He must have been forced by the killer to swallow all the keys, and then one of his yachts was used to carry him and throw him overboard to his death.

Number 3 was immolated from the torso down with a “do it yourself” fire thrower, made using a sophisticated lighter and an insect spray. Number 3’s video was different in quality compared to the first two. Eventually, we found out that the deed was done in a TV studio, particularly one that is used for instructional shows and infomercials. The victim was the producer of the said show and even hosted a couple of episodes himself. The murder weapon was made by the victim himself, probably coerced by the murderer to make one.

Number 4 had his body sliced open with a gaping laceration from his left shoulder down to his lower right rib cage. The weapon used was a rusted katana, a replica even. It was sharp enough to cut like butter through the lungs but struggled cutting through the bones. It was retrieved wedged between a mixture of his flesh and bone. Number 4 was some sort of super fan. The rusted sword was supposed to be a replica of an iconic sword in a very famous TV show that is set in Japan’s Sengoku era. In fact, victim Number 4 was killed in the same fashion as one of the show’s important supporting characters. Eventually, we learned that the victim was one of the show’s major financial backers. If it weren’t for his money, the show would have been cancelled prematurely and not given another chance for a 2nd season.

Number 5 had several arrows that punctured through the gaps of his ribs, all of the arrowheads protruded through the back. She was found in an orchard, dangling down from an apple with a rope tied around her arms and her feet bound in duct tape. It’s obvious to infer that she was made a human target. She owned the orchard she was killed in.

Excerpt from Expendable by EK Gonzales

The defense man smirked. “We need you to use your fire programming as a service to your country.”

Pas raised an eyebrow.

“Tell me,” the defense man prompted. “What do you think of the Selati?”

Rikai immediately came to mind, but Pas shrugged. “They’re harmless,” he said.

“And yet they are depriving the country of resources,” the stranger countered.

Pas shrugged his shoulders again.

“We need your help in controlling their numbers,” the man said.

Pas did not see how, or why.

“We have been alerted to your…activity,” the man added. “How you managed to turn a tavern into ashes without much effort.”

Pas perked his ears again, for his brain resented what happened.

The defense committee man leaned forward. “We want you to replicate that. On a grander scale.”

Pas frowned. “Say that again.”

The man did. “We want you to eliminate objects, buildings. In order to control resource allocation, as a service to Pendi.”

Pas bent his head and stared at the mug of beer before him. The sight of children, adults, and old men surrounding a teacher with dark hair surfaced to his mind. “You want me to eliminate the Selati,” he confirmed.

“With pay,” the man reminded.

Pas remained silent for many moments. His silence was ignored by the cacophony of the tavern.

“How much?” he asked.

The defense committee man gave a figure, per major attack. It would be enough for him to stay drunk for a month at a time, and still be able to rent a room in the capital’s business quadrant.

It was enough to be drunk on for a month at a time.

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He bought several bottles of wine and immediately headed back.

The Selati dropped the teaching books when he returned and saw Pas seated by the table.

Pas lifted his head from the several already-empty bottles of wine, his cheeks flushed. “I got a job,” he told him.

“Congratulations,” Rikai said, smiling.

His hand swayed a bottle, which tipped over. “It’s for the central government,” he drawled.

Rikai stared, his face pale.

“I’ll have to go, the soonest possible time,” Pas said.

Rikai remained silent for many moments, his stare locked onto Pas. He took a step forward. “Come join us instead,” he begged. “Support each other now.”

“I’m useless to your cause.”

“Just stay by my side,” Rikai pleaded. Then pausing, he added, “As friend. Another voice.”

“I can’t.”

Excerpt from Between Two Worlds by Pau Castillo

“What can I possibly have for you to want?”

Her lips stretch to a wider and more menacing smile. “A strong soul, my dear girl,” it tells me. “A strong soul is what I had been looking for, for two hundred years.”

“I don’t have a strong soul! What are you talking about? Why me? Why do you want me?”

Maria’s eyes start spilling out the tears. Despite the look of menace on her face and the mischievous grin on her lips, she’s crying and she’s crying hard. Her eyes look straight at me and for a few passing moments, we just stare. “Sam, time is running. If you do not agree with me, I will use this girl until she cannot hold on anymore and, if it’s still not quite apparent to you, my dear little Sam, this girl will not hold on for much longer.” The tears continue to flow.

“D-don’t… don’t hurt her!” I scream out. I feel the tears trickle down from my own eyes, too and I feel my chest tightening even more inside. I feel like collapsing anytime now, but I fight the nauseating and suffocating feeling as I focus on Maria.

“Sam!” Maria’s voice pierces through my attention. It is her voice purely this time, yet nothing else changed. The smile, the dark eyes streaming the tears, everything remain the same. “Help me, Sam. Please… please help me.”

“Time is running out, Sam,” Maria’s voice mixes once more with that of the spirit as both entities – one feeding on the other – look at me and search my eyes for answers.

“Sam, please help me!” Maria says. With the smile on her face and the tears streaming from her eyes, she reaches out to me in a desperate plea. Her thin arm reaches out to me but I stand there, frozen in fear and confusion.

“She will die if you do not make a decision soon, Sam,” The spirit taunts me.

“Sam!” Goes Maria.

“Sam.” Goes the spirit.

My world spins, my mind darkens, and all I can see is Maria’s frail body slowly decaying as every second passes; every second which I sweetly take to decide what’s going to be the best for everyone, everyone including me.

“Sam, I’m begging you.” Maria goes again.

“Tick-tock, tick-tock, Sam,” Says the spirit.

In the end, I must have done something. I must have said something, I must have acted out on some sort of impulse because the next thing I know is the darkness enveloping me in its arms once more.

Excerpt from The Seven-Day Detective by Mark Manalang

“Horny, motherfucking creeps,” Vic muttered, to which he got a kick on the face sending him rolling on the pavement.

“This girl is already marked,” the man holding Shiela hissed. “I’m taking first dibs at her. You can always watch if things like this turn you on, though.”

“That’s right, fall in line, kid,” another screeched at him. “We saw her first. We’ve been waiting for a chance to get a piece of her.”

“Damn it, so you assholes were the ones who were stalking her, huh?” the FX driver asked back.

“I can’t blame you, though,” the masked man sassed on. “Who doesn’t want to claim a nice, tight, juicy pussy like hers? She’s surely tastier than the ones I had before her!”

The man pulled up his mask to uncover his mouth. Shiela let out a fearful gasp as the man grabbed her breasts and licked her neck and shoulder, eliciting laughs from the other men. She was trying hard not to, but Vic could sense that she was crying.

“You shouldn’t have interfered back then, boy,” the masked man roared on. “You should have turned a blind eye. All you needed was a quick buck, right?”

“I knew it… those four guys who rode my FX… It was you after all!” the FX driver snarled.

“Since you’re here and we want to do this quickly, maybe we could have let you watch as we have fun with her. Maybe we’ll even let you have a taste of her, since you fancy her so much!”

“Don’t lump me with the likes of you!” Vic hissed.

BLAM!

The masked man winced as a gunshot rang, making him drop his knife in surprise. He hurriedly released Shiela, and cracked his knuckles as he snarled under his breath.

“Yeah, don’t lump him with the likes of you,” an angry voice echoed from behind. The four men turned around to see Gene pointing his service firearm at them. Fred, Apo Jerry, and Dennis stood right behind him, carrying sticks.

Vic looked up weakly at the newcomers. “Inspector…?”

“Freeze,” the cop snarled. “Let the girl go.”

A meaningful #MIBF2015

The 36th Manila International Book Fair will start tomorrow up to Sunday! buqo, the Philippines leading online bookstore, launches a different project called A Book for an Ebook.

Ariel Lim blogged about it and cited the mechanics:

You donate a book and get an eBook in exchange. It’s that simple!

To join #ABookForAnEBook, all you have to do is drop by our booth at the MIBF, leave your book(s), and get your eBook(s).

The donated books will be given to a chosen library (we have identified certain libraries and will finalize before MIBF starts).

And to show our appreciation, we will be giving an eBook bundle in exchange for every book you donate. You will have 19 bundles to choose from. These bundles all came from the workshops we sponsored.

#buqosteamyreads – 5 bundles.
#buqoYA – 5 bundles.
#JustWritePH – 5 bundles.
#StrangeLit – 4 bundles.

To read more of Ariel’s article, click here

These are the 19 bundles that you can get from donating book(s):

#buqosteamyreads

Sizzling: #buqosteamyreads Volume 1
Seduction: #buqosteamyreads Volume 2
Passion: #buqosteamyreads Volume 3
Hot & Bothered: #buqosteamyreads Volume 4
Wedding Night Stand: #buqosteamreads Volume 5

#buqoYA

buqoYA 1 – Taking Chances
buqoYA 2 – Sweet Complications
buqoYA 3 – Finding Fairytales
buqoYA 4 – Heart Choices
buqoYA 5 – Perfect Moments

#JustWritePH

#JustWritePH – For Redemption
#JustWritePH – For The Win
#JustWritePH – For Love
#JustWritePH – For Justice
#JustWritePH – For The Feels

#strangelit

#strangelit bundle 1
#strangelit bundle 2
#strangelit bundle 3
#strangelit bundle 4

Why I write Romance?

Reasons why I write romance?

Who doesn’t want to love and be loved? Everyone needs love. Romantic love seemed to be distorted and I want to restore the real essence of it.
Romance has this power of making us smile, laugh, and cry.
Most of the readers are romance readers. They will spend money for romance novels. Thank you readers!
I love day dreaming and writing about love has fulfilled my longing for romance.
Being trained by one of the best Authors, Mina V. Esguerra, well I am very determined to be a romance writer even more.

#Bloggys2015

I am glad to inform you that I made it to the guest list of #bloggys 2015!

What is #bloggys2015?

According to Mr. Paul Agabin, the CEO of Essays.ph

#bloggys2015 is a nationwide blog awarding event in the Philippines. It continues the legacy of recognizing Filipino bloggers through a variety of niches and industries across the nation.

To see more information on #bloggys2015, click here.

You love a blog, you can nominate the site here

If you want to attend this event, you can get tickets here

Basics Global: A Blessing for PH

Basics Global is a non-profit organization based in Dubai, UAE. Their website, http://www.basicsglobal.org/, talks more about what they do.

Basics Global was founded in the U.A.E. in 2009  by Lisa Kingsley a British expat who has resided in the Middle East for more than 8 years.  First concentrating on the Middle East predominantly in the U.A.E. the dedicated volunteers have been involved in supporting many causes, from domestic workers who have fled their employers, providing supplies to hard working labourers assisting in critical medical cases and fundraising for special needs children ,

Basics Global now assists communities all over the world and is dedicated to working with those who are impacted by disasters and unrest.  This is made possible through dedicated volunteers and financial supporters

Lisa and my mom met in Dubai, UAE. They became friends since then. Our family are so privilege to be the ground volunteers for the Philippines.

Projects with Basics Global

Give Share Love 1 –

Recipients: Victims of Typhoon Frank in Binan, Laguna

We distributed relief packs to Malaban and Dela Paz Binan Laguna.

One of the thank you cards from a recipient’s kid (Photo from Basics Global’s Facebook Page)
Selfie! (Photo by Christine and Kristel)
A heart breaking scene (Photo from Basics Global)

Give Share Love 2 – Basics Global has been so generous to send another batch of goods. Recipients: Landayan, San Pedro Laguna and Dela Paz Binan Laguna.

(Photo from Basics Global)
(Photo from Basics Global)
The Volunteers (Photo from Basics Global)
Distribution at Dela Paz Binan Laguna (Photo from Basics Global)

Finding Cinderella -Aldo UAE donated ladies’ shoes to Basics global. Basics Global gave us pairs of Aldo Shoes that we distributed to ladies who can fit the available sizes.

(Photo from Basics Global)

Boots For Juan – Aldo UAE donated Aldo Boots that we distributed to tricycle drivers, farmers, rescue teams, public market vendors and other people who needs it.

(Photo by Basics Global)
(Photo from Basics Global)
(Photo from Basics Global)

Current Projects

Socks for tots: Bounce UAE donated socks that we gave to children in Pampanga, Laguna, Davao, Las Pinas and Bulacan.

(Photo from Basics Global)
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(Photo from Basics Global)

ICare: EyeQ Opticals in UAE has the heart of providing reading glasses for free. We are currently searching for optometrists who can volunteer for free.

(Photo from Basics Global)
(Photo from Basics Global)

You can like Basics Global’s Facebook Page here

Follow them on Instagram @basicsglobal

Take a look at their current projects here

#JustWritePH: Isang Hamon Para Sa Mga Manunulat ng Kathang-Isip

Napagtanto ko na hindi ako sanay na magsulat sa sarili nating wika. At dahil ang Agosto ay ang Buwan ng mga Akdang Pinoy, napagdesisyonan ko na ihatid ang magandang balita  sa ating sariling wika.

Ang PinoyWriMos ay isang samahan ng mga Pinoy na manunulat na lumalahok sa taunang NanoWriMo tuwing Nobyembre. Kasama ang buqo, Komikasi at Bronze Age Media, Inc, sila ay nagpanimula ng isang pagsasanay na ginagawa sa pamamagitan ng Internet. Ito ay naglalayong ihanda ang mga kalahok ngayong Nobyembre.

Nagsimula ang pagsasanay noong Hulyo 1 hanggang Agosto 8. Kabilang sa mga nagturo ay sina Ria Lu, Ana Tejano, Kate Evangelista, A.S. Santos, Reev Robledo, Anne Plaza, Ines Bautista-Yao, Charles A. Tan, Tania Arpa, Marian Tee, Liana Smith Bautista at Mina V. Esguerra.

(Ang mga litrato ay galing sa mga Facebook Posts nina Anton Chua, Liana Smith Bautista at Ria Lu)

Ang mga manunulat ay kailangan makagawa ng limang-libong salita na kwento upang makasama sa #JustWritePH Bundles. Samantalang ang mga labing limang salita na istorya ay maaaring maging hiwalay na nobela pagkalipas ng tatlong buwan na eksklusibong buwan.

May tatlong klase na naganap sa buong buwan ng Hulyo. Ito ay pinangunahan nina Ria Lu para sa unang klase, Liana Smith Bautista at Ines Bautista Yao sa pangalawang sesyon at si Mina V. Esguerra sa huling klase.

(Ang mga litrato ay galing sa mga Facebook posts nina Liana Bautista Smith, Ariel Lim, at Yeyet Soriano)

Isa na namang pagkakataon para sa inyong lingkod na makasulat ng isang maikling kwento na pinamagatang, Encyclopedia Mystique.

Nagkaroon kami ng paglulunsad ng aming mga kwento sa Bo’s Coffee, SM Megamall noong ika-22 ng Agosto 2015.. Ang mga kwento ay nahati sa 5 bigkis(bundle) 4 na istorya kada bundle. Ako ay nagagalak na makilala ang aking mga bagong kaibigan, ang mga manunulat na nakatapos sa nasabing workshop.

Ang Litrato ay galing sa post ni Ariel Lim

Ang mga JustWritePH Bundles

Ang litrato ay galing sa post ng PinoyWriMos

Kami ay nagkaroon ng FB Party na maaari nyong silipin dito <<< iclick!

Ang Pinoywrimos ay nagsasagawa sa kasalukuyan ng blog tour upang ipahayag ang aming mga kwento na kathang isip. Maaari nyo ito silipin dito <<< iclick!

Ako ay lubos na nagpapasalamat sa mga nagsagawa ng ganitong pagsasanay; sa aming mga sponsors, sa aming mga tagapagsalita, sa aming respetadong mga guro at sa nagsimula nito, PinoyWriMos sa pangunguna nina Anton Chua at Liana Smith Bautista! Nagpapasalamat din ako sa buqo sa mga oportunidad na ibinibigay nila sa mga manunulat!

Maari na ninyong bilhin ang mga bundles sa buqo. Hanapin lamang ang JustWritePH.