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November 7, 2013
Queen of the Clueless Summit edition: Cover reveal + Giveaway! [PH only]
In bookstores this month! The Summit edition of Queen of the Clueless (Interim Goddess of Love #2).
Things are not right at Ford River College.
Stuff has been mysteriously disappearing and the dean cannot get to the bottom of it. Hannah hates how security is tightening around campus because it seems they're targeting the kids who are under scholarship--students like her.
When she
November 4, 2013
Welcome to Envy Park: PH giveaway!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
November 1, 2013
Giving the "Welcome to Envy Park" ebook as a gift
"Your ebook is so cheap. How can I buy two?" said my friend the other day.
Why thank you! (And this is why we're friends.) It might not be wise to buy two personal copies of the ebook from the same place, but it is possible to buy another -- and give it as a gift to another friend.
So if you received Welcome to Envy Park free, or if you enjoyed it, or maybe you're just a really good friend of
Why thank you! (And this is why we're friends.) It might not be wise to buy two personal copies of the ebook from the same place, but it is possible to buy another -- and give it as a gift to another friend.
So if you received Welcome to Envy Park free, or if you enjoyed it, or maybe you're just a really good friend of
October 23, 2013
Sharing this: Philippine International Literary Festival - POPtastik Pinoy!
Oh, a bookish event! Found out about this from our friends at the Filipinas Heritage Library.
Press Release: Filipino writers will
discuss folk and popular literature as shown in komiks,
TV, and film as the National Book Development Board (NBDB), Filipinas Heritage
Library (FHL), and Ayala Museum hold POPtastik Pinoy! this November.
The event is part of the 4th Philippine
Press Release: Filipino writers will
discuss folk and popular literature as shown in komiks,
TV, and film as the National Book Development Board (NBDB), Filipinas Heritage
Library (FHL), and Ayala Museum hold POPtastik Pinoy! this November.
The event is part of the 4th Philippine
October 19, 2013
Steamy Reads, a special edition of #romanceclass
Save the date! From January 18 to February 15, 2014, I will be running a free, short-story edition of #romanceclass. We will be writing 5,000(ish)-word short stories, and they'll be about love, romance, and possibly some steam.
This class is sponsored by buqo, and it could mean a digital distribution deal for your story!
Most of the work in class will be facilitated online, but there are three
This class is sponsored by buqo, and it could mean a digital distribution deal for your story!
Most of the work in class will be facilitated online, but there are three
October 17, 2013
Filipino Friday: Kids and Books
What were your favorite books as a kid? Do you still read children’s books? If you would give a book to your younger self, what would it be?
My hands-down favorite is Childcraft volume 3, Children Everywhere! It's the one with short stories from different countries. My favorite stories from it:
The book I'd give to my younger self is this:
Friends gave this book to our daughter
My hands-down favorite is Childcraft volume 3, Children Everywhere! It's the one with short stories from different countries. My favorite stories from it:
The book I'd give to my younger self is this:
Friends gave this book to our daughter
October 14, 2013
Guardians of Tradition Blog Tour: Excerpt + Giveaway
Welcome to my stop in the Guardians of Tradition blog tour! This was organized by Dia at Book Junkie Blog Tours. Don't forget to join the GIVEAWAY after the excerpt!
I'm so happy to share with you this special book for children. It's written by the late Mae Astrid Tobias (I am a friend of the family), and illustrated by Rommel Joson (I've worked with him too, via Studio Dialogo and Summit
I'm so happy to share with you this special book for children. It's written by the late Mae Astrid Tobias (I am a friend of the family), and illustrated by Rommel Joson (I've worked with him too, via Studio Dialogo and Summit
October 11, 2013
Welcome to Envy Park: Cover and Ebook Pre-order links
My new chick lit novella Welcome to Envy Park will be out at the end of October! Here's the cover, designed by Tania Arpa, featuring Dominique Tiu. (It's lovely!)
Moira Vasquez is a doer. A planner. A get-up-and-goer. At twenty-two, she left her hometown to work in Singapore, to satisfy a need to travel as well as give her savings account a boost. Five years later and she's back in Manila
Moira Vasquez is a doer. A planner. A get-up-and-goer. At twenty-two, she left her hometown to work in Singapore, to satisfy a need to travel as well as give her savings account a boost. Five years later and she's back in Manila
October 10, 2013
Filipino Friday 2013: Introduction!
Today's post is on "What Reader Species Are You?" based on this infographic.
I am a:
Kindle Convert: You say you still love the smell and feel of paper books but are totally addicted to the convenience of digital reading.
This is so me right now. I read on my Kindle, phone, and iPad. I prefer buying digital editions first, and then get the paperback only if it's cheaper, or that good. I live
I am a:
Kindle Convert: You say you still love the smell and feel of paper books but are totally addicted to the convenience of digital reading.
This is so me right now. I read on my Kindle, phone, and iPad. I prefer buying digital editions first, and then get the paperback only if it's cheaper, or that good. I live
October 9, 2013
Welcome to Envy Park: Paperback Pre-order time!
My new chick lit/new adult novella Welcome to Envy Park will be out by the end of this month. If you're in the Philippines and would like to be among the first to get the paperback edition, you can order it now using this form: bit.ly/EnvyOrder.
- This title is self-published. (For now!)
- Pre-order price of the paperback is P325. Regular price of P350 starts on November 3, 2013.
- The ebook
- This title is self-published. (For now!)
- Pre-order price of the paperback is P325. Regular price of P350 starts on November 3, 2013.
- The ebook
