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Featured Reader: Kristel Satumbaga-Villar

To celebrate the upcoming release of Icon of the Indecisive, I'm posting readers' thoughts on the Interim Goddess of Love series.

Kristel was one of the first five to send in their thoughts, so she's getting a free Kindle copy of Icon of the Indecisive on release day next week!





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Reading Interim Goddess of Love was like getting

Looking for more contemporary romances in English by Filipino authors? We just made some.

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In January, pretty much on a whim, I decided to set up a free online class and teach anyone willing to write a contemporary romance novella.

100 people joined the Facebook group, where most of the discussions are taking place. Over 50 sent Assignment 1 (Premise and Ending), over 30 submitted Assignment 2 (Outline), about a dozen or

New free short story: Extraordinary

I made a new resolution this year. Write it and post it. No waiting.

One problem I have is that once I get an idea for a story, I let it sit for too long. Usually because I'm in the middle of something, and I put off the new idea until later. And then when later comes, I'm no longer in the mood for it, or the inspiration is gone.

Well, none of that anymore. In the mood? Write it quickly, and

Getting Queen of the Clueless (IGoL 2) without a credit card

So the question I keep getting asked lately is When is Queen of the Clueless coming out in bookstores?

What people are looking for is most likely the Summit Media edition, the one available in National Bookstore, Fully Booked, and everywhere else. This edition won't be out until September 2013 (I think).

But the International Edition of Queen of the Clueless (IGoL 2) is already available

Fan art by Kat Espalmado

Interim Goddess of Love fan art. Thank you, Kat! So so so cute.

Featured Reader: Katrina Flores

To celebrate the upcoming release of Icon of the Indecisive, I'm posting readers' thoughts on the Interim Goddess of Love series.

I received this through email from Katrina Flores (katrinalyn_erika):





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I was looking for a good book in National Book Store when I spotted Interim Goddess of Love. Seeing the book's interesting cover, I bought

Author at Once photos: Just the beginning

Writing, writing, writing.



The photos from the Author at Once High School edition we had in April are up. The free talks and writing activities from that day are just the first step that these young writers took though. We have a few more exciting things planned for them. With the help of iAcademy, Books on Demand Philippines, and our trusty interns from UP Diliman, UP Manila, St.

Featured Reader: Chris Mariano

To celebrate the upcoming release of Icon of the Indecisive, I'm posting readers' thoughts on the Interim Goddess of Love series.

This is from Chris Mariano of Ficsation:

I was vacationing in Boracay when Interim Goddess of Love came out. I bought it on Kindle just as I was leaving the resort for dinner, then finished it before dinner was over. Good thing I was with friends who knew about (and

My next project: A YA paranormal novella

Photo by Sam Ramos-Zaragoza


We're doing this.

My next project is a YA paranormal novella, and we're calling it Spark. I'm writing it with Katrina Ramos Atienza.

More details soon!

Hanging out with young authors

Spent a lovely afternoon with young writers (and an entire row of family member cheerleaders) this weekend. The Author at Once workshops have always been about telling a writer how easy it now is to be published -- so start writing, there's no excuse to delay. We hope that they went home remembering that, at least.

I mentored roughly half the group on writing romance/YA, and helped some