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July 26, 2012
Filipino Friday: School of Reading
Today's Filipino Friday topic!
School of Reading. We all started reading somewhere, and more often than not, we were influenced by someone. Who got you into reading? Your parents? A friend? A librarian? One teacher who always lends out his/her books? How helpful was your school in helping your reading habit / fueling your book addiction?
Three people who might be responsible (blamed?) for my
School of Reading. We all started reading somewhere, and more often than not, we were influenced by someone. Who got you into reading? Your parents? A friend? A librarian? One teacher who always lends out his/her books? How helpful was your school in helping your reading habit / fueling your book addiction?
Three people who might be responsible (blamed?) for my
July 25, 2012
Ebook retailer sales in 2012 so far
When I first started tracking my ebook sales, Amazon accounted for 97% of my sales. Now, not so much. The other players (Barnes and Noble especially) are really kicking it this year.
Lessons learned/reinforced:
Be everywhere.
A small slice of the pie should not discourage me -- it just means there's room to grow.
Focus more on readers who love to read, and less on people who have the device
July 22, 2012
Average Georgia: 5 things I am not
Source: when-pigs-have-wings.blogspot.com via Lauren on Pinterest
1. I am not my sister.
I love her, but I've had it up to here with people asking me if I'm related to Kat. Because how many times does she get asked if she's related to me, huh? Not a lot, I think. It's not her fault that she's the semi famous then-girlfriend now-wife of a famous Pinoy actor. Or that she is pretty in that artistic
1. I am not my sister.
I love her, but I've had it up to here with people asking me if I'm related to Kat. Because how many times does she get asked if she's related to me, huh? Not a lot, I think. It's not her fault that she's the semi famous then-girlfriend now-wife of a famous Pinoy actor. Or that she is pretty in that artistic
July 19, 2012
Filipino Friday: Hello from me!
Oh look, it's the return of Filipino Friday! The 2012 Filipino Readercon is coming up, and I'm delighted to join bloggers devoting time to talk about books by Filipinos and other lit topics near and dear to readers' hearts.
And now to introduce myself. My name is Mina, and I'm totally failing at my reading list this year. It's July and I've finished (only) a dozen books, and it doesn't look
And now to introduce myself. My name is Mina, and I'm totally failing at my reading list this year. It's July and I've finished (only) a dozen books, and it doesn't look
July 16, 2012
Three Author at Once workshops later...
May 5
June 16
July 14
Met 60 or so writers/editors/artists.
Enjoyed hearing their stories.
Heart is warmed over their willingness to help each other out.
Learned a lot too, and may change the way I do some things. Thank you for the wisdom and ideas.
What will happen next:
Keep writing -- we'll debut a new feature up on bronzeage.ph/indiebooks so we won't forget what we have to do.
Get
June 16
July 14
Met 60 or so writers/editors/artists.
Enjoyed hearing their stories.
Heart is warmed over their willingness to help each other out.
Learned a lot too, and may change the way I do some things. Thank you for the wisdom and ideas.
What will happen next:
Keep writing -- we'll debut a new feature up on bronzeage.ph/indiebooks so we won't forget what we have to do.
Get
July 11, 2012
See you at the Kwentillion Young Adult Readers Carnival
So this is where I'll be on July 21, Saturday -- at the Kwentillion Young Adult Readers Carnival, Bestsellers Galleria. One of the sessions will be a panel on Philippine Young Adult Creators, and I'm going to be part of it. So excited about that. :)
There's much to look forward to, by the way (in case you need more convincing). Check out this post on Rocket Kapre to find out what's in store.
There's much to look forward to, by the way (in case you need more convincing). Check out this post on Rocket Kapre to find out what's in store.
June 30, 2012
Yes, I'm an author: Reasons why I faced my fear of marketing
When my first novel was published, I didn't go about announcing it to everyone I knew. I wasn't even ready to admit that I was writing again, much less tell people to buy my book. And yet I was hoping they would do it anyway, without my having to ask.
So what I'm trying to say is, I suck at marketing. It doesn't come naturally to me. When I finish a story my instinct is to let it loose in a
So what I'm trying to say is, I suck at marketing. It doesn't come naturally to me. When I finish a story my instinct is to let it loose in a
June 26, 2012
Perk of scribbling without patience
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You know the feeling when you think of a great scene, and can't wait for the story you're writing to build up to it? Sometimes impatience works.
I'm glad I gave in that one time. I thought of a scene, and instead of pulling my hair out trying to give it full context, I did the quick and lazy thing and just wrote it as it was.
You know the feeling when you think of a great scene, and can't wait for the story you're writing to build up to it? Sometimes impatience works.
I'm glad I gave in that one time. I thought of a scene, and instead of pulling my hair out trying to give it full context, I did the quick and lazy thing and just wrote it as it was.
June 20, 2012
Real stories and real people
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Real life provides many wonderful prompts for stories. Except reality just happens to be oddly paced, anti-climactic, lacking in closure, and in some cases too crazy to be believed. So if you plan to base a story on real events and people, don't worry about sticking too close to the original (unless you're doing a non-fiction bio, I guess). At some
Real life provides many wonderful prompts for stories. Except reality just happens to be oddly paced, anti-climactic, lacking in closure, and in some cases too crazy to be believed. So if you plan to base a story on real events and people, don't worry about sticking too close to the original (unless you're doing a non-fiction bio, I guess). At some
June 11, 2012
Author at Once, a rerun
On Saturday, I will be at Cafeccino by Dome (Eastwood Mall, Quezon City) to be main speaker for a rerun of Author at Once. I blogged about the first one we did, in May, and we decided to have another one on June 16 for the people who couldn't make it then.
Who is this for? People who write and want to find out just how easy it is to publish their own work, have full control over every aspect
Who is this for? People who write and want to find out just how easy it is to publish their own work, have full control over every aspect
