I’m still going through post Philippine Readers and Writers Festival blues so bear with me, okay?
When Anvil Publishing told me I’d be speaking in two sessions I was honestly shocked. I mean, one session yes, but two? And on my own? Who would want to listen?
But ohmygod, was I surprised when I saw the room fill up for both sessions. Thank you everyone who attended the festival. It was an amazing event! There were a couple of things I learned during the festival. Here’s some of them:
The Anvil Publishing team is amazing
For the first time since this whole publishing thing happened, I met the team behind my books. And I was not disappointed. They are a cool bunch of people from different generations bound together because of their love for books. They were funny, intelligent and beautiful, inside and out. And I was so happy to know that we were all on the same page – to do our best to create a good book for all the book lovers out there. It felt like I was with my tribe, and that’s always a good thing.
You can fangirl and still be respectable
The line up for this year’s festival was fantastic. If I didn’t have my own schedule to follow I would have gone to as many sessions as I possibly could. It was amazing to get the chance to meet and chat with authors I’ve only read about, like the award winning author Dean Francis Alfar. I also had my Archie Comics signed by co CEO Nancy Silberkleit. I mean, when do you get the chance to have your Archie Comics signed? Seriously? Then, of course, this happened.
I went to award winning New York Times best selling author Erin Entrada Kelly’s author talk and got my books signed. Told her about my books and after her talk, she went ahead and bought a copy! I almost died of happiness! So yes, I fangirled like cray cray!
My readers are Ah-mazing
Thank you to all the readers who went to my talks and who came up to me for a chat! It was surreal. I am telling you now, I was just as excited as you were. I was probably more excited, actually. Thank you for asking your questions. For telling me how much you love my books. For being excited about my future projects. Meeting you guys made the whole experience even more mind blowing. I hope I get to see more of you the next time I’m at the festival (I hope it doesn’t rain that hard next time!).
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