It’s October and my Christmas tree is already up. Yep. My daughter insisted in putting it up the moment the month of Ber started. So I let her, because I’m Filipino and we start Christmas when the clock strikes midnight on August 31st. But Christmas stuff aside, it’s been an amazing September for me. Absolutely amazing! The Search for Adarna… Read More
All about The Search for Adarna
Book three. Wow. It is still kinda surreal saying that I have a third book coming out. It’s not so much impostor syndrome and more like ‘how the hell did I finish that?’ Let me tell you how The Search for Adarna happened. It was an accident. Kinda. Around two years ago I decided to join the crazy writers all… Read More
The Girl Between Light and Dark Cover Reveal and more
The Girl Between Light and Dark If you’ve been following my social media channels, you’d know I’ve been shouting about the cover of my second novel, The Girl Between Light and Dark. I can’t thank the readers enough for their support. The news had been shared and celebrated so many times that it has blown me away. Thank you so… Read More
Things I learned from reviewing books
I love reading books and writing about books. One of the things I learned is that if you want to write, you need to read a lot. Like maybe 50 books a year. I’ve been lucky I had the opportunity to be one of the regular book reviewers for the New South Wales Writers’ Centre. And I’ve been enjoying that… Read More
Happy debut novel anniversary
It has been a year since the release of my debut novel, The Girl Between Two Worlds. In the year since it reached bookshelves, I’ve been busy meeting publicity requests, social media updates and interacting with eager fans of the book who contact me (I welcome them all). Big thanks First of all, I want to thank everyone who supported… Read More
Researching your cover
When I decided to publish books on my own, I wanted some inspiration for the cover. I’m not a designer but I have a good eye for design. So when The Girl Between Two Worlds was picked up by Anvil Publishing, I looked forward to working with the artist to create the cover. I sent out some concepts I had… Read More