The Elisean Plains

Nung kinuha ko yung check for Waiting to Fall, nabanggit ni Miss Apple na kung kaya daw ba ng powers ko na dagdagan ng isa pa ang mga mahal kong Ibarra. Gusto daw kasi niyang ilabas ng sabay sabay yung tatlo. Ang sabi ko nun baka hindi na kasi tatlo lang talaga sila. Inexplain din [...]

During the days that I didn’t have a PC or a laptop, I relied on notebooks (dozens and dozens of which I still have) and record books to keep my secret thoughts and feelings. I started writing in a little diary that my lola bought for me at the Uniwide Warehouse Club in Libis for [...]

Yumi and Elise Meet in Baguio I finally, finally got to meet Yumi Sagara! And there are no words… maybe, no words. We met at NBS, SM City Baguio at 10 a.m. And I think I bowled her over when I gave her a hug. I was really nervous and excited and scared, but Yumi [...]

I’m currently writing a FANtastic story. Meaning, mahirap siyang FANiwalaan. I’m the type of reader who gets drawn to stories that don’t really (or rarely happens) happen in real life, like a down-on-her-luck woman winning the lotto and snagging the guy (Nora Roberts’ The Winning Hand), a hundred-plus year old vampire falling for a normal [...]

It all suddenly made sense! When I first started writing Playing for Keeps, its title was supposed to be Raising the Stakes. For some reason, the title didn’t click, and my characters didn’t agree with it. So instead of the “raising up the stakes” line from the Spill Canvas song, This is for Keeps, I [...]