This past week, Pearson, the owner of Penguin for the last half-century, jettisoned its remaining stake in Penguin Random House—the book publishing joint venture it formed six years ago with Bertelsmann, the German media group. According to an article in MSN Money, End of an era for book publisher Penguin: The company originally owned 47% Read more
The Witcher (Netflix 2019)
Oh, Holidays! Parties, Gatherings, and all that glitz! Not for me. While I could do some writing, believe you me there’s a backlog of writing I need to get to do, I decided to get through my to-watch list. Hey, I did get to update King Wolf so I wasn’t that inattentive to my writing Read more
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Meet King Wolf
I’m starting a new fic on Wattpad (woohoo #IAmWriting)! It’s actually an idea that has been marinating in the back of my mind, but I left the headspace needed to continue it so it stayed there. Now I feel King Wolf jumping back into life and telling me his lines. I’m definitely pantsing this one, Read more
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Writing Voice & Its Importance to Storytelling
Voice. All readers (and literary agents) want to find the next great one, and all writers want to know what the heck it is. If voice were easy to define, then we wouldn’t have dozens of articles, books and classes to demystify the concept. Today, I’ll put in my two cents and see if I Read more
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5 Holiday Challenges Only Writers Will Understand
It’s the holiday season, and this is a tough time for most people. For, writers, it’s peace hell on Earth, largely—though not entirely—due to the whole ‘having to wear pants’ thing. We authors, historically, have been a misunderstood group of people. Burned as witches. No holiday there. Survival rate after a political coup? Close to Read more
Play It By Ear by Tara Frejas
Romance books have been part of my reading adventure since I was young. I would take books my sisters borrowed and read while they slept. And so my night owl life began with reading and eventually writing. But the books I’ve read were by foreign writers. Filipino writers I used to need to read for Read more
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Soulless by Gail Carriger
Curious about Steampunk and Paranormal Romances, my friend recommended Gail Carriger. So I grabbed the first book of her Parasol Protectorate set. I had not realized this was a rather steamy book! What with werewolves turning back to human form, obviously naked, and an open-minded female main character. Things would in no doubt get quite Read more
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Wyrd Agents of Hagall
Hagall is the agency of Nordic origins. Their top level management gets their directives from the Norns. In looking for an acceptable country to become their base, I found Copenhagen. It was a viking settlement a very long time ago. Near where vikings used to live is Kunsthallen Nikolaj (Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center). The location Read more
The World of 『On Probation』
One of the stories that fascinated me even as a child was Greek Mythology and eventually other Mythos as well. I used to go over the different stories in our home library’s encyclopedia and Edith Hamilton’s Mythology. Greek and Roman mythology were like twins, similar yet also different. However, it’s quite intriguing to find similar Read more
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The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
I’m a sucker for finishing book series, especially after reading most of it. Having read/listened to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night, it was no doubt in my mind to continue on to The Book of Life. It’s the final instalment of the All Souls trilogy. We find our newly wed witch, Diana Read more
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