Waiting in the Wings is having a special illustrated cover!

July 28, 2025 No Comments

For a few weeks now, I have been working on this special project with a local artist named rwiizo, whom I met at Komiket Market! Market! in May. I was browsing through the many stalls at the event and was instantly taken by his art style. I asked him if he was open to handling cover commissions, and he said yes, so I followed him on his IG account and had a look at his body of work while I decided which book I wanted him to sprinkle his magic on.

And then I decided it should be Waiting in the Wings. Because why not?

~~(Because paboritong anak lol. WHO SAID THAT?!!?)~~

Book Tours, My Work, The Writing Community

3 Takeaways from the Connect the Hearts blog tour!

July 25, 2025 No Comments

So back in May, I sought the help of a wonderful group of bookish ladies who call themselves BookLoverTitas to organize a book tour for my latest release, Connect the Hearts. The tour ran from June 7 to 18, with 12 bookish titas participating, and they did such an amazing job. They kept me on my toes, anticipating their posts every day, and I loved that they enjoyed the book a lot.

I’d been holding off on actually posting about this because we were supposed to have a face-to-face meetup last weekend and I wanted to include photos of us on this post. But alas, the weather put a damper on our plans and we had to reschedule.

Anyway, this post is long overdue, so let me just do it before laziness gets a hold of me. These are my 3 Takeaways from the Connect the Hearts Book Tour:

The Writing Community

Get your kilig for FREE!!!

June 26, 2025 No Comments

Yes, friends—we are giving away a bunch of free books and short stories by some of your favorite #RomanceClass authors! KILIG FOR FREE is happening now until Sunday, June 29th!

Here are the books and short stories you can download for free:

Fake Date Number Three – Mina V. Esguerra (short story)
Tame the Kitten – Bianca Mori
Love at First Run – Angel C. Aquino
Home at Last – Angel C. Aquino (short story)
If the Dress Fits – Carla de Guzman
Your Heart, To Go – Tara Frejas (short story)
Love to Meet You – Jay E. Tria
The Billionaire’s Game – Ansela Corsino
Until You – Ana Tejano (short story)
Take Two – Kaith C. Cimafranca
Comfortable and Familiar – H. Bentham (short story collection)
Pameowmanhikan: The Propawsal – Danice Mae P. Sison (short story)
Another Word For Happy – Agay Llanera
Alter Christus – Catherine Dellosa (short story)

If you have always wanted to read a #RomanceClass book or more romance books written by Filipino authors, here’s your chance to find a new book/author to love! And if you have always been here (thank you so much!), please continue sharing the love by letting your other bookish friends know about this giveaway.

Ready?

Yes, I’m ready to add new books to my TBR!

Happy downloading and happy reading!

My Work, The Writing Community

Keeping Miss Kalila is FIVE!

April 7, 2025 No Comments

Do all of you ever feel like time has been running so quickly? I’m always in some kind of mild shock when my babies (my books, lol) turn a year older. Like…what do you mean Keeping Miss Kalila is now five years old?

I released Keeping Miss Kalila on April 1st of the year the whole world shut down because of COVID. We were in a very uncertain, very scary situation and I wasn’t even sure if releasing a new book at the time was a smart move. But I did, and after I while I received messages from readers who said they found comfort in Datu and Kalila’s love story, which made me feel like I made the right decision.

But a book is never too “old” for anyone who’s just discovering them, and here’s your chance to discover Datu and Kalila’s love story too. To celebrate the book’s fifth birthday, Keeping Miss Kalila is now available for only $0.99 on Amazon!

Buy Keeping Miss Kalila for $0.99 here!

Read a sample on Wattpad!

This special birthday sale will run until April 30, 2025.

Happy reading, everyone! <3

Personal, The Writing Community, Theatre

Happy World Theatre Week!

March 25, 2025 No Comments

This is a little late — I just learned over the weekend that World Theatre Week begins on the 21st of March — but hey, I didn’t forget! Happy World Theatre Week to all who celebrate, and as always, my hats off to everyone who works tirelessly to create wonderful theatre productions, onstage or off. You are all heroes to me.

As you know, I’m a big musical theatre fan and I endeavor every year to catch as many shows as I can (as my savings can afford LOL) to support local theatre. I’ve seen Next to Normal last month, and so far on my list of shows to watch this year are:

We Aren’t Kids Anymore (Barefoot Theater Collaborative)
Delia D (NWR Musicals)
Grace (Encore Theater)
and another show I’m super looking forward to but hasn’t been announced yet, so shhhh.