Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Hope

Matagal na panahon na ang lumipas noong huling beses kong tangkain na sumulat. Matapos ng mga ilang unsuccessful submissions, problema sa aking tunay na career at maging sa personal na buhay ay nagising nalang ako isang umaga na hindi ko na mahanap sa sarili ko na magsulat ng istorya. Ginupo ako ng galit, lungkot at panghihinayang. 

Hindi ko alam kung paano at saan magsisimula. Laging nasaisip ko na "he destroyed me and stole everything from me." Pero dinaan ko ang lahat sa dasal. Hanggang unti-unti ay natutunan kong magpakatatag muli at makipagsapalaran sa buhay.

One step at a time, kaya ko 'to, dahan-dahan lang, paunti-unti ay matatapos rin ang paghihirap. Ngayon ay natagpuan ko ang aking mga kamay na tila may sariling pag-iisip. Muli, nae-express ko ang sarili ko sa pagsusulat. Na-realize ko na kailangan simulan ko sa aking sarili ang pagbabago at pagiging kuntento sa kung anong meron ako.

No one has the right to steal my confidence and my happiness. Mahal ko ang sarili ko at mula ngayon ay walang makapagpapabago nito.

Monday, June 3, 2013

How to Describe Character Traits of Hero and Heroine

     How should I describe the hero and heroine of my story? This question crosses our mind when we write romance novels. I remember one of my returned manuscripts. One of the comments of the editor was, "kulang sa description ang mga bida." From a readers point of view, it adds up interest if they could somehow draw a picture of the persons they are reading in their mind.
    
      Sinubukan kong mag-isip ng paraan kung paano mas mapapadali ang pagde-descibe sa itsura ng mga tauhan sa istorya. Malaking tulong ang article na ito (I-click lang ang link): How to Describe Believable Character Traits for Hero, Heroine Villains, http://www.articlesfactory.com/articles/writing/how-to-describe-believable-novel-character-traits-for-hero-heroine-villains.html

      Kapag iprine-present natin ang mga katangian ng mga tauhan sa istorya, lalo na ng sa bidang lalaki at babae, hindi naman ibig sabihin ay sa Chapter 1 palang naroon na lahat ng character traits nila. Sa Chapter 1 or sa 'cute meet part' na kung saan magkikita na ang mga bida doon palang ay maari na natin sila ilarawan upang sa gayon sa unang bahagi pa lamang ng kuwento ay may mukha na ang mga bida sa imagination ng mga readers.

     Habang gumagalaw na ang story; habang lumalakbay na tayo sa mga susunod na chapters, pwedeng unti-unting i-reveal ang iba pang describing words para sa mga tauhan ng istorya. Tulad ng edad, kung saan nag-aaral o nagtra-trabaho, family backgroud, mga likes at dislikes nila at iba pang paglalarawan na kinakailangan ilahad sa nobela.

     Makakatulong ring mag-search ng larawan na maaring gawing inspirasyon sa pagde-describe sa mga story characters. Tuald nito:
     Ito ang "inspiration" ko sa ginagawa kong nobela ngayon. Ang love story nina Migs at Liz. Sana ay matapos ko na ito. (yiheee...)
     Happy writing!




Monday, May 6, 2013

Coffee and Milk Tea

Kasama na sa buhay ko ang kape. Lahat na lang yata idinadahilan ko makainom lang niyan. Tulad nalang nito...Kailangan kong uminom ng kape kasi:
  1. Inaantok ako
  2. Balak kong magpuyat mamayang gabi hanggang madaling araw
  3. Wala akong ganang kumain
  4. Nalulungkot ako
  5. Kailangan ko i-treat ang sarili ko
Walang pattern, no? Lahat na lang ginawang dahilan? Maybe all I wanted to say is I can't live without coffee...And milk tea na rin. Dati ayoko ng tea amoy at lasang "dahon" kasi. Ha-ha. Pero dahil maraming masasarap na Milk Tea na naging uso ngayon...Aba isali na yan sa list of favorite drinks
Ice Mocha with extra shot of espresso and raspberry syrup
Iced Mocha
Choco Java Chip Frap with Banofee pie




Asian Dolce Latte
Hot Caramel Macchiato
           
Toffee nut and Brewed coffee
                       


 Milk Tea...
Wintermelon
Okinawa

Mango Milk Green Tea
 'Hope you enjoyed my beverage picture gallery. Hanggang sa muli!










Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sending a Manuscript



Sending a Manuscript

     One day you came to a realization that… “I want to be a writer”. Then, you get to read a love story or a romance novel and say to yourself, “Hey, I can write one of these.” I know, I know how you feel because it happened to me. I realized way back then that I want to write a romance novel. 

     To those who have been reading PHR novels, on the first few pages of the book you can see there that Precious Pages Corp. is inviting all aspiring Tagalog Romance Writers to prepare a manuscript with 23,000 to 24,000 words divided in 10 chapters. Once you’re done writing your manuscript, the first thing that comes to your mind is to send it right away. I’ve been there, the moment I finished writing, I composed an email, attached my work and hit “send.”

     NO. That’s wrong. After completing the required word count, what we’re supposed to do is to give our MS a “vacation.” It is advised not to read our work for a few weeks or months. The objective is to make it “new” in our own eyes as if we are to read somebody else’s book. This activity will help us be more critical of our work as a writer and will make us less “attached” to our book. In this case, editing will be easier. Editing your own work will mean removing unnecessary scenes and dialogues. Even, removing chapters and worse starting all over again.

     You see, before we send our work and expect an editor to read it, we must be happy reading our own work first. We must believe in the beauty of the story we made. To all of aspiring writers, who are sending me queries on how to send their manuscript…Give your MS a break. Later on, revisit your work and edit it.

     When you think you’re ready to send it, compose an email with the subject: Manuscript for Evaluation. Here’s the email address of PHR: ed2rialstaff@yahoo.com. You’ll receive an email reply that an editor has received your MS. You may also text your name, title of manuscript and subject of your email to: 09109854715.

     Thank you for visiting. Happy writing!

Friday, April 26, 2013

Precious Pages Warehouse Sale

Precious Grand Warehouse Sale

Dahil sa isa akong pocketbook / Tagalog romance novel addict ay naligayahan ako nang makita ko ito sa Facebook fan page ng Precious Pages. Alam ko na hindi ako nag-iisa. Sigurado ako, maraming "pb addict" na gaya ko. Kaya ano pa ang hinihintay niyo? Tara na!

PPC Warehouse, Biak na Bato, SFDM, QC


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