You Need To Talk About The Books You Love

After two years writing full-time, I came across an interesting revelation. The loudest voices aren’t always right, or the best, or even the majority. I KNOW, MINDBLOWING, RIGHT? But now I want to stretch that a bit further when it comes to book marketing and promotion. One of the biggest game-changers for me–the one that …

More Thoughts on Writing Around My Culture

I have been reading some of Jose Rizal’s essays over the weekend, particularly The Indolence of The Filipino. My husband is an avid historian, and one of our favourite conversations of the past seventeen years has been on Philippine history. I frequently get dates and facts wrong, which always makes him scratch his head, so …

Thea’s Restorative — The Half Killed Custom Cocktail

I realized half an hour ago that I’ve been a bad friend because I promised Quen I would make this since she doesn’t drink and she was pregnant at the time, and I never did. So here we go. *reads recipe* Wait, whatddya mean I have to wait one fucking hour for tea to cool? FUCK …