I’ve dealt with a lot of narcissists my whole life. An observation I made over the years is how the Filipino culture, and the difficulty of life back home and abroad for the common Filipino, has made narcissism almost a cultural trait. In my school days in Manila, “talent contests” were pretty common–kids who won …
I won’t make my current WIP a big secret: it’s the third installment to the Blackwood Marauders series of action-packed fantasy standalones. I tend to write the Blackwood Marauders novels as palate cleansers between heavy projects. They’re fun, action-filled fantasies (the old term was sword and sorcery), and they used to be these pulpy, plot-driven, …
I sometimes can’t believe I’ve been on this grind for at least six years. Six years ever since I started taking my self-publishing journey seriously. Six years ever since I burned all the ships, so to speak, and said goodbye to my engineering career so I could focus on writing full-time, with no guarantees that …
Five years ago, I started writing this little book where I wanted to deconstruct the idea of a “strong female character” in epic fantasy. Down the rabbit hole I went. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was going to end up encountering misogynistic responses to the work, in addition to having to …
