I told you I’ve been busy. LADY BLACK concludes this set of Blackwood Marauders standalones. So while these books refer to each other and have the same set of characters, they’re all entirely self-contained and wrap up the plot by the end of each book. My other trilogies are not–the plot builds up on the …
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 …
