Because Amazon has a mind of its own, my YA sci-fi book, ANTI, went live today! Drumroll! Confetti! Chants of joy! ANTI is a young adult (with crossover appeal) science fiction book with a cast of villains doing awful things for good reasons. Love and hate relationships, enemies-to-lovers, cool robots, evil robots, space trips, and a…
My first book? PUBLISHED!
It’s been forever since I last posted here. “But, why was that?” you wonder? LOOK AT MY BOOK’S GORGEOUS, BADASS COVER PLEASE ANTI is a young adult (with crossover appeal) science fiction book with a cast of villains doing awful things for good reasons. Love and hate relationships, enemies-to-lovers-to-????, cool robots, evil robots, space trips,…
It’s about d*mn time
Well, guys, sometimes you gotta do things yourself. Because you can control the timeline. Because you can control the process and most of the result. Because, otherwise, nothing will happen—and fuck that. It applies to everything: don’t wait for permission or approval. Do your absolute best, pour your heart into that something, and greenlight your…
It’s been a while
I feel like I blogged last an eon ago, which isn’t a lie: it’s been over six months since the last time I wrote anything for this website. And that’s good, because the past few months have been a bit rough—what with the pandemic never ending, my betas flaking, and my queries falling flat. I…
Hi, 2021
This is good. 2020 ended, and most importantly, the pandemic’s end is in sight. According to my country’s vaccination programme, I can get my shot from April onwards. Half of me is relieved and thinking of a summer traveling, because you’d better be sure I’m gonna travel as much as I can as soon as…
NaNo is coming! The fear! The Fun!
I’m aware NaNoWriMo is as widely hated as it is beloved. Who likes it? Those who participate and find in it the motivation needed to draft at the speed of light. OK, at the speed of sound. Maybe just to write as much as possible. Now, who hates NaNo? Many people, for many reasons. In…
Back, baby
I have no clue why I haven’t blogged lately. Maybe it’s the pandemic. What else is there to talk about except crazy politics, pandemic, vaccines, social distancing, pandemic, pandemic, meh? IDK, guys, this year just feels like wasted time. Many friends of mine went on vacation during the summer, but I wasn’t bold enough to…
Thou shalt become a brand, right?
Since I’m finishing editing that book I’ve been editing FOREVER SO FAR, a number of questions and tasks have popped up in my head, including but not limited to: Girl, you need to rework your query letter And also, when will you finish editing your other two manuscripts? Because you have to finish writing book…
The grit
Hey, hey, hey, guys! I’m feeling obnoxiously hyper today, all positive for whatever reason. Maybe it’s because after months struggling to get much done, I got my groove back, and I’m PRODUCING big time. FINALLY, and against the odds (read: my own procrastination and laziness), I managed to finish editing my sci-fi book (for the…
Bye, bye insecurity
For a very, very long time, I’ve felt insecure about my writing. I’d enumerate the reasons, but right now, that feels like giving them power, and this post and this day are all about flipping the switch an empowering myself. I firmly believe I will reach my writing goals, I will get my books published,…
Bookstores = depression
How do my fellow aspiring authors feel when visiting a bookstore? To be honest, I feel depressed. Walking up and down the aisles, staring at the bookshelves, I can’t help but wonder if I’ll even make it there. Will someone like my work? Even more: will anybody bother to publish it? Why does publication matter…
The present
I never imagined I’d live through a real pandemic. It’s been strange, surreal, stressful, heartbreaking, scary, hopeful. From the lockdowns to the quarantines and the awful news coming from many corners of the world. To the hope and now the much needed social protests the globe is seeing, one can say 2020 is one for…