We’ve been having more conversations about privilege lately, and I’ve had a lot of thoughts about it when it comes to self-publishing. It’s no question that you need a professional product if you’re going down this road. You need proper covers, proper editing, proper typography, etc. I knew that coming in. After years of living …
Two random facts about me. One: I scare really, really easily. Two: I love horror movies. Growing up, my mom (and various cousins) loved terrifying me with monster stories from Philippine folklore. This has instilled in me a fascination for horror movies, though I never really sought them out in childhood. There’s a movie Aswang …
I’ve had a fair bit of discussion last year over the concept of “Own Voices,” particularly with regards to AoC in SFF, and I’ve seen the conversation quite often in Twitterspace the past couple of months, which inevitably means I start to form my own opinion about it. “Does own voices mean,” some people may …
In case you didn’t know it yet, the Earth is careening its way towards disaster and the little changes we make in every day life may not quite be enough. We need to do more. For someone who spends as much time in the outdoors as I can get away with, the effects of climate …
THE WOLF OF OREN-YARO will be out next year. I’ve been so busy the last few months I’ve barely had time to register that reality in my head. I’ve been editing, now waiting for copyedits; writing, researching, and plotting my next project, the first book of which is a little over halfway done; planning the …
