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Why 2014 was awesome…

Ah! I’m writing a blog post! In my new blog! But this is technically my second post but let’s pretend it’s the first time! Are you screaming with me?!

Haha.

Anyway, to those who don’t know me or may have forgotten I exist, I’m that girl from Imperfect is Beautiful blog, and I have gotten out of my cocoon and came to my new hub!

Now, as the year is ending, I wanted to remember 2014. The best year of my 19 years on this beautiful world. Wanna know whyyyyy? I want to brag, so here it is!

Things I did (which I consider awesome) (I do a lot of things):

Became a fellow for the 21st Iligan National Writer’s Workshop

Got my dream job

Became a manager for a Fiction Division in a publishing company

Gave my sister a laptop

Had my pool birthday party

Had my internship at Cebu Daily News

Got published in Cebu Daily News

Had a big water balloon fight

Traveled to CDO, Iligan and Marawi

Got to help in donating things to Yolanda Victims

Became an agent for authors

Tried Go Cart Racing

Best female player in Laser Tag twice

Arranged a Christmas Party for our company

Living in Cebu for 6 months

Bought my sister a cellphone

Slowly got over my fear of heights

Created a giant pencil

Bought my own laptop

Found my favorite tea shop

Got addicted to milk tea

Tried the scary rides in Star City

Went to Philippine Inquirer in Manila

Tried scary rides in Star City

Attended Cebu LitFest

Got accepted to Rappler’s Internship (though I didn’t go:()

My Firsts:

Lived alone for 2 months

Traveled by plane alone

Traveled by boat alone

Job

Live in a condo

Finish a fitness course

Stayed in school overnight

Paycheck

Go Cart Racing

Laser Tag

Went to a Horror House without covering my eyes with something

Had a roommate who isn’t my sister

Bought a laptop and phone with own money

Started off my online bookstore

Got an author published

Attended a writer’s workshop

Went to Tops in Cebu

Saw Mario Maurer

Signed a publishing contract

Got my passport

Got published in a regional newspaper

Got my book published

Wasn’t 2014 great? Haha. And to think I only wanted to get published, to write more and to travel. I got it all x10! 😀 2014 was indeed a year for my dreams coming true.

How about you? What made your year?

Happy New Year by the way!

New blog, new stuff, same history

At last!

Welcome and hello from my new blog! A lot of things have happened since I last blogged. Like A LOT. For instance, well, this new blog. Doesn’t it look awesome? Let me give you a quick tour. My Stories are the actual blogs. Updates, random things and my inner most secrets that you will have to decode. 🙂 Their Stories are my poems and stories, most of them written through the stories of others. They have been copied from my first blog, dimperfectprincess.blogspot.com, so my blog still contains of the same kind of history. Our Books contain my books, which brings me to my second awesome news…

I’m now an official published author! Yes, 5 of 10 of my Less Than Three series has been published, and is available on Amazon. There is one book published every week, so there will be another one to be published tomorrow. 😀

Thirdly, I’m opening up an online bookstore soon. It has always been a dream of mine to do something like this, and I’m hoping to do it on December. I already have an awesome name for it, which is Book Heaven. Here was the paper I used when the idea struck me:

And lastly, if you go to the welcome page of my blog, you can sign up and get a free copy of Super Twins!

Let me know what you think of my new blog in the comments below! 🙂

Help Me!

Hello!

So in my previous post, I mentioned that my book is getting published! Yehey!

But now here’s the sticky bit. My book is actually a series of short stories, and I have 10 mini books basically filled with stories. My first book will be published, but I need help in choosing my cover.

Here’s the synopsis of my first book, Less than three: Of New Beginnings

At one point or another, love is all about wonderful beginnings.

In “Walkie-Talkie”, Matt has been in love with his friend for a long time. But with Anne entertaining other suitors, can Matt’s love be returned?

It’s a different story for Leila in “Confessions of a University Scholar” after finding out that she has a stalker! She finds posts on a Facebook page mentioning intricate details about her. And when the stranger dares her to find out who he is, she’s left with only 2 choices that could change everything.

“CandlelitStorm” is just the perfect reason for best friends Beth and Bryan to get closer and for her to realize just what she feels for this guy. But will it ever be reciprocated when Bryan has other girls in mind?

Who knows that the time “11:11″ could bring two souls together? The number means so much to Lota that she’d make a wish when it’s 11:11. And when she meets Jeric, the guy who witnesses how she embarrassed herself, he’s also going to make a surprising wish.

Lily sees a post on Facebook from Mike, asking anyone to PM him a number and he’d say something about the person. Lily thinks twice about sending him a number, and just when she did, Mike decides then to continue answering the next day! But what will he say to her after she posted “143″?

Fall in love with these cute couples as they each face new beginnings in this wonderful collection of short stories.

Will you please help me?

The voting for it is on Facebook on my new author page. Please like the picture that appeals to you the most and if you can, you can add comments on how to improve it. And if you feel like it, you can like the page too.

The link for the album is HERE.

Thank you so much for helping! 😀

Dumdidumdumduuuum

Well. Uhm. Sigh.

I haven’t blogged for a while again. I feel guilty, sorry and extremely apologetic.

Just a warning people, my brain is on hyper mode after eating ice cream, so this post is so unedited that you won’t recognize it’s me writing.

I have been busy on Wattpad, with work, and writing my book. Being a book agent is hard work people. Being an agent AND a writer is just down right crazy.

YES, MY BOOK.

Would you forgive me now? I’ll try to update every week, then every other day, then if I can, every day.

Soooo…on to awkward updates!

I launched another book! Here’s the synopsis:

The rules were simple:.

15 girls were chosen from royal bloodlines to be with the Prince. They are given one night each with him, and in the end he shall choose a bride and make her Queen.

So how did someone from Montana, USA get involved in something that was supposed to be for those chosen? Anna sure doesn’t know, but she knew that she had to stay away from the Prince as much as she could.

With her mischievous ways and un-royal manners, she was sure that the Prince wouldn’t pick her.

But what if the Prince was as determined to be with her as she was determined to stay away from him?

Experience “One Night with the King” meets “Princess Diaries” told with humor in this romantic comedy for all ages and find out what happens when a person goes from nada to royalty.

The author of this book is someone I look up to. She writes crazy good and I read this story even before I started working for the publishing company.

Get her book HERE. Yes, HERE.

NEXT!

My book..well..it’s getting published this week. YES THIS WEEK. So that is one of the reasons I’m updating…for promotional reasons..yeah I feel more guilty now.

Anyway, my publishing company is making me an author blog, so I may post there what I usually post here.

I’ll tell you more about it on my next post!

NEXT!

My birthday is on the 4th of October! I’m turning 19! Yes. 19. That means I have been writing for SEVEN years! That’s awesome!

NEXT!

That’s basically it for now. 😀

Book Agent Hat

So I was MIA for a long time, and now I am about to reveal why.

I have become a book agent!

Yes, an actual book agent. Months after being hired as a book editor, I got promoted to become a literary agent for authors.

And tonight, I will be launching the first ever book I have handled. And as an agent, it is my duty to promote the author and the book. I just really wanted to brag. (haha)

So now I will be introducing to you the book that will be launched August 31, 12PM Eastern Time. With over 10 Million reads on Wattpad, My Best Friend’s Brother!

Here is the synopsis:

“That’s right. I was in love with my bully.”

Having a best friend with a cruel older brother is a recipe for disaster. It was worse for Hope who’s best friend, Heather, had twin demons as brothers who restlessly bullied them, especially her when she visits their house.

Fast forward to a few years, Hope finds herself in a summer where the twins come home from college. She can no longer run, especially when her friend Heather is the one visiting this time with her brothers in tow.

Will Hope ever reconcile with her bullies? Or will she be stuck harboring feelings for one of them?

The author of the book, MJ Thompson, is a 29 year old woman from the UK. Growing up she went through many phases, including wanting to be a mechanic, a historian and a midwife. Her only constant dream was to become a published author.

Always having a lot of ideas for stories and often getting inspired by the slightest thing, she discovered an online free publishing site that was a good place for her to publish her works for millions to read and also read other books, which is one of her favorite past times.

The book is already live on Amazon, but we’re launching it in 8 hours! I’m so giddy! If you want a copy of the book, click here.

It will be on a discounted price for one week before it goes back to its original price. Help countdown with me by going to her blog here.

I do hope for your support on this one. Soon, it would be MY BOOK that I will be promoting, and I’m hoping for the same kind of love.

A shout out to the company I’m working for, BLVNP Incorporated. Because of them, I am living and working my dream job. Check out other books that they’ve published before in their website here.

Do YOU know someone who might want to publish their book? Let them send me an email at lean@blvnp.com. 😀

Blocked writer

I haven’t posted in a while,

and I feel bad for it.

I wish I could turn back time,

but I can’t.

And so I’ll make up for it,

by posting every week.

Just until I could get used

to writing everyday.

I will beat this sickness,

that they call writer’s block.

For the meantime

you can check my Facebook.

Of my posts in poetry,

how a simple activity can be weaved into a poem.

Til next week,

Til another charge of randomness.

Pretentious thoughts and other things

As the plane soared up in the sky, my train of thought began to ramble in my mind, filling the silence. I forgot where I placed my ear phones, so I let my mind talk freely.

I can’t believe I almost missed my plane! I didn’t even last ten seconds in that terminal and I had to pay the terminal fee before passing through! Ah, look at the clouds. They pass by me in such a way that they seem touchable, as if I could touch it if I reach out my hand to it. Oh look, they turned the seatbelt sign on. The captain warns us of turbulence. Wow, the plane is really shaking. If I could just close my eyes I could imagine being somewhere else. Like outside maybe. But the altitude will kill me if I go outside the plane. No, I meant on the ground. Oh we’re floating over seas? At home then. Wait, why am I being pretentious? I want to go to Hawaii if I want to distract myself from the fear of the plane falling into the ground and crashing. Nooooooooo! Erase from memory. Erase from memory!

Sooooooo. Yeah. I really have a weird mind. If scientists studied it, my mind would be a reject. Harhar.

So I promised an update, well here I am!

What I’ve done so far:

1.) I attended the Iligan Writer’s Workshop. Link to the story of that HERE.

I met beautiful and wonderful writers who are just as weird as I am!

2. I’ve moved to Cebu for my internship and a job. 🙂 So that’s taking all my time from writing (booooooo) But I am learning a lot from it though (yeeeeeeey)

Yes, I made a loom bracelet while I was on a plane.

3. I celebrated the 40th monthsary with my boyfriend. <3 If you’ve read my stories, you already know him 😛 (Long Distance Relationship suck)

4. I’m REALLY going to get my book published. For real! With a publisher! That I’m working for! So yeeeeeeeeey!

5. A lot more to come. But I need more inspiration! Comment below for any story ideas because I want to write something. Anythiiiiiiiing!

Meeting aliens like me

When you’ve been a loner all your life because you prefer books more than people, it’s such a breath of fresh air when you meet aliens like yourself.

For me, I met them on May 26, 2014.

They didn’t come in a space ship, nor did they come with trumpets blaring my eardrums off. No. They were in normal clothes with their almost human faces.

They clearly made their work speak for themselves.

The 21st Iligan National Writer’s Workshop was – for the lack of a more exaggerated word- simply electrifying. Gathering writers who were just starting to make a name for themselves and writers who already have a stand in the literature world was like entering into a room with creativity palpable in the air.

It felt like I was on cloud nine actually.

Someone loves me up there, because that person granted me the wish I wanted ever since I was that bullied little kid.

I wished for people I could relate to.

I couldn’t believe that there were people out there who shared the same weird thoughts as me, who were as curious as I was about the world. People who understood what it was like to just pour everything out onto the page.

And even though we spent the workshop criticising everyone’s work, the pointers and suggestions people made were more than helpful to each and everyone of us.

The panelists? Don’t get me started on them. They were ruthless, honest, and downright helpful. They made us see our work in a different light. They were a breed of their own, each with their own right to be sitting in front of us and ripping our work as painfully as they could. Their background and knowledge of literature that was so vast that all I could do was stare in awe.

As for the other fellows? They brought out my inner extrovert, even for just a week. They were just a group of people who seem to be pieces of my life I never knew I was missing. It was my first time interacting with people who aspired to be a real writer like me. Each of them came from somewhere, each with their own story to tell.

Those six days in Iligan were days that would forever be imprinted in my mind. I just hope I get to see them all again!

So now I will write MORE. I’d definitely be fulfilling my motto. Which is to write until my heart runs out of ink 😉

26 months

Because today is my blog’s 2 year and one month anniversary and I’ve only had four hours of sleep and an exam to pass, here’s something to make up for it. Certainly relieved some stress! This is true love.

<3,
Me.

2 years and two months countdown!

So I may or may have not been neglecting my blog for the past two months. In between studying for exams, making an advertisement and finishing my second book, I never realised that my blog turned two! And even though I missed it, I’m going to celebrate the two year and two months anniversary instead this June! (Because I don’t trust myself to post on the 2 years and 1 month day which is during an exam)(And it’s 3 days from now!)

Today I’m going to write about what has got me busy for the past two months. The good things only, of course.

First off, on March I submitted an application for a National Writing Workshop. And guess what, I got in! You can read about this workshop more here.