Anne Plaza

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Cover Reveal: Bloodline Maharlika

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I should be promoting the heck out of Reader Con happening this weekend, BUT this is just one thing I need to share before I go crazy.

So, do you remember this?

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I finally, FINALLY have a cover that makes me proud to call this book my “baby”.

Say hello to the new Bloodline Maharlika cover:

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Thank you to my super awesome cover artist Robert Wong for bringing Owenn Magpantay to life. Every time I look at it, I am just washed over by a tidal wave of feels. And it also reminds me that I need to finish book 2, stat! Haha.

I’ll be selling Bloodline Maharlika along with my other books at the Filipino Reader Con this Saturday! If you’d like to get a copy, you can fill out the order form. 🙂

The Super Swag Giveaway

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I have a couple of stuff to giveaway in a nifty thing I call a “super swag”. Here’s what’s up for grabs:

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  • Modo Arte journal
  • kampilan keychain
  • Lingling O necklace
  • Supernatural novel #1 Nevermore
  • Bloodline Maharlika wire bookmark
  • #StrangeLit Incredible Truths ebook code

How do you win this? Easy peasy. Just subscribe to my mailing list (found at the right-hand column, or fill in the form here). After subscribing, just enter the email address you used to sign up into the Rafflecopter magic machine:

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There you have it! Thank you for your interest and look forward to more updates and giveaways from me! 🙂

The #StrangeLit Launch Party

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#StrangeLit authors hamming it up for the cam

Last weekend was magical, crazy, awesome, and all sorts of fun! The #StrangeLit Book Launch was held last October 24 at Recession Coffee in Eastwood Mall and by the time the program started to roll, the place was PACKED! I was pleasantly surprised to find the place teeming with familiar faces of the authors I’ve met during the #StrangeLit classes. The turnout of attendees was truly amazing! Friends, family, colleagues, and other people close to the authors were there to support everyone.

StrangeLit workshop organizer/mentor Mina V. Esguerra started the ball rolling with an intro to what the workshop was all about and what it meant to all of us who were part of it. That was followed by a one-minute excerpt reading of each author of their finished work. For most of us, it was a tall order, being that a lot of us have the jitters in speaking to a crowd, but I have to say each one did very well. I personally had my own slip-ups, but I think it wasn’t a sloppy job. 🙂

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Bloodline Maharlika: My “Baby” Project

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If Dean Winchester has his Baby (a 1967 Chevrolet Impala), so do I. 🙂

Three years ago, a story idea popped in my head and it’s been there ever since It all started with my fascination for Philippine mythology and folklore, perhaps due to all the feels from reading Arnold Arre’s graphic novels Mythology Class and After Eden. I’ve always been curious about the occult and the paranormal, though the only real “dabbling” I ever did with it was to write a story. I’m sure writers have been plagued with the same experience of plot bunnies disturbing their every day thoughts that they just needed to get them written or they’d go stark raving mad. The only way to get the bunnies to at least take a rest was for me to do something about it. So I did some research on lower myths and pantheons, read up on pre-Hispanic life and culture, and watched shows and documentaries until I was able to get the material I needed to start drafting characters and establishing the plot. The result: Bloodline Maharlika.

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There’s nothing ordinary about Owenn Magpantay the moment awareness seeped through her consciousness. A demi-goddess born from the line of maharlika and Bathala himself, Owenn is the hope for peace between mortal and the divine. But when the god Apolaki decried Bathala’s love for humans, Owenn became his ultimate target. Together with her half-sister, the bathaluman Mayari, they travel to present day Manila where Owenn must eventually face the evil of Apolaki with the help of Companions descended from the warrior nobility.

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#StrangeLit Story Bundles Are LIVE!

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So last July, I signed up for a writing workshop called #StrangeLit facilitated by Mina V. Esguerra and Bronze Age Media, as well as sponsored by Buqo. This was different from the previous workshops of Mina that I’ve attended, mainly because it’s about paranormal and urban fantasy. I have a soft spot for fantasy because it saved my sanity once when I was going through emo stuff back in college. Ever since then, I’ve been reading one fantasy book after another, and I thought it would be a good challenge to try my hand in writing a story in the said genre.
History has a way of repeating itself, but I won’t bore you with the details. This workshop came at the right time, and I couldn’t be more thankful I was part of it. The story that’s been in my head for so long has finally seen the light of day.

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