Spent the last hour writing an emotional post about a current issue rather than making exam questions that are due ASAP, ahaha. But it was worth it 😅 Things have to be said. And it was quite cathartic.
I keep crying these days but today I am crying happy tears because after a lecture I gave today to general surgeons, they mentioned my dad, saying that he was one of their dear mentors during their training, and that I was now teaching them too like he did. I hope my dad is proud of me 😭
I just booked the place and the owners confirmed that they actually have 6 cats! Heehee even better😸
(You can also ask the owners to shut the cats away during your stay if you do not prefer to have them around, but of course I want to see them all hehe)
Thank you 🫂
I'm looking at airbnb options for my upcoming travel for a conference, and I found one that had "two friendly indoor cats to keep you company" and I think by that alone I am sold haha 🐱
Was vaguely interested in an upcoming book, but it was labeled as "literary horror" and I never could understand why people don't just label all books like this as simply "horror". Genre fiction is literature 🥲
"What if I said I just wanted to talk with you a little longer? Then could I walk you back?”"
Smooth, Volf, very smooth. (Huhu but I love how they both just really wanted to keep talking with each other, above everything)
I like the world building in the novel by the way, and find the mechanics of the magic tools in their world fascinating. The romance seems to be a verrrryyyyy slow burn, but I do like the development of it so far.
I got to reading "Dahlia in Bloom" while waiting for my grandmother to be discharged from the hospital, and I can't stop smiling from kilig now ahaha 😂 The first time I felt something other than exhaustion and sadness this past week. Thankful for small joys. ❤️
Use of AI in book covers??? Of all the lies I've read told about the group, this is the most ridiculous one yet omg 😭
Photo of a Kindle with an ebook cover of Win Meah Over by Ana Tejano. Behind the kindle is a photo of a shih tzu, sleeping.
WIN MEAH OVER is out now! 🥳
I want to hug my younger self and tell her that one day, this WILL happen. Thank you to everyone who walked with me, cheered me on, and waited for this book patiently! Meah finally gets her HEA. 💞
More info + buy links here: anatejano.com/wmo ☀️
#RomanceClass
I think I'm no longer happy in a particular place I'm working in (since doctors here have multiple workplaces), and I can only try to escape sometimes, but the problems are so pervasive since they are ultimately systemic in nature. I don't know where else I can go, though. 😔
The thing with going on vacation is that while it does rejuvenate me for a while, when I go back I just return to the same problems, and somehow they are made even worse in my absence.
So I apparently can still make new friends as an adult ahaha 😅 Grateful for this trip!
Also another reason why I'm not too fond of solo travelling is that I would like to try a lot of the local food, but I can't finish everything all on my own 🥲 Especially since servings are for more than one person, ehe.
What is irony: booking a hotel for the rooftop bar...and then it rains really hard while you are up there. 🥲
Have you ever actually considered that maybe, just maybe, readers say they did not like your book because they simply just did not like it? And it's not bullying or an attack against you? 😅
Why is writing book back cover blurbs so hard 😫 (But I'm finally done with it yay!)
I've been making videos recommending 10 romanceclass (romance in English by Filipino authors) books at a time, for February, as one does.
This is Part 1.
That said, looking for suggestions for places to see in Denver, Colorado! (Also places to stay in that would not be super expensive 😅)
(Note: I am not a super outdoorsy person ahaha, so maybe not long hikes or the like.)
In general, too, I like sharing experiences with other people. I tend to have so many thoughts, and especially more so when I'm traveling, that it's always better for me when there's someone to talk to, someone I'm already comfortable with (and not a stranger I met on the trip).
This is why solo travel has never been something "freeing" for me, because I have tried it too (forced by necessity), and it is never as enjoyable an experience for me as it is for some people.
That anxiety gets overwhelming sometimes, that I tend to put off things I need to do in order to actually get to those places (like visa applications, etc). It's more manageable when I do these things with someone else.
I realized that one of the reasons why I don't like traveling alone is that I often like to bounce ideas off other people, to dispel some of the anxiety I feel when going to a new place.
Congratulations! La Pollera Ediciones acquires Spanish language rights to Catherine Dellosa’s #RomanceClass YA novella RAYA AND GRAYSON’S GUIDE TO SAVING THE WORLD
#IndiePubPH
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Happy Friday and another first for us today: La Pollera Ediciones (Chile) has acquired Spanish language rights to Catherine Dellosa's RomanceClass YA novella Raya and Grayson's Guide to Saving the World ❤
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Also she said that she was glad that it had a happy ending. "This kind of ending is important. It gives people hope." My gosh she is absolutely adorable 🥹
"Akala niya multo siya, pero hindi pala, totoong tao pala! At natulungan pa tuloy siya. Ang galing!" ("She thought he was a ghost, but no, he was a living person! And he really helped her. That's cool!") 🥹
Update on the cute lola pathologist who bought Ghost of a Feeling: while we were eating lunch the other day, she talked about my book again and how she enjoyed it. And it was heartwarming how she mentioned details from the book, so I know she really did read it huhu.
Might as well be productive and deal with things by writing fiction 😅
