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Orientation was scheduled for 9am this day and I actually got up on my own at about 6:30am (which is amazing considering that would be 3:30 home time *gah*). The day was proving to be a hot one again and after my shower, I put up my hair Mrs. Olsen-style (okay, how many remember the [...]

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Got up moderately late - 11 local time, but 7 Pacific. Not bad for having not gone to be until 3am local. I was glad I’d packed for the night, but was sorry I didn’t have fresh clothes to change into. It’s such a small thing for me usually, but with the heat the way [...]

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Still busily reading for school this summer, but recently received some cool news.
Sheila Bender is one of those writers I’ve read off and on for years, mostly for her sound advice on the process of writing. I discovered A Year in the Life soon after the birth of my second child and it [...]

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Less than a month before the Pagdiriwang event!
Writers Workshop Co-chairs Maria Batayola, Robert Francis Flor and Dale Tiffany have put together a terrific program, and promoted it incredibly well. I’m very excited to read, but even more excited to hear the work of all the fabulous pinay writers featured:
Melissa Nolledo
Nancy [...]

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Here be a list of authors I’d like to study and emulate. This will be an ongoing list, updated periodically.
Lawrence Yep
Eve Bunting
Jane Yolen
Charles DeLint
Neil Gaiman
Harold and the Purple Crayon series
Moonbear series
Christopher Paul Curtis
Tony Robles
Growing Up Filipino I and II
Kate DeCamillo
Paul Gobel

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Came home late tonight after working all day, taking the family out for dinner and catching the First Friday Concert by Swil Kanim.
Swil is a musician, storyteller, and philosopher who’s name is Richard Marshall but who /is/ Swil Kanim – Works for the People. 
I’ve seen Swil perform off an on for years, ever since seeing [...]

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