NOVEL PROJECTS
Tales from Asteria
- TRILOGY STATUS:
– Book 1 (First Draft Completed; ~50,000 words) 
– Book 2 (First Draft Compelted; ~60,000 words)
– Book 3 (Outlining Stage)
GENRE: FANTASY
READS LIKE: Spirted Away by Hayao Miyazaki meets Rise of the Guardians
A desperate dreamer crosses realms to seek a star-wielding immortal who could help her reunite with her missing mother, but her wish attracts the presence of nightmare beasts, endangering the celestial world with a curse that destroys all dreams.
EXPECT the ff:
- spacecore meets light academia
- whimsical prose
- wholesome romance
- fight scenes with unique weapons
- galaxy-filled canvases
- doors to many realms
- stars that sing
- nightmares animated as monsters
- libraries with lampstands
- a brave mortal girl
- unpredictable immortal guardians
FAVORITE QUOTE:
“Grandmother was wrong about dreams. It wasn’t just a maddening cycle of wishing and longing. Dreaming was walking a thin line between hope and disappointment. It was a set up to fall; so that the human heart can fly. Or so that it could crash. Dreaming was never fanciful. Dreaming was dangerous.”
Speak : ILY
BOOK STATUS:
– Third Draft Completed; (70,000 words) ✨
– 1st Round of Beta Reading (Done!) ✨
– 2nd Round of Beta Reading (Ongoing)
GENRE: Contemporary Romance (with light sci-fi)
READS LIKE: Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern meets “Raining in Manila” by Lola Amour
Jon, a Filipino 18-year-old with cerebral palsy and a speech impairment, wants to tell his best friend that he’s in love with her, but he must first face family issues, a rival suitor, and the need for a new voice in his communication aid—all while learning to speak up for himself.
EXPECT the ff:
- childhood friends to lovers trope
- slow burn romance
- humorous narrative voice
- mixed messages
- mentions of music and anime
- Metro Manila-based setting
- journey to courage
- disability representation
- Filipino representation
- overcoming internalized ableism
FAVORITE QUOTE:
“Don’t let anyone make you feel like you’re anything less. Not even you,” he says. “Your voice is your own; there’s nothing wrong with it, even when people say you’re different.”
PROJECT: CUPID
GENRE: Romantic Comedy & Urban Fantasy
BOOK STATUS: Outlining
READS LIKE: Lore Olympus meets The Pygmalion
- Enemies to lovers
- Cynical mortal scholar meets helpless romantic immortal
- Witty conversations
- College campus setting
- Interdimensional travel
- Modern twist to the Myth of Eros / Cupid
SHORT STORY PROJECTS
PROJECT: NAMELESS
GENRE: Fantasy
READS LIKE: Reverse Beauty & the Beast
- a feared monster with a bounty on her head
- a mysterious knight on the hunt
- set in the same world as Tales from Asteria
PROJECT: STEAMPUNK
GENRE: Steampunk Science Fiction
READS LIKE: I-Robot by Isaac Asimov meets Romeo & Juliet
- music & robots
- a virus called love
- a science experiment gone wrong
