Akademya de Majika

AdM55

Hi, it’s Riddles. This will be a long author’s note so if you want to skip it, then go, no one’s stopping you. But if you’re willing to read this up until the last word, thank you so much. So, here goes…

Four years ago (2016), I joined Wattpad. Wala naman talaga akong hilig sa pagbabasa, I actually even hated reading, whether that be pocketbooks, educational books, etc., anything that involves reading (I still hate educational books, though, lol) but with Wattpad, I learned to love reading, books (I collect books now, hehe) and everything associated with art and fiction.

I got addicted reading Wattpad stories, to the point that it interfered with my personal life, but that’s another story to tell. My favorite genre is Fantasy and I have read dozens of fantasy stories in this app. I have loved Fantasy books so much that I dreamed of writing one, and I did.

Akademya de Majika. The original title of the book was actually Magical Academy. And lately ko lang napagtanto na dapat pala ay “mahika” 'yon at hindi “majika.” Meron kasi akong kaibigan dati na ang apelyido ay “Mejia” at hindi “Me-ji-a” ang basa doon kundi “Me-hi-ya.”

I first started writing the book's first part, the prologue, in 2016. Yes, 2016. Only with a different story and different set of characters, but it’s still a magic school. Ni hindi ko na nga maalala kung sino ang mga karakter doon sa unang version of the book.

AdM, or rather MA, had lots of different versions with different sets of characters. Iba-iba, napakarami nila at nakalilito na. ‘Yung utak ko kasi magulo, kaya 'ayun magulo din ang istorya. Pabago-bago din ako ng desisyon at mga plano, kaya umabot ng tatlong taon bago ko naisulat ang final version of AdM. It was last year on November, November 2019 (Can’t remember the exact date, though, lol).

AdM1 was the first chapter I have ever written completely. ‘Yung iba kasi, hanggang planning or description or prologue lang (Though, this version has no Prologue, lol). Hindi na naisulat. I wrote it last year on October, but again, binago ko hanggang sa umabot ng isang buwan at wala na 'kong naisulat pang matino. Matino, ibig sabihin, iyong may patutunguhan.

I actually lost a great friend last year on mid-October, na sa tingin ko ay nakadagdag sa stress, kaya nagkagulo-gulo na naman ang utak ko. But on the first week of November, I have made up my mind. The version that you have read will be the finalized version of the book. Iyon na iyon na talaga. Hindi ko na babaguhin dahil ayoko nang baguhin pa. Napapagod na rin ako, eh.

So everything’s going smooth… When AdM got a hundred reads, I cried. When AdM got its very first vote, I cried. When AdM had ten chapters, I cried kasi nararamdaman kong may patutunguhan na ang libro. Ni hindi ko nga inakalang magagawa kong makasulat ng hanggang sa sampung kabanata, akala ko hanggang Prologue, or rather AdM1 na lang ako forever. Lol.

But then came January. Taal took us all by surprise. No choice kundi lumikas. Bagong environment equals stress. ‘Ayun na naman, nagkagulo-gulo na naman ang utak ko. I decided to unpublish AdM, kasi nawawalan na 'ko ng gana magsulat at hindi ko alam kung makakaya ko pang sundan ang mga nasimulan ko nang isulat.