*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participa...
This is my output from the #romanceclassYA workshop that ran from September 1 to November 30, 2017
SHOOKT 1.0 Nora is a solid fangirl who managed to get her crush's cell number from her big brother (without him knowing). She texted him everyday, sending him encouraging messages and inspiring quotes from her favorite books and movies. Arch, the athlete that's currently dominating the UAAP Men's Basketball season...
It’s that time of the year again. For lovers, it is the time to celebrate love. For single people, it is the time to be hopeful to find someone someday. For businessmen, it is the time to sell sweetness at a reasonable price. But for recent dumpees like me, it is nothing but pure horrible hell. Ugh. Valentine’s Day.
Isabelle Dizon was perfect. A straight A business course student, a sensible lady, a responsible daughter any parent would wished for. But she felt something lacking. She often felt she was living to her parents idea of what she should be, and she started to doubt if that was what she really wanted. As her uncertainty...
When a violent, short-tempered novel-writing high school girl crosses path with an unresponsive, mysterious country-trekking guy, what the hell might go wrong? Well, EVERYTHING. But this is not your typical teen fiction story. Not when you add in a pinch of fantasy, mystery and adventure...
It took me a thousand restless days to make this any sooner, 2197 days to be exact. And finally, I've achieved it. Elois, honey, everything you are and everything about you, I have adored it for the longest of time and so I will continue to till my final breath. I'm Nikolas Yamazawa 16 years from now and I've come fro...
The Conspirations of the Universe is a story about Luke Monasterio, a book hugger and a fan boy, who had recently had his heart broken by his girlfriend. He thought that the Universe hated him and so he took refuge to his all-time favorite book, A Starless Night. One night, he dreamt about the book's protagonist and w...
Sino kaya ang misteryosong babae sa likod ng isang lumang painting? Bakit siya nakatalikod at kilala lamang sa titulo na La Señorita or "The Señorita"? (Mi Senorita Duology Book 1) (COMPLETED-Wattys 2017 Storysmiths Awardee) Photo: "Una India" Oil on canvas ca 1875 by Esteban Villanueva y Vinarao (1859-1920) Museo Na...
If you're looking for the ugly duckling who turned into a swan, then you got the wrong book. Les' best friend, Dee, just got rejected by the love of her life. According to the guy, ayaw niya sa babaeng conservative, hindi aggressive, underdog, weak, boring at manang katulad ni Dee. Now, Dee's convinced that love is al...
❝Don't let anyone bring you down.❞ Fifteen-year-old Bloom Landry loves music, but she's been unable to show what she's got since a falling-out with an ex-best friend years ago. However, due to an unexpected circumstance, she's forced to take part in a songwriting competition that will test her courage to overcome her...
The S #1 Hindi ako santa. I'm not nice on a daily basis. I've done things that conservatives and prudes will frown upon. I've got vices and guilty pleasures. I've done things that good and obedient students wouldn't. I've done the worse thing that you could do to a friend. Yeah, people will say I'm bad, but I don't...
"They may see you as how you try to be, but what I see is what you try not to be." SHE IS A BASTARD... Maxine Theobald hid from the rest of society to protect her father's name. But as she grows tired of her role-playing games every year during the famous Theobald weekend parties, she starts to question how she...
THIS IS NOT A BLURB. Not yet anyways because as of today, I'm still in the process of writing it. This is a scene that started in my head, which I found entertaining so I wrote it (I'm referring to chapter 1). With my consent, it was posted by @hunnydew on her FB with the sole purpose of sharing. This was also origin...
Joy was born into a rich family. She's gotten used to getting what she wants. It never crossed her mind that her parents would cut her allowance in half. To make matters worse, they send the most annoying guy on earth to look after her while on vacation with her friends. This unexpected detour leads to many lessons on...
"A love not shown is more painful than a love rejected." SHE IS DETERMINED... The town of Wickhurst sees Ysabella Everard as a spoiled, rich young girl. What Ysa believes on the other hand is that she will someday get the man of her dreams and that is no other than the elusive rake William Hayward, the Lord of Wakefi...
When Margaret Everard is asked to investigate the man she once loved for the murder of the Prime Minister, she knows he's innocent, until clues start to prove otherwise. ***** Years ago, Margaret Everard was engaged to be married to Cole Devitt, but a series of tragic events ruined it all. Now, ten years later, she's...
"Deliciously captivating! It's the perfect amount of laughs, love and drama. You won't be able to put this book down!" - Grace K @ HQ. When Agatha becomes the Everard's governess, she's grateful for a way to escape her dark past. That is until her growing feelings for the mysterious Lord of the house begin to present...
Banished for five years, Lady Belinda Carrington returns to Willowfair, claiming to know things one would find impossible to believe. With her tainted reputation, can Belinda make Town Guard McKenzie Haverston help her in her pursuit of the truth? *** After her banishment five years ago, Belinda Carrington returns wit...
