Wattpad Works: Grand Finale of Seven Minutes In Heaven

On September 6, 2016, I began publishing Seven Minutes in Heaven on my Wattpad account. This story is a spin-off from The Set-Up Wedding which narrates the love story of Jude Castillo's younger brother, Efren and his college sweetheart, Matilda.

I started off by launching a little Seven Minutes In Heaven Teaser Video .

After all the cute lovey-dovey but wild scenes during their college days, to the intense passionate adulthood and return of the long lost and gone, Matti, the story is finally coming to its end this Saturday night.

First Wattpad book cover of Seven Minutes in Heaven.
Photos used are from www.wallcoo.com, the rest of the editing/changes are made via Wattpad Covers app.

I would like to thank God, first and always, because even if I am currently in a sort-of a problematic career situation, He made this situation a way for me to write a new story that will put tears in people's eyes, make them want to strangle a guy (Efren), gasp in the intense passionate scene, and make them fall in love. (I am not sure though if these are the effects of #7MinutesInHeaven to my readers, but I am hoping, as always!)

And of course, I am thankful to my family, because they have always been supportive with my writing adventures (ever since I was a kid), and I feel sorry sometimes because they experience my crankiness at times when my flow in writing is disturbed... (I am really sorry, it's just part of the process *sobs*).

I am also thankful to have the love of my life who is also supportive with my writing ventures. He is the one who taught me to look at writing in different angles (that it is not just an art but something more), and I know I still have a lot to learn. If I dedicate The Set-Up Wedding to my parents and grandparents, I dedicate Seven Minutes in Heaven to him.

The second and final book cover for Seven Minutes in Heaven. The photo used is taken from Google Images, the rest of the editing/changes are made via Wattpad Covers app.

I will miss writing Efren and Matilda's love story. At first, it was hard for me to start the story, I always feel like something was missing... or Effy and Matti lacked something to make me write more about them. But like what the couple wanted to teach everyone, I learned to sacrifice some things in order for my relationship with Efren and Matilda to work. And it did, I finally got to know who Efren and Matilda are, and how to tell my readers who Efren and Matti are. (Why not? Efren's apparition always bugged me at night! Lol. Just trying to be funny.)

So, tonight is going to be the grand finale. You might ask, what should you expect from the ending of their love story? There will be a never-ending Author's Note and a list of songs that made it to my playlist when I wrote the novel. There will be abs and reconciliations and some partying and surprises and confettis. It will be fun, it will be nostalgic, it will make you feel like, I should have written more chapters because that's how I sincerely felt when I finished the story last night, that's why I had a lot of editing done with it... because I feel like I should write more...

What happens next after Efren and Matilda's heavenly story? I am planning to write about another Castillo (guess who?) but I want to prioritize some suspense-detective-teen fiction for a change because I have been writing so much romance these past 15 years (Yes, fifteen years!)

But I always tend to change my mind, so let's see!

And don't worry, the story will stay available and free to be read on Wattpad, unless my publisher gives me an assurance or approval that they will publish #7MinutesInHeaven. I will announce that, if ever.

Wattpad Works: Updates - The SUW Book Cover

Hello! :) It's been quite a while since my last update here on my blog about the publishing of The Set-Up Wedding, so now that I have the time, I will be giving you guys a FULL UPDATE REPORT about it!

The first news is SUW's book cover that I took a screenshot from their Instagram post. Yaaay! So here's a sneak peek for the book's cover with the characters Jude and Ellen in smooth black attires, so classy!

Next, as we all know, yung ipapublish na parts ng SUW ng Bookware (under Pink & Purple) ay kailangang burahin sa Wattpad (as part of the agreement with the publisher), so I apologize kasi binura ko na. BUUUUT, yung mga chapters na binura ko na ang content ay pinalitan ko ng other content. What content naman ang nilagay ko? Some trivias and facts about SUW tulad ng playlist na pinakinggan ko which inspired the story and it's development and more, more, more! (P.S. There's a Jude and Ellen slum note included!)

Here's the list of the updated deleted chapters of SUW. Sa mga babasa pa lang, you can start na sa SUW II - 11 <3 Click the link: Set-Up Wedding Part 2, Chapter 11

That's all for now <3

Have a happy week!

Wattpad Works: Updates!

Hello, everyone!

It's been a long time since my last post in this blog, so today I will be giving you an update about my Wattpad works. (Yehey!)

So, first, as obvious as it looks like, yes, Set Up Wedding will be published soon by Bookware. Coming soon in the Manila International Book Fair 2016 is SUW's first part printed into a book. It is really a big break for me and my works, and I am hoping that you guys will support it as much as how you loved and supported the story on Wattpad. :)

Yup, because of the agreement with the publisher, the story will be deleted from the site BUT even if the story is deleted, the book on Wattpad will only be replaced by some trivia and such for all the SUW fans and lovers of the story. In fact, I already put up Ellen and Jude's slum note on the first pages of SUW that was already deleted (because of the upcoming first part of the book).

But SUW's second part is still available for reading on Wattpad. So, go! Read while it is still there! :)

P.S. SUW just reached #100 in Romance! Thank you for the support! <3

Next update will be about The Annihilator's Awakening. So, this will be my second Fantasy/Paranormal story to be published on Wattpad (Well, Doppel  was first.)

I am wondering why its audience is few... It makes me think that romance stories have more impact on Filipino readers than Fantasy/Paranormal, but hey, I am not losing hope!

I published the story on my new Wattpad account, Bean Miller. I wonder if I should deactivate it anyway because it is hard to control two Wattpad profiles, plus, my original Wattpad profile have more followers so maybe, The Annihilator's Awakening will be more given notice there or can be easily promoted there so, I have to think about that yet.

Against the World is my new romance novel project on Wattpad, as you can see, it isn't progressing that much. The Annihilator's Awakening is eating up all of my focus in writing... so, you might think what kind of a cruel person am I to keep on deleting her unfinished stories? But I am sorry, because I am already considering to do that, so that I can concentrate more on TAA.

Well, that's all for now :) See you around, readers!