Partly memoir, partly fiction. Composed of: SeoulMate The Awesomeness Project (first US trip, NYC) The Romantic Pilgrimage (Lipad Para sa Pag-ibig sa Texas) #125DaysOfSummer (Leave from Work to Contemplate on Getting Married or Staying Happily Single)
Macy has just broken up with her boyfriend, Charles, because she is a green-eyed little devil (read: super selosa). She meets Vince, a guy with a past that would drive any girl insanely jealous, and is her ex's old friend to boot. (15 chapters, ~10,000 words, ~45-minute read)
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's Fundamentals of Creative Writing is a marvelous textbook that combines useful technical advice on craft with beautiful practical examples in her own stories. Brainard's treatments of writerly voice and left brain/right brain theory as it connects to writing are among the best available in...