hello world! i’m back online 💕🎊

rainy days 💕

Come join me and Kawika Guillermo in a conversation about growing up with video games. As a queer girlie who found her sexuality in games, Guillermo’s work throughout the years have been lampposts in my writing career! If you love video games, this is for you 🤭🤭 vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68a8c...

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It’s been so lovely interacting with everyone and seeing all the incredible stories out there during #DVparty this week! Days like this make me endlessly grateful for the writing community 💖 Wishing everyone the best of luck tomorrow! I can’t wait to cheer y’all on ✨

phew what a fun day to pitch and learn what everyone’s writing! feels like there should be an after #dvparty 🤭

In Diyosa Mata, Mayari awakens the power to shapeshift into the male Filipino god of the sun & war, Apolaki, and as she leads an uprising against colonial oppressors, she must confront whether her true battle is with her enemies or with her own divided identity. #YA #asian #F #dvpit #lgbt #poc #sff

When Joe immigrated in the ’60s, he was homesick and lonely. But he kept his mother close by cooking her dishes. FILIPINO-CANADIAN FEASTS is his legacy—shared now with his children, and yours. 3 generations keep her memory alive—adobo, sinagang & love on every page. #dvpit #NF #Cookbook #POC #Asian

Mayari is both god & girl, moon & sun, fury & devotion. Gifted with the power to become the god Apolaki, she rallies an uprising against colonizers. As she resists, she must also confront whether her true battle is with her enemies or with her own divided identity. #YA #asian #F #dvpit #lgbt #poc

She is both god & girl, moon & sun, rage & tenderness. Mayari awakens the power to shapeshift into the Filipino god Apolaki. As she leads an uprising against colonial oppressors, she must confront whether her true battle is with her enemies or with her own divided identity. #YA #F #dvpit #lgbt #poc

In Diyosa Mata, Mayari awakens the power to shapeshift into the male Filipino god of the sun & war, Apolaki, and as she leads an uprising against colonial oppressors, she must confront whether her true battle is with her enemies or with her own divided identity. #YA #asian #F #dvpit #lgbt #poc #sff

In a Canadian art school, Eliana films her fractured heritage. River crafts haunted, symbolic stories. Together, they discover that love—like art—can be a lifeline through grief, identity, & silence. A tender Filipino-Canadian romance about survival, healing & truth. #dvpit #A #R #CR #POC #Asian

There’s no golden, gilded book of our stories on bookstore shelves—so I made one. FILIPINO FAIRY TALES reclaims myth & magic for the diaspora, a collection of legends & folk stories for all ages! This collection is reclamation you can read aloud to your family! #dvpit #NF #Folklore #POC #Asian #YA

Mayari is both god & girl, moon & sun, fury & devotion. Gifted with the power to become the god Apolaki, she rallies an uprising against colonizers. As she resists, she must also confront whether her true battle is with her enemies or with her own divided identity. #YA #asian #F #dvpit #lgbt #poc

When Joe immigrated in the ’60s, he was homesick and lonely. But he kept his mother close by cooking her dishes. FILIPINO-CANADIAN FEASTS is his legacy—shared now with his children, and yours. 3 generations keep her memory alive—adobo, sinagang & love on every page. #dvpit #NF #Cookbook #POC #Asian

OMG Thank you 😭😭

Mayari is both god & girl, moon & sun, rage & tenderness. Mayari can shapeshift into the god, Apolaki, and as she leads an uprising against colonial oppressors, she must confront whether her true battle is with her enemies or with her own divided identity. #YA #asian #F #dvpit #lgbt #poc #sff

Her mother begged her to build a home. Her people demand she burn an empire. Mayari’s rebellion could free her homeland—or cost her everyone she loves. Can she reclaim home from the ashes or does resistance only lead to more loss? #dvpit #YA #F #POC #LGBT #Asian

In Diyosa Mata, Mayari awakens the power to shapeshift into the male Filipino god of the sun & war, Apolaki, and as she leads an uprising against colonial oppressors, she must confront whether her true battle is with her enemies or with her own divided identity. #YA #asian #F #dvpit #lgbt #poc #sff

My next YA novel I’m working on next is “Bakunawa and the Seven Sisters”. It was shortlisted in @fracturedlit Ghost Stories, Fables, and Fairy Tales contest. It is a queer retelling of the Bakunawa’s myth fused with Chinese mythology, including the rabbit god of same sex couples Tu’er Shen! #dvparty

My playlist for Diyosa Mata, which is all video game music 👌 When I first started to create my story, I actually made a little RPG on RPGMaker 2000 first! I’ve always seen it as a turn based JRPG 😂 #dvparty open.spotify.com/playlist/0p3...

personally i felt attacked making my own meme for diyosa mata. this feels entirely true being a community builder in a radical space 😭 #dvparty #burnout #geminisun

My Mother is our datu, our leader, someone who makes me want to live fiercely. #dvparty

Diyosa Mata’s MC Mayari, is a cunning warrior with ♥️, but she also loves to contradict herself when it comes to her own emotions. She wants to be desired and inspire people with her beauty and skill, but not by gross men. She wants to adventure but she also wants a stable home. #dvparty

📣Announcing #PreDV and #DVParty!📣 Excited to bring back #PreDV & #DVParty leading up to #DVPit! Practice your pitches during #PreDV on Mon, Sept 29, 2025! Get to know your fellow participants during #DVParty from Oct 2-Oct 7! Follow this account or dvpit.carrd.co for all official announcements!

#dvparty this cover art of my novel Diyosa Mata was drawn by a friend, Naomi King back in the day 😍 i posted it when i was about to go to the lambda retreat this year! my mentor was aiden thomas, and i was part of the YA cohort. they all workshopped my book 💕 such an amazing time in august

In Diyosa Mata, Mayari awakens the power to shapeshift into the male god of the sun and war, Apolaki, and as she leads an uprising against colonial oppressors, she must confront whether her true battle is with her enemies or with her own divided identity. (Lambda fellow w Aiden Thomas) #predvpit #YA

“I pity who I was then: a girl riven by her mistake, beholden to the needs of others, and trained to diminish her own. I was a snake that had not yet learned to strike.” - The Midnight Lie 💕

“Confidence is not, 'They will like me'. Confidence instead is, 'I'll be fine if they don't'.” -Christina Grimmie

relaxing with a very special boy

i think being on this retreat makes me feel so safe my body is like *sploot* and is more tired than usual because i have time to rest and chill in this community 💕🫶

oof afternoon siesta time

“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.” -Joseph Campbell

matchin

i dont actually know what im doing 🤭🤭🤪 a reminder that art never has a straight path

Sometimes doing nothing makes way for everything.

i forgot gandalf was a stoner. ima have to use the word hobbit leaf more often in vancouver

uhhhhff im no longer a morning person, lying sideways between morning lectures

a throwback but i used to loove buying beautiful face masks for fun

trying to figure out what my voice looks like for a reading 🙃🎤🎤

winning duffins combo: healthy power green shake and donut. kinda like the taiwanese fried flat chicken and tea—the drink makes it healthy right??

just a reminder 🌶️

went to this really cute cafe! i wish everyday could be like this 💕

while im doing this virtual retreat, im house-sitting for a friend. look at these piggiiiies

before our intro session, was finishing up celestial monsters 💕👌 im glad lambda has accessibility top of mind, my body is all out of whack today so happy i can lie down with my camera off from time to time. yes, i am a chronic pain girlie 🙃

love when a paywall sounds like it’s drawing a gun on you

my love language is sending my partner like 500 tiktoks every evening