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#filipinofriday on diverse books

11/7/2014

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I'm going to be honest and say that when it comes to diverse books, I prefer them to be in the nonfiction department. I can't even find myself relating to fiction featuring Asian characters because I feel like their problems aren't my problems because of who I am, how I grew up, and where I was born. You can say that's very limiting of me, and even unimaginative - and I totally respect that. But I don't like lying when it comes to my taste in books so it is what it is. If it's diversity I'm in the mood for, I prefer to read such books with (factual rather than experiential) learning in mind. That's why my collection of nonfiction books ranges from guides on how to run a B&B, taking care of roses, and dinosaurs to travel guides to various language dictionaries and so forth.

When it comes to writing, two books I penned that could be considered "diverse" are Death Loves Me Not and Drawn: His Secret Toy. Both are upper YA. DLMN is religious horror, and the setting is a fictional town in Florida that I based entirely on Metro Manila. The character's half-Filipino and I've incorporated some of our most common religious beliefs - and superstitions - in the story. Drawn, on the other hand, is really my guilty pleasure - my labor of love because I totally went otaku mode while writing about my dream guy from shoujo manga - the hero there, Yuki Himura, is my ultimate bishounen. :D And of course KC is a version of me, but since I'm generous, it's cool if others think they're KC, too. :D

And that's it! Fingers are aching badly because I've been writing for so long so I have a hard time typing.

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