I love books. I've been reading books since i was a chiisai. All kinds of books, you name it, I'll read it.

I've been around Archie comics even the infamous Sweet Valley Teen, Unicorns, High and University! hahaha

I read anything and everything. Even those silly FHM my brother worshiped! haha. But lately I'm into Tagalog Romance books and its very, VERY entertaining if you actually know some of the famous Tagalog Romance writer. Internet is the next best thing next to my cellphone, you know.

So Vanessa is one of my favorites and i love reading her semi-ero books with lots of pinoy humour and witty remarks. I'm hooked to her writing style its quite a shocked to me when she's gradually writing heavy and realistic Romance book. But the good writing technique was still there and i love her comment when flooded by mails about her new theme she said this:


"when I write something like this, I want the readers to feel the desperation of the characters, their loneliness, their pain, their anger, everything we feel in real life.

I've been told by a really good friend and a terrific writer that some of my books are far too "realistic" for this genre. And I truly respect that opinion. I explained to her that I don't write those types often. It just so happened that she reads one "realistic" book right after another. I also explained that as a Romance writer, sometimes, I feel like writing something out of the ordinary, 'cause if i don't, I'm gonna lose my friggin' mind.

I'd like to think that my way of keeping my sanity intact does not affect my readers all that much. And i may be wrong. I accept that, too. But the mind that dictates every word is more important than anything else. So bear with me, please. Anyway it's not hard to figure out which stories are heavy, which aren't. If it's a thick book, if the teaser doesn't hint a funny plot, it's probably serious stuff.

So maybe not all of you like books that are a bit realistic so maybe a couple of you peope hate flashbacks, so maybe this writer breaks the rule every now and then.....but do you honestly like eating pizza all the time?? So leave the pizza to them, I'm serving you honest-to-goodness Papaitan from time to time. Not that often, mind you, just enought o break the cycle! Salamat.

- Vanessa


Funny how true her words are. Me? I honestly believe eating Pizza all the time will make you fat! hahaha

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