My illusrator, Ghie Cabalar sent in the activity pages for our book, When A Book Talks. I love the colors she used. Btave and vivid!
Showing posts with label book project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book project. Show all posts
Friday, April 5, 2019
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Book Project Preview: A birthday and a video game console
Here are two studies from new book project that I have been working on with a librarian-artist.
Can you guess who the artist is?
Can you guess what the story is all about?
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
A New Book Project for 2017: Of Boys and Basketball
Early this month, I did an inventory of writing projects that I need to finish this first quarter of the year. I am excited for all of them as I am working with wonderful illustrators. One of them is Mr. Jonathan Ranola.
He sent me one of his studies for our story about boys and basketball.
I will be posting updates of my book project in the blog which will include snippets of our collaborative work.
He sent me one of his studies for our story about boys and basketball.
I will be posting updates of my book project in the blog which will include snippets of our collaborative work.
Sunday, January 1, 2017
My 2016 In Retrospect: Writing Life
So I begin my inventory of 2016.
It was a tough year, generally speaking. But after looking closely at the events and experiences I had since the year started I realized how grace filled the year has been for me. For the next few days, I will post in the blog my 2016 stories of joy, love and life. World events and the nation's current political climate are very frustrating. There are days when I feel afraid and insecure of my safety and my family's too. The economy is looking glum, from where I am but, as what I learned from Ignatius, God is in all things. There are graces to be had.
In 2016, I was able to work with a team of proactive young writers. Under the efficient leadership of YGOAL, we were able to finish a teacher training manual on Personal Development for the DepEd's Senior High School Program and Curriculum. I blogged about our BPI-YGOAL Teachers' Manual and the wonderful people I worked with.
I did not launch any children's book this year, but Big Sister was a finalist in the Kids Choice Award of the NBDB and PBBY. My story for children, The Little Sparrow was included in CCP's Literary Journal, Ani. I have a contribution in Bumasa at Lumaya vol. 2 A Source Book on Philippine Children's Literature (Anvil, 2016) about setting up libraries and reading centers for children. With the help of MJ Tumamac, we ran a blog tour that had the participation of influential Pinoy book bloggers and industry observers.
Needless to say, 2016 was a productive year. On to 2017!
This year, my book projects include the final production of grades 1 and 2 STARS, my early reading series for Lampara Books. There is also the book project I inked a contract with one of the leading foundations in the country. Here is a preview of the illustration by Tinsley Garanchon. And, if things pan out, I might do a bi-monhly column for a new magazine for Library and Information Professionals.
There is only grace. Only grace.
It was a tough year, generally speaking. But after looking closely at the events and experiences I had since the year started I realized how grace filled the year has been for me. For the next few days, I will post in the blog my 2016 stories of joy, love and life. World events and the nation's current political climate are very frustrating. There are days when I feel afraid and insecure of my safety and my family's too. The economy is looking glum, from where I am but, as what I learned from Ignatius, God is in all things. There are graces to be had.
I did not launch any children's book this year, but Big Sister was a finalist in the Kids Choice Award of the NBDB and PBBY. My story for children, The Little Sparrow was included in CCP's Literary Journal, Ani. I have a contribution in Bumasa at Lumaya vol. 2 A Source Book on Philippine Children's Literature (Anvil, 2016) about setting up libraries and reading centers for children. With the help of MJ Tumamac, we ran a blog tour that had the participation of influential Pinoy book bloggers and industry observers.
Needless to say, 2016 was a productive year. On to 2017!
This year, my book projects include the final production of grades 1 and 2 STARS, my early reading series for Lampara Books. There is also the book project I inked a contract with one of the leading foundations in the country. Here is a preview of the illustration by Tinsley Garanchon. And, if things pan out, I might do a bi-monhly column for a new magazine for Library and Information Professionals.
There is only grace. Only grace.
Friday, December 30, 2016
Preview: Book Project 2017
Around March of 2016, I began a research and development project for one of the leading foundations in the Philippines. It is a book development program which the foundation commits to finish by 2017. After a three month long R and D, I pooled together a team of creatives as approved by the foundation's board members. I couldn't fully reveal the entire project yet, but here's a study by our illustrator whose work in progress makes me super excited to share with you all!
Any guess on what the story is all about?
Any guess on what the story is all about?
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Writing and Teamwork in Tagayatay
During the last National Holiday, I joined a creative team of dreamers and advocates to work on a commissioned book project for a Philippine based non-government organization. We spent an overnight stay in a cozy house in Tagaytay to write and create. Ah, bliss!
This is a big project that we hope to finish by February 2017. That's all I will share for now. More news to come, definitely. But for this post, let me tell you the wonderful thing that happened during the write-in.
There were three stories to be finished that day. The creative team critiqued the two stories and were immediately re-written for the final draft. The last story, the most challenging to write, was finished early that afternoon. While the writers worked on the third story, the illustrator, who was present during the workshop, worked on the studies of the two stories that passed workshop critiquing. By 4PM, we had a good idea how the two books will look like.
Thanks to technology, our Mother Tongue writer and translator was working alongside us through Fb Messenger and text messaging.
The project still has a long way to go. I am positive that, working on a steady pace we will be able to see the project through post production.
Here is a glimpse of our artist's study of one spread:
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| With Darrel Marco, collaborating on a story while the rain falls softly outside. |
There were three stories to be finished that day. The creative team critiqued the two stories and were immediately re-written for the final draft. The last story, the most challenging to write, was finished early that afternoon. While the writers worked on the third story, the illustrator, who was present during the workshop, worked on the studies of the two stories that passed workshop critiquing. By 4PM, we had a good idea how the two books will look like.
Thanks to technology, our Mother Tongue writer and translator was working alongside us through Fb Messenger and text messaging.
The project still has a long way to go. I am positive that, working on a steady pace we will be able to see the project through post production.
Here is a glimpse of our artist's study of one spread:
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| Tinsley Garanchon's study. So cute! |
Monday, November 26, 2012
Preview of a New Book Project
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| Ink studies by Bernadette Solina Wolf |
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| The same illustration in water color |
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
A Librarian Writes
Apart from the blogging breakthrough of 2009, it is in the field of writing where I started establishing a firm footing.
After a long hiatus from print publishing, I got back to writing feature articles in magazines. There's this one groundbreaking (at least to me) cover story I wrote last year for Summit's Star Teacher Magazine.
The experience was so remarkable because I had the honor to have interviewed four fantastic teachers who were responsible for building and developing the training program of Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation's Teacher Training Workshop. It was, for me, a very insightful encounter as they shared life lessons acquired through years of teaching. Dali Soriano, Ting Villamor, Pat Jardiniano and Neni Sta. Romana-Cruz are all top notch teachers whose legacy as reading advocates are imprinted forever in SAS's Read-a-thon program. This program has been implemented in more than a thousand public schools in the country. In case you want to read more about it and the "fab four" who dreamed and wove this ground roots reading initiative, try visiting the magazines website. Subscription is very affordable besides.
Another writing opportunity that came my way last year was the book project that Dianne de Las Casas and I concocted over Skype. By October of 2009, the contract was prepared, sealed then delivered last month. I'm sending it back with my signatures. This means that the project is in full swing!
Now, it's time to get organized. Write! Write! Write!
After a long hiatus from print publishing, I got back to writing feature articles in magazines. There's this one groundbreaking (at least to me) cover story I wrote last year for Summit's Star Teacher Magazine.
The experience was so remarkable because I had the honor to have interviewed four fantastic teachers who were responsible for building and developing the training program of Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation's Teacher Training Workshop. It was, for me, a very insightful encounter as they shared life lessons acquired through years of teaching. Dali Soriano, Ting Villamor, Pat Jardiniano and Neni Sta. Romana-Cruz are all top notch teachers whose legacy as reading advocates are imprinted forever in SAS's Read-a-thon program. This program has been implemented in more than a thousand public schools in the country. In case you want to read more about it and the "fab four" who dreamed and wove this ground roots reading initiative, try visiting the magazines website. Subscription is very affordable besides.Another writing opportunity that came my way last year was the book project that Dianne de Las Casas and I concocted over Skype. By October of 2009, the contract was prepared, sealed then delivered last month. I'm sending it back with my signatures. This means that the project is in full swing!
Now, it's time to get organized. Write! Write! Write!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Collaboration with Dianne de Las Casas
Last week, as my family and I take comfort in the support and security offered by our immediate family and friends in the midst of our Ondoy ordeal, Dianne de Las Casas sent me very good news!
This means that for the next three months until May of 2010, Dianne and I will write, research, collect and travel together for our book, Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Filipino Folk Stories.
Here's a sample of the folk tale series that Libraries Unlimited publish. This one is a book on Indonesian folk tales. It turns out that an array of folk lore from different countries of the world has been published by Libraries Unlimited save for Filipino folk stories. I'm delightfully excited at the progress of our book proposal. The Philippines boasts of fantastic stories from its folk tradition. Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, American and Arabian influences flavor our Filipino folk tales. These influences lend spice, humor, mysticism and wonder to our rich cultural and literary heritage.
Dianne is going back to the proposal as I prepare for the initial research that the project entails. Wish us luck!
The book proposal we sent to Libraries Unlimited was given the green light!
This means that for the next three months until May of 2010, Dianne and I will write, research, collect and travel together for our book, Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Filipino Folk Stories.
Here's a sample of the folk tale series that Libraries Unlimited publish. This one is a book on Indonesian folk tales. It turns out that an array of folk lore from different countries of the world has been published by Libraries Unlimited save for Filipino folk stories. I'm delightfully excited at the progress of our book proposal. The Philippines boasts of fantastic stories from its folk tradition. Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, American and Arabian influences flavor our Filipino folk tales. These influences lend spice, humor, mysticism and wonder to our rich cultural and literary heritage. Dianne is going back to the proposal as I prepare for the initial research that the project entails. Wish us luck!
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