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Cecilia Brainard’s FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATIVE WRITING Free for Educational Purposes

December 16, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Reminder to teachers, students, others: For educational purposes, Cecilia Brainard decided to make her book, Fundamentals of Creative Writing available for free in Wattpad. https://www.wattpad.com/943227652-fundamentals-of-creative-writing-by-cecilia “Cecilia Manguerra Brainard’s Fundamentals of Creative Writing is a marvelous textbook that combines useful technical advice on craft … [Read more...] about Cecilia Brainard’s FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATIVE WRITING Free for Educational Purposes

Filed Under: Fiction, Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: creative writing, essentails of writing, how to write, writing community, writing tips

Covers of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept by Cecilia Brainard

December 12, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

This cover study of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, first novel of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard was not used. Here's the cover that Dutton/Penguin used. Both were designed by the famous Philippine artist, Pacita Abad. And here are the covers used in the editions by the University of Michigan Press and the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House respectively.   tags: … [Read more...] about Covers of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept by Cecilia Brainard

Filed Under: Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: books literature Cebu Philippines

Cecilia Brainard’s Book Review of Laurel Flores Fantauzzo’s MY HEART UNDERWATER

December 10, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Please read my book review of Laurel Flores Fantauzzo's MY HEART UNDERWATER in Positively Filipino: http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/girl-interrupted "The novel My Heart Underwater by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo is about a 17-year-old Filipino American girl who is sent to the Philippines following a scandal. There, she is able to thread together the world of her parents with her … [Read more...] about Cecilia Brainard’s Book Review of Laurel Flores Fantauzzo’s MY HEART UNDERWATER

Filed Under: Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: books, novels, Philippine American, Philippines

Pearl Harbor Day — Cecilia Brainard’s World War Two novel

December 7, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

  Today is Pearl Harbor Day. Ten hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Manila. I'm posting in my Travel blog the first chapter of my novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, which is about the coming of age of a young girl in the Philippines during World War … [Read more...] about Pearl Harbor Day — Cecilia Brainard’s World War Two novel

Filed Under: Fiction, Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: books literature Cebu Philippines

Betty Ann Quirino Writes about Cecilia Brainard’s Books and Shrimp Wonton Soup

December 7, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Betty Ann Quirino reviews Cecilia Brainard short story collections, Woman with Horns and Other Stories & Acapulco at Sunset and Other Stories: https://www.asianinamericamag.com/shrimp-wonton-soup.../ The recipe for Shrimp Wonton Soup needed clear soup broth, which was to simmer for “three to four hours till fragrant”. I could cook this stove-top or I can make the broth in the … [Read more...] about Betty Ann Quirino Writes about Cecilia Brainard’s Books and Shrimp Wonton Soup

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Welcome!

I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

Please read my full biog­ra­phy here

 

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