Authorial Magazine - Manila Edition
The Manila International Book Fair is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The book fair, one of the biggest, most prestigious, and longest running events in the Philippines, is a great avenue amongst professionals in the publishing and academic world to collaborate and exchange ideas. It’s our first time to participate in this event and rally with literary giants and emerging voices from the world of books. In this issue, we start off with Virginia Paulette C. Hammack, author of the books The Hiding Place and Whisperings in the Wings. Hammack talks about her life, her two books, and her struggles as a writer. We also talked to Raju Ramanathan, world renowned enlightenment guru and author of Souls from Mercury. Ramanathan shares what inspired him to write and offers advice to aspiring authors. We still receive and get tons of contributions from talented and renowned writers, and in this issue, we’re featuring the works of Adriana Pernetz, Ted Torgersen, Donald Ray Schwartz, Gary Alan Rothhaar, Ivor Kovac, Diane Davies, and Elizabeth Len Wai. Lastly, beautiful spots and fascinating experiences await beyond the bright lights of the city when you read “The Charming City of Manila,” in our lifestyle section. We all love stories that resonate with our own, especially those that bring us to greater heights in mood and in thought. We hope you’ll enjoy reading this issue as much as we enjoyed piecing it together.
The Manila International Book Fair is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The book fair, one of the biggest, most prestigious, and longest running events in the Philippines, is a great avenue amongst professionals in the publishing and academic world to collaborate and exchange ideas.
It’s our first time to participate in this event and rally with literary giants and emerging voices from the world of books. In this issue, we start off with Virginia Paulette C. Hammack, author of the books The Hiding Place and Whisperings in the Wings. Hammack talks about her life, her two books, and her struggles as a writer.
We also talked to Raju Ramanathan, world renowned enlightenment guru and author of Souls from Mercury. Ramanathan shares what inspired him to write and offers advice to aspiring authors.
We still receive and get tons of contributions from talented and renowned writers, and in this issue, we’re featuring the works of Adriana Pernetz, Ted Torgersen, Donald Ray Schwartz, Gary Alan Rothhaar, Ivor Kovac, Diane Davies, and Elizabeth Len Wai.
Lastly, beautiful spots and fascinating experiences await beyond the bright lights of the city when you read “The Charming City of Manila,” in our lifestyle section.
We all love stories that resonate with our own, especially those that bring us to greater heights in mood and in thought. We hope you’ll enjoy reading this issue as much as we enjoyed piecing it together.
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Tock A Tick<br />
by Ryke Leigh Douglas<br />
Author Ryke Leigh Douglas is a veteran educator devoted<br />
to helping children discover the joy of reading and the<br />
magic of books.<br />
She also strives to provide parents and teachers with<br />
entertaining stories that lend themselves to nurturing<br />
positive attitudes, good character traits, and creative<br />
thinking. When she isn’t writing, Ms. Douglas enjoys<br />
visiting schools, libraries and early learning centers to<br />
share her stories.<br />
She also encourages children to develop their own writing<br />
skills with a program she created entitled The Writer’s<br />
Tool Box.<br />
The Apathetical Man<br />
by Gregory McLeod<br />
Today, we, as mankind, need hope without any doubt. We need hope<br />
in something greater than that of our government, teachers, doctors,<br />
and so on. Even though these are good for us, we still are sometimes<br />
without the understanding of true reality. Today, we can have greater<br />
hope in something greater than you can imagine. Just look to the<br />
heavens, my friend. Just think, everything that your eyes can see, your<br />
ears can hear, and your fingers can touch will be gone like a vapor one<br />
day. It isn’t a matter of “IF” it is a matter of just “WHEN.” Then what?<br />
If this life here on this great earth was all that I have hope in, I would<br />
be the most miserable person that man would know. This hope that<br />
I have today is BIG. This hope is spiritual and I am today grateful to<br />
share this Greater hope with you. This hope gives me a new life day<br />
by day. I can now live a normal life and have great hope in tomorrow.<br />
May The Creator of All Breath Keep You, -Gregory M. McLeod.<br />
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