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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Dance<br />
by Shirlie Calabrese<br />
Jennifer and Alex are friends from school and got a chance to<br />
be contestants in a dance contest at the end of their senior year.<br />
They both had been in Mrs. Lands’ dance classes since seventh<br />
grade and had become very good at many different dance<br />
moves. Mrs. Lands and both Jennifer and Alex’s parents were<br />
very excited that they were going to be contestants and had<br />
every confident feeling that Jennifer and Alex would be in the<br />
first, second, or third place as winners.<br />
Shades of Blue<br />
by Moore, T. D., Sr.<br />
Shades of Blue is a riveting collection of poetry that traverses T.D.<br />
Moore, Sr.’s multiple stages of life. As a communicator, Moore was<br />
given the nickname “Blue,” and he utilizes the concept of “Blue”<br />
throughout his poetry. Moore articulately expounds upon love,<br />
romance, wisdom, healing, poverty, and many other meaningful<br />
subjects. This intimate collection exposes Moore’s inner being in a<br />
raw and touching light.<br />
AUTHORS PRESS<br />
T.D. Moore, Sr., works for homeland security with the United<br />
States Government and currently lives in Hampton, Virginia. He<br />
has two children, Cherita C. and T.D. Moore II. T.D. belongs to<br />
the American Veterans Association and in his spare time enjoys<br />
scuba diving, recording, writing, antiques, restoring cars, and biking.<br />
He has previously published the article “Caving in Okinawa” in<br />
Entrepreneur <strong>Magazine</strong>; this is his first published book.
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