It’s true that if you want to become an author, you have to start practicing for public speaking too! In this episode, Toastmasters public speaking mentor and writer Hazel Pascual-Nespral shared practical tips on how to prepare for speeches.
Are you a start-up business owner who needs more online marketing skills? Listen to Nichelle Dizon, a social media content writer and mentor, as she shares her story about how she started a career as a freelance writer and what she learned from working for international clients.
Get inspiration from Kring Talladen, author of Parts and Personifications: 40 Poems of Letting Go, as she shares about her life, joys, and challenges as a poet and editor.
Are you a busy and perfectionist writer who has big writing dreams but is afraid of the blank page? Here’s a gentle prod for you to actually try free writing.
Where do you get your inspiration to write? What do you do when wisdom, muse, and words are hard to come by? Do you think of yourself as the main source of words and ideas? Or are you just a translator or conduit of a Higher Being’s ideas? In this episode, catch valuable insights from an inspirational writer, multi-book author, editor, and book writing coach, Marjorie Duterte.
Are you an author who’s aiming to get your book published in other countries? In this episode, Felz Etorne, founder of Metacognia Publishing Services, shares her knowledge and insights on what international publishers look for when reviewing book manuscripts. Know the tragic story of a writer that made Felz start to dream of bringing Filipinos’ books beyond the country’s borders.
They say the best way to know if you love writing is by writing for a living. In this episode, we explored the writing life and sources of inspiration of a longtime communications officer who moonlights as a freelance writer, Naysan Albaytar.
We’re trying something different for our second series—interviewing writers! For this episode, you’ll know about Vergie Manligas: a mom, a blogger, an author, and the president of TOPS and Rise Up Toastmasters Club. Let’s hear from her how she builds a writing life despite her busy schedule!
Do you feel like quitting? You are drained, exhausted, and demotivated. You’ve even started asking yourself if you’re really for this path, if it was right that you started this journey, and if this is the time to quit. Well, before you actually decide to do that, try these three things first: people, prudence, prayer. Let’s talk more about it in this episode.
Are you stressed, burned out, and making mistakes at work? If yes, you’re definitely in a terrible situation if you’re a perfectionist. But have you tried just laughing it all out?
“Is writing really for me? Why don’t I feel like writing anymore? Why don’t I get inspired? Why can’t I find the time?” My friend, writing should be fun but it doesn’t mean it should be easy. And isn’t love tested better when things get difficult? Would you continue to love writing even when it’s already difficult?
Do you know what’s hard about writing while teaching writing? Ironically, it’s almost impossible to do both at the same time. Learn why through this episode!
It’s just Tuesday, but oh boy, you’re already tired from work. Can you still make it till Friday? I feel you, my friend. In this episode, I shared one of my “tiring” days—not the worst, but an example of a pretty crammed day. Maybe you’ll be able to relate with me and are ready to take a few tips to make a day less draining than it already is.
Have you listened to Taylor Swift’s graduation speech? Don’t you wonder what makes people like her, Opray Winfrey, Ray Dalio, Warren Buffett, and Maya Angelou truly successful?
What do you do when you have to work but you don’t want to? If you’re having a slow and lazy day today, you are not alone. Here’s an advice you might not like but I’d say it anyway because it’s effective for me.
What’s your purpose? What makes you feel so alive? With so much uncertainty in the world right now, do you think it’s still possible to find it? Here, I share my experience on this endless “quest.” See if it’s resonant to your journey.
Four “moving” books came to me at the right time—a memoir, a biography, and two self-help books for artists. As a whole, they taught me how to live well a creative life. Know what they are in this episode!
Having writer’s block? Learn from a child. Here, I share how my young writing students and adult writing students differ when it comes to creativity.
Are you planning to start a business? Or are you already running one but losing heart? Here’s my take on keeping afloat a start-up service-oriented business.
Have you ever been bashed, criticized, or insulted? In this episode, I shared why I stopped podcasting for two years and deleted all 14 episodes of “Life and Memoirs,” the podcast I started at the outset of pandemic.
