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Mike Portes

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Born

Philippines

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Historical Fiction

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Jose Rizal

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I was a reluctant author when "Minsan may Isang Puta" was first printed in Writings 8 but, I eventually saw its purpose. From then on, I chose to submit my gift of writing to be an instrument of service.

My first sole authored book, "The Dove Files", endeavored to pay forward wherein the royalties from the sale of the initial 150 copies first went to a Project Malasakit scholar who graduated Cum Laude in April 2013 and to baby Mark who underwent a liver transplant in March 2013. The succeeding prints and Second Edition went to Divina, a deserving Mangyan scholar who despite having been laughed at and nicked as "Taong-bundok", prevailed and graduated from High School. Somehow, during her 2nd year as a college student at Mindoro State College ...more

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The Dove Files

Thank you so much for your support for my very first sole-authored book. Your indulgence, as I remind you of Divina.
She was the 15 year old girl who wished to become a teacher when she became the third recipient of the royalties of “The Dove Files”. She is a shy but intelligent young Mangyan lady living in Mindoro.

The Mangyan is an indigenous tribe of the Philippines who live in the Read more of this blog post »

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“A writer doesn't dream of riches and fame, though those things are nice. A true writer longs to leave behind a piece of themselves, something that withstands the test of time and is passed down for generations.”
― CK Webb

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“We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self denial, anxiety and discouragement.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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“The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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“For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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“You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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