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A.A. Patawaran
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Manila, Philippines
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URBAN MELANCHOLY
TODAY’S WRITING TIP: TRAVEL.
Long before I made it there, I’ve always seen Istanbul through a soft-focus lens. If memory serves me right, my first encounter with this historical and cultural capital of Turkey was between the covers of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. In my mind, the imagery wedged itself in a wash of beiges, cast in sepia, as if forever trapped in the half-light
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Night Owl: A Nationbuilder’s Manual
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2023
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9 editions
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Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
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2012
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3 editions
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![HAI[NA]KU and other poems](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1458740466i/29235588._SY75_.jpg)
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HAI[NA]KU and other poems
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2016
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3 editions
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Manila Was a Long Time Ago
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2018
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“A blank page is no empty space. It is brimming with potential... It is a masterpiece in waiting -- yours.”
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
“And because the world is too big and time is too short and you only have one life to live, read!”
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
“Every story is a ride to some place and time other than here and now. Buried in an armchair, reclined on a couch, prostrate on your bed, or glued to your desk, you can go places and travel through time.”
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
“The only reason you can't write is because you don't.”
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
“Our body does get old, but our spirit, never. If we write well enough, we might even live forever.”
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
“A world without adjectives would still have the sun rising and setting, the flowers blooming, the trees bearing fruits, the birds singing, and the bees stinging.”
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
“A blank page is no empty space. It is brimming with potential... It is a masterpiece in waiting -- yours.”
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
“A deadline gets a writer's work done done better and faster than any inspiration, if only because inspirations don't always come, but the deadline is always there.”
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
― Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator
