Feeling under the weather for a couple of days, I was literally dragging my feet just to move on. Searching deep within for something to lift me up, but my search produces nil result… so the dragging continued. I was not really expecting that the “lift-upper” could come from an unlikely place… from someone I [...]
Tags: Dreams do come true, feel-good, guest speaker, inspiration, inspire, motivation, Roy dela Cruz, SM Clark, UN Day parade, writer, writing
It was far from perfect, I know. But my first talk just went fine, nonetheless. I goofed up on a few lines, but I do hope I was able to inspire young people to write. It was my first, though I offer no excuses. It was a golden opportunity to make a difference… I just [...]
Tags: Combined Hearts High School Edition, guest speaker, poem, reflection, Roy dela Cruz, SM Clark, speech, Winners, writer, writing
In less than a week, I will be having my first talk as a writer. Yup, you read that right… I will be talking in front of many people, in a public place, about writing. The date: August 26, 2011 The time: 6:00 p.m. The place: SM City, Clark The event: Awarding of winners of [...]
Tags: Angeles City, guest speaker, Light Crystal Publishing, Roy dela Cruz, short story writing contest, SM Clark, The Struggling Blogger, writing
Lately, I have been dreaming and doing things which are quite out of my “comfort zone” that I sometimes scare myself whenever I paused and think. Last year, thinking of what to do for my birthday, a strange force “enveloped” me and I recorded a video of myself singing and uploaded it on YouTube! (and [...]
Tags: ambition, aspire, comfort zone, coming of the shell, dream, dream big, writing
Wikipedia defines writer’s block as “a condition, associated with writing as a profession, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work.” But this definition limits the definition to those who are writers by profession, and we, bloggers, are “writers by passion” and there are some, especially the “real” writers who do not [...]
Tags: blogging summit, burn out, College of Law, iblog, iBlog7, Malcolm Hall, procrastination, Roy dela Cruz, social media, text, UP Diliman, writer's block, writing
A re-post from the old struggling blog. Writing… Just for the heck of it! What a title! Did it catch your attention? I bet it did! If not, why did you reach this far? Honestly, it’s hard to start a topic especially when you don’t really have any idea in mind of what to write [...]
Tags: blabbering, gibberish, nothing, rant, writing
Am I a writer? I wish I am. I write poems, But am I a writer? I wrote a few senseless personal essays and some unfinished stories, BUT does that make me a writer? How I really wish I am. Having at my disposal, literary creativity. Like a fully armed soldier, who can fire at [...]
Tags: Am I a writer?, Personal, reflection, writing
Can I rant? No, let me change that, it will be too much of me to rant with all the blessings I have received. Besides, I would like to keep this blog positive as much as possible. So, let me just blabber away as I utter some gibberish thoughts and see if we can make [...]
Tags: April 15, blabber, burn out, deadline, gibberish, income tax, muses, nonsensical, procrastination, rants, writer's block, writing, writing muse
I wish I could attend this writing seminar. I saw it on the lifestyle section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and got curious on the title of the article – “Baguio Travel Writing Workshop.” It’s a seminar on writing… and it’s about Baguio! For one who loves writing and knows that there’s a lot that [...]
Tags: Baguio, Northern Luzon, Philippines, Struggling Blogger, travel writing, wishful thinking, workshop, writing, writing seminar
I could have called this ‘More than meets the eye’ but I was afraid it could be mistaken for a post about the new Transformers movie. Anyway, once I was asked “why do you want to call yourself a struggling blogger?” If you read my About page in my first Struggling Blogger blog, I wrote [...]
Tags: Eat Bulaga, gewgaw writings, inspirational, Jena Isle, let's vault in!, past, Personal, Roy, story, why, writing
