What My WWII Father Would Say He was not without his opinions. War veterans have much to say about the countries they fight for. My taste for justice came from him. Perhaps fate itself intervened to make sure I became the chro...

My father would have been 105 today. In my latest blog, I explore what my father, a WWII veteran, might say about today's immigration struggles and the parallels we face. wix.to/LxkGWmm #bataannewjersey #ImmigrationAdvocacy #WWIIHistory

#BataanNewJersey is a sweeping, multigenerational saga spanning 100 years, 4 generations, & multiple countries. It intertwines the complex legacy of the Filipino-American diaspora with the intimate struggles of Filipino women & queer individuals carving their own paths through war and survival.

Urgency. 83rd anniversary of #Bataan

My historical novel #BataanNewJersey …

How it started/how it finished.

Urgency.

This week is the 83rd anniversary of the Fall of Bataan — the heart of my historical novel #BataanNewJersey

Nice to be cheered when I sent off my 700-page novel to a #literaryagent 🙏

Universe, wish me luck.

Queried 3 #literaryagents. It’s a big Sunday.

And the Philippines is back on international media. Thanks to international criminal #Duterte

These authoritarian dictators are the reason I wrote #BataanNewJersey

Images describing the novel Bataan New Jersey

We need more than ever to breathe life into #WWII novels, esp books that transcend the story beyond the usual trope.

#BataanNewJersey

#historicalfiction #literaryfiction #amquerying #writingcommunity

Today is a holiday for this FT management director, but my other life calls as I read through hashtag MSWL for my novel #BataanNewJersey

Been up for hours now… in a coffee shop where I normally write.

#Amquerying #writingCommunity

So so excited to support hashtag MSWL day.

An extra plus if the #literaryagent is looking for #literaryfiction or #historicalfiction in the veins of Pachinko, Covenant of Water or The Glass Palace.

#amquerying for #BataanNewJersey

#BataanNewJersey was shortlisted for a #NYFA for fiction in 2024. Still screeching about it.

Worked hard for it and really wanted my 3rd NYFA so I can finally … hush🤐🤐🤐

#historicalfiction #writingcommunity #amquerying

Promo for the novel Bataan New Jersey

The #BattleofManila is a huge part of #BataanNewJersey From 1941-1945, Manila experienced the worst of #WWII

Today is its 80th anniversary.

#amquerying #literaryagents #writingcommunity

My father survived the #BataanDeathMarch. My mother was born during #WWII. I wanted to explore what happened before, during, & after?

#BataanNewJersey

100 years.4 countries. 4 languages. 1 Epic novel. 4 Gens of strong Filipino women & #QUEER.
#amquerying #literaryagents #historicalfiction

Excerpt from the novel Bataan New Jersey with the word “flair.”

#WIPSnips “Flair”

Who knew I used that word?

#amquerying for #BataanNewJersey

#writingcommunity #historicalfiction #literaryfiction

After reading #Pachinko and after witnessing the return to power of populist Marcoses in the Philippines, I wrote #BataanNewJersey. Took 3 years of writing every morning in a coffee shop b4 work.

I grew up under #fascist Martial Law. #HistoryRepeats

#amquerying #writingcommunity #fascism

Images from 1991 for the novel Bataan NewJersey

Covenant of Water meets Pachinko

100 years. 4 Gens of strong Filipino women and #Queers

One comes of age in the streets of New York in 1991. IrmaLaHermana—she would eventually be called. The 4th generation in the epic literary novel—

#BataanNewJersey

#amquerying #writingcommunity #MissSaigon

I write books on top of a FT education management job (which I love!). So on weekends, I put another hat on. Today, I begin narrowing down #literaryagents to Query in 2025.

Pub marketplace is a gift!

#BataanNewJersey

#amquerying #literaryfiction #historicalfiction
#WritingCommunity

Excerpt from Bataan New Jersey with the word Goal.

#wipsnips GOAL

#BataanNewJersey

#amquerying #literaryfiction #historicalfiction

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

@wipsnips.bsky.social

100 yrs 1921-2021
4 Gen of a #QUEER Filipino family
3 wars inflicted by Spain US Japan
65 miles of #BataanDeathMarch
4 languages
4 countries
in 1 epic #literary novel inspired by a survivor of #WWII Death March (my father) #BataanNewJersey

#uw #pw #amquerying #A #YouDeservepit #literaryfiction

Shelf of world war 2 books

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Manuscript of Bataan New Jersey, a literary novel

My #WWII and #Bataan book collection. Some have traveled many states and apartments. What’s missing is the Filipino voice. Epic. May #BataanNewJersey join them soon.

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writing #historicalfiction #amquerying #worldwarII #literaryfiction #bataan #history #WWII

Augusto Roa Realuyo b. January 19, 1921 World War II is a horrifying memory. That a 20 year old Filipino who was pursuing Engineering at the University of the Philippines would be recruited into the United States Armed Forces in the Far E...

Happy 104th birthday to my late father, Augusto Roa Realuyo, the #BataanDeathMarch survivor who inspired #BataanNewJersey

#WWII #Bataan #WorldWarII #amquerying #writingcommunity #historicalnovels

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A few lines from the novel Bataan New Jersey with the word “paint” in it.

In memory of my late father who inspired #BataanNewJersey and turns 104 years old today, I join #WIPSnips with “paint.”

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #amquerying #historicalnovels #WWII

Collage of images to describe the novel Bataan New Jersey.

What did I learn today, #P2Ppit? MOOD BOARDS!

So I created the one below quickly since I have tons of pics from the 3 years I wrote #BataanNewJersey. I will make more. Images have a way of describing a book that text just…can’t. Visual readers, yes.

Thanks all. So fun!

Still #amquerying

Images connected to the novel Bataan New Jersey. Three women. 1942 newspaper. Flags of Japan and Spain. Map of the Philippines.

Inspiration. My father survived the #BataanDeathMarch. My mother was born during #WWII. What happened before, during, and after? The result> #BataanNewJersey. 100 years.4 countries. 4 languages. 1 Epic novel. 4 generations of strong Filipino women. #QUEER.
#amquerying #P2Ppit #PW #BluePit #UW

100 years 1921-2021
4 generations of a #QUEER Filipino family
3 successive wars inflicted by Spain, U.S, Japan
65 miles of #BataanDeathMarch
4 languages
4 countries
in
1 epic literary novel inspired by a survivor of the #WWII Death March (my father)
#BataanNewJersey

#P2Ppit #uw #pw #amquerying #A

#BataanNewJersey is an epic family saga spanning 100 hundred years from 1921 to 2021, reminiscent of “Covenant of Water” and “Pachinko” in scope and ambition, but with a contemporary twist—four Queer generations of a Filipino family who reshaped history to carve their own place in the aftermath. . .