© Jofer Serapio

This is a personal update instead of the promised literature one. I just noticed NaNoWriMo officially starts tomorrow, by my country’s time, so I need all the motivation and concentration I can muster. I’ve always loved November, mostly because of Halloween. I’m in love with horror. What else can I say?

Last year, I tried writing a psychological thriller entitled, “Mirrorbound”. It revolved around this girl who has been having nightmares. She thinks it might run her off the deep end so she goes to see this psychiatrist. Little did she know, things were going to end a lot worse than she had expected.

Obviously, I didn’t make it. I wanted to rewrite the novel this year but I had a change of heart. Not to mention that my laptop got reprogrammed and I lost all data on it. This year, though, I plan to write a crime thriller entitled, “Kusanagi: Grass Cutter”. I know. I need to change the title.

Kusanagi will be about another girl — a half-Japanese, half Filipina one to add some cultural relevancy. I’ve always loved female protagonists. I won’t reveal much except that this story involves the Yakuza. I will try to incorporate a lot of macabre influences on the attempt. Hopefully, I get things as decent as I can.

Tomorrow, if I find time in between writing my novel and brushing up on some literature stuff, I’ll try to post a decent literature entry. I’m still thinking of what topic I’ll go with but I’ll try to make it helpful and decent.

That’s about it for tonight. Sorry for disappointing you. I’ll make it up, I swear. I have the latest issue of Rogue.

† Jofer