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Smart Parenting, March 2013: Pia Guanio-Mago
I wrote the cover story of this month's issue of Smart Parenting. Interviewing Pia Guanio was such a delight. This was a woman who really shared with me what she thought, felt, experienced, believed...
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New gig: Writer for Yahoo! Beauty Talk
I've started writing for Yahoo! Beauty Talk. Hooray! My first article is about weekend activities for you and your girlfriends. My second one is about how to handle peer pressure. I hope you can read...
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Featured in Northern Living magazine
This June, I'm featured in Northern Living magazine. I talk about the places I haunt north of Manila. I talk about juggling work and family life. I talk about my blogs. I talk about writing. All my...
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Working Mom, July 2013: How to Care for Colored Hair
I must confess that I get thrilled when my story makes it on the cover of a magazine. The blurb for my article is that one perched almost on the cover girl's shoulder. This is a very long article...
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New gig: Writer for Brighter Life
I'm now writing for financial and lifestyle website, Brighter Life. My first article is all about the steps I took towards working on my own. It was a scary time but I am now so very happy! I write...
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Book editor: Breastfeeding Journeys
I am now a book editor. Here is my first project ever, Breastfeeding Journeys: Straight from the Coach by Zenaida Feliciano.Book editing is very different from magazine editing. I wish I'd gotten on...
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New gig: Beauty Minister at BDJ Box
I want to share with you my new gig: I'm now part of BDJ Box's Beauty Ministry! BDJ Box is a beauty product subscription service brought to you by the makers of Belle de Jour Power Planner. They have...
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Featured in Real Living
Take a sneak peek at my home! And workplace, come to think of it. Now that I'm a freelance writer and blogger, my office is my home, too. I'm glad!Real Living magazine featured my home in their May...
View ArticleI made my business official
My freelance writing and editing work, my PR consultancy work, and my blogging work are now all under one business entity called Frances Jules Amper Sales Writing Services.Yes, I'm officially...
View ArticleNew job: beauty writer for Calyxta
Good news! I'm now a contributing writer to beauty e-commerce site, Calyxta. It's a great gig since I get beauty products for free! Well, I have to review them, of course. I'll also be sharing tips and...
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New gig: Acting EIC for Calyxta
I just got promoted to acting editor in chief for Calyxta. It's just a short gig but I'm excited about it. I'll hold the fort while they look for someone to take on the job. Why not me? Well, as you...
View ArticleNew job: Beauty Editor for L'Oreal Paris
I am so excited to say I'm now working as Beauty Editor for L'Oreal Paris! It's a consulting job so I get to still be a mommy. All I have to do is draft the editorial line up of articles and write the...
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Featured in Smart Parenting
I'm in Smart Parenting today, talking about blogging. I don't appreciate the click-bait headline because it's negative. It invites judgmental emotions from the readers, which is a shame because the...
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Featured in Calyxta
One of my favorite jobs this year was being part of the editorial team of Calyxta. Aside from working with the most fabulous beauty-loving girls, I also get to try out amazing beauty products on a...
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New gig: Writer for ANCx
I'm now writing for the men's lifestyle site of ABS-CBN, ANCx. To begin my gig with them, I wrote this piece. My editor thought that my career as editor, blogger, and PR consultant gives me insight on...
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Book editor: The Overseas Fabulous Pinay
I'm so proud to be two things for this amazing book, The Overseas Fabulous Pinay: A modern Filipina's handbook on how to thrive abroad by Donna Avellana Kunzler. I was its copy editor and now I'm also...
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Please join us at Lean In Manila
I'm so happy to announce that my friend Ginger Palma Arboleda and I have brought in Lean In to the Philippines!Lean In is a community organization founded by Sheryl Sandberg and Rachel Thomas. The term...
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New gig: Columnist for Project Vanity
So happy to announce that I am now writing for the premier beauty website in the Philippines! This is my first article for Project Vanity where I let my hair down, er, grow. It's a fun essay - please...
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Not Invisible: A Memoir - I am now a book author!
Please check out what's making me really happy today: my new book, Not Invisible: A Memoir!!!Today, this happened:#1 New Release#8 Best Seller in Biographies of Educators#13 in Two-Hour Biography and...
View ArticleFeatured on: Heard on Thursdays, RX 93.1
Last month, I was a guest on the RX 93.1 show Heard on Thursdays. I talked about motherhood, my Not Invisible book, our Lean In Manila community, and the state of working women in the Philippines. I...
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Reviews of Not Invisible: A Memoir
It's been a few months since my book, Not Invisible: A Memoir came out, and I am so happy to say that the feedback is good! Yes, the book reviews are in!I'll share with you excerpts from reviews that a...
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Shiseido gave me their Beauty & Lifestyle Author Award!
Thank you so much, Shiseido Philippines, for recognizing my work in your Power Beauty Awards! This Beauty and Lifestyle Author Award is an amazing affirmation of my memoir, Not Invisible.I am thrilled...
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Contributor to an anthology: Boy Moms
I am sooo excited to announce that my essay was selected for inclusion in the soon-to-be-released Boy Moms: Collective Tales of Mothers and Sons!Kara Forney, founder of The Bump (the original mommy...
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Boy Moms book out now!
Boy Moms is now out! It's a collection of honest essays from mothers of boys on how it's like to raise sons all women will be proud of. And I have an essay in it! My essay is about raising my sons the...
View ArticleMore reviews of my book, Not Invisible
So thrilled that my book is getting good reviews! My author heart is happy."Not Invisible is a good book to read for moms like me and for single ladies out there. This book is as real as it can get if...
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