Hellow mga binibini't ginoo! I hope you enjoyed reading this peace as much as I enjoyed writing it. So, I'm going to share something about TGIL an how and why I wrote this queer story.

Una sa lahat, ang author po ay kabilang sa LGBTQIA+ community, opo, bakla po ako...charoooot! Bisexual po ako pero hindi ko na e-express ang sarili ko in the real world dahil sa natatakot akong ilabas at ipakita ang totoong ako. May mga kaibigan akong alam ang bagay na ito, but I haven't told my parents yet and don't have plan to tell them in the future.

I wrote TGIL to express myself, and my orientation at naging inspiration ko ang manhwa na 'Bad Thinking Diary'. Kinuha ko ang character ni Claudelle sa top ng BTD, which is si Kang Yuna at kay Bada Lee rin, dahil super duper crush ko siya!!! Then the name Claudelle Tuliao is actually an existing name at school mate ko po siya. Hindi kami magkakilala pero known din siya sa campus. She's part of the community as well and the reason why I used her name is because na cu-cute-an ako sa kanya. Siya kaagad ang una kong napansin noong pumasok ako sa school, landi ko 'no? 🤣🤣🤣. But yeah, she also inspires me to complete TGIL.

Ang character naman ni August Gavine ay galing lang sa imagination ko tapos binase ko rin sa sarili ko. Nakikita ko kasi si August, at some point, sa akin. Not totally kasi hindi naman ako manhid, assumera nga lang 🤣🤣.

So yeah! Writing their story made me happy. This is my first time expressing my identity and it was so satisfying, kahit na hindi naman gano'n ka rami ang nagbabasa.

I have decided na gawan ko sila ng book two pero dahil working na ang bakla, wala na akong time mag sulat. I can't promise kung kailan ko sisimulan ito but I really want to write more about their love story pero medyo matagal-tagal pa talaga.

Also, the book 2 is about their lives as a college students at buhay nila bilang mag jowa tapos LDR pa. Expect a lot of conflicts tapos meron ding another character. I am also planning to give Jamila a partner, but before that ay bibigyan ko sila ng scene ni Eva.

So that's all my author's note is about. I hope you like their story. I am well aware of the errors and I am going to edit this piece, wala lang talaga akong time ngayon. So see you when I get back!!!

- B M -