Hello world! I’m Isabel Risone, a Filipina-American science fiction novelist working on my first book. Here’s a little bit about me.
I was born and raised in the United States to Filipino parents. After high school, I moved to the Philippines and studied B.A. Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines Diliman, in Quezon City. There, in June 2007, I started my first novel: Hunting the Rememberer: Chimera Anamnesis. I graduated from U.P. in 2013, and now live in North Africa, where I hope to finish my novel.
In this blog, I will post occasionally:
- the status of my novel, and maybe excerpts of polished text
- resources I find that help me write
- bits about my writing process (and progress) and my sometimes interesting life in general
- and maybe even some character sketches from the novel as I go along.
My goal is to have this novel ready for a publisher before the end of 2020. It’s been 13 years since I started this book. With quarantine to help, there’s no reason I can’t finish it now! 🙂
Many thanks for the interest, y’all!
-I.R.
09 May 2020