Finding home in music journalism

"What's it like being a music journalist?" These days, I think my answer would be "tiring." Heck, I've been in the biz for a good 10 years now and two of those years were spent…

Aug 7, 2022

I Scored My First Book Deal!

IT'S HAPPENING! It's finally happening! After sleepless nights of checking emails, getting on international calls, and drowning in anxiety, I can finally and proudly announce that I've finally scored my very first book deal for…

Mar 20, 2020

Signed with my dream agent, Sara Crowe!

LIFE UPDATE: I’ve signed with my dream agent, Sara Crowe at Pippin Properties, Inc. to represent my fiction and book-related art   https://twitter.com/karabodegon/status/1179420964402143232?s=20 This team up is all thanks to the very first edition of #DVPit's…

Oct 3, 2019

We’re [Killswitch] ENGAGED!

I thought I was gonna surprise Sho on his birthday but ALAAAASSS it was he who surprised me! All I thought was that we were gonna throw Sho a surprise party for his 32nd birthday…

May 2, 2019

On This Day 6 Years Ago

It's a little bit funny how life works. Exactly six years apart from each other, I had my first article published in PULP Magazine and my name in the credits page of Angie Thomas's NYT…

Jul 1, 2018

My Reading Stamina is PITIFUL

Back when I was six, I told the world that I wanted to write books. I had all these weird ideas I'd turn into stories with my pad papers at school and show them off…

Feb 28, 2018

COMIC: A Day in the Life of Kara

Months before Billboard Philippines folded, I was already working from home. That's the brilliance of online-based companies. You can do your work from anywhere in the world, as long as you have Internet access. I'd…

Feb 7, 2018