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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 05/10/2026

October read #1 Injustice for All by J.A. Jance This was published in 1986! Got this because I needed to read a crime novel set in a time before social media, cellphones, personal computers, and widespread use of DNA testing.

Cover of J.A. Janice’s novel Injustice for All, a crime novel

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 02/10/2026

We got a new one! 🫆 youtu.be/WxLkLqNJcU8?...

Screenshot of a new YouTube video:

That Time Jess Went to JAIL on Murder, She Wrote
PushingUpRoses - 6h ago

Thumbnail shows a closeup of Jessica Fletcher, a Middle aged white woman (played by Angela Lansbury) looking through jail bars

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 30/09/2026

September Book #2 Retreat by Krysten Ritter Thriller, mystery. Technically, I finished this at 1am on October 1st, but since I read most of this in September, I’m calling this a September read.

Retreat by Krysten Ritter audiobook on the Libby app, at the end.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 21/09/2026

September Book #1 A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken

A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken audiobook on the Libby app. It’s at the end of the book.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 19/09/2026

Reposting with alt text for accessibility #academiasky

Statement on AI:
If you want to use Al to write your responses and creative exercises, that's your loss. I won't go hunting you down. And I don't really care if you trick me into thinking it's your work. If that's the type of writer and thinker you want to be, then go for it. Good luck.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 19/09/2026

My historically accurate version of the Odyssey did not dominate the box office as I hoped.

A scene from The Other Bennet Sister: Mary wearing a regency era white dress sits in a rowboat being towed to shore by two fully dressed soaking wet gentlemen in the water on either side of her

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 17/09/2026

You can self-publish your ebook, audiobook, or comic book. It’s subscriber-based, like Patreon, but like Patreon, you can choose to sell your stories à la carte. [Affiliate link] reamstories.com/create/ansela

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 07/09/2026

Anyway, please support romance books by Filipino authors! Here’s where you can find them in MIBF—

Where to find #RomanceClass books at MIBF 2026?

RomanceClass indie books, Blush Books, and Kilig anthology
- available at KOMIKET booth (ground floor, Hall 3, Aisle J & K)

Adarna books by Agay Llanera and EK Gonzales
- ground floor, Hall 3, front row Hall 3

Ateneo Press books by Ines Bautista-Yao
- ground floor, Hall 1, front row Hall 1

Vida New Adult books by Mina V. Esguerra, Carla de Guzman, Celestine Trinidad, and Katrina Ramos Atienza
- VIBAL booth (ground floor, Hall 3, Aisle K & L)

Penguin SEA books by Catherine Dellosa, Justine Camacho Tajonera, Angeli E. Dumatol, and Ines Bautista-Yao
- 2nd floor, Function Room 3, 2E

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 01/09/2026

I try to make my books DRM-free wherever I can, including on bookshop dot org, where you can buy digital and print books in support of independent bookstores bookshop.org/shop/ansela

Screenshot of the bookshop.org listing of FAKE MARRIED TO MY BILLIONAIRE BOSS by Ansela Corsino in ebook.

Search books, authors, ISBNs
All orders support local bookstores.
$50,084,361.07 raised so far!

Fake Married to My Billionaire Boss
New England Nights, #1
Ansela Corsino (Author)
日Ebook
$4.99
• DRM-free

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 30/08/2026

Redoing my manuscript for publication to add this, because why not. #FuckAI

Screenshot of my working document (Pages for iPad) where I format my manuscript for ebook:

Author’s note:

Generative AI and large language model (LLM) technologies are tools of fascism. They are built and trained on stolen copyrighted works, their data centers destroy the lives of mostly marginalized communities by stealing their water and electricity and emit intolerable levels of noise, and they produce soulless, ugly materials. Studies have shown their use makes the person using it dumber, and have contributed greatly—sometimes sadly even fatally—to the degradation of users’ mental health. Currently, in my country, the Philippines, the government is stealing ancestral and farming lands to sell to American AI companies to build even more data centers to feed their AI beast. These data centers use up millions of gallons of drinking water daily while entire communities go without clean water to live.
I don’t use AI or LLM software in any part of my writing or publishing process. Not for outlining, not for worldbuilding, not for anything. I don’t even use Google for my search anymore, using instead other alternative search engines that lets me turn off AI results. This is not hard, and I lovingly urge my fellow writers and creatives to make the extra effort to structure a work process free of LLMs.
This is all to say that this novel has been lovingly crafted by my own brain and hands. I hope you enjoy it <3
And fuck AI.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 21/08/2026

I think it was a Tori Amos album? Not sure. I do remember the first album on cassette tape I’ve ever owned.

The cover of the cassette tape version of Paula Abdul’s Forever Your Girl

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 19/08/2026

August Book #1 Beast Business by Ilona Andrews A short story from the Hidden Legacy universe, featuring my favorite unflappable blond hottie Augustine Montgomery and a new, secret client. My other favorite Arabella Baylor has a strong supporting role in this.

Book cover of BEAST BUSINESS by Ilona Andrews. Featuring an illustration of an attractive couple wearing attractively torn and mildly bloody business clothes looking as though they just came out of a fight. She’s clutching an adorable blue-tinged baby tiger from an arcane dimension.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 11/08/2026

Oh hey it works! (IDK if you have to turn on beta features to see it on my threads.)

Screenshot of a skeet:

Ansela Corsino • @anselacorsino.com • now
she/her
Am I testing the numbered thread posts? Why yes,
yes 1 am. 2/2
•••

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 10/08/2026

IDK dude. I feel what’s stupid and futile is pretending you’re still qualified to be teaching anybody.

Screenshot of a social media post

Jose Dalisay
11h •
My Qwertyman piece for today, in which I discuss my plan to find a way to use Al in my writing class this semester--because ignoring or banning it outright will be stupid and futile.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 09/08/2026

I love iiit i wanna make another one soon 🧶

A crochet book sleeve for my B5 hardcover journal. Made with self-striping milk cotton yarn in yellow, blue, pink, peach, and light yellow. All granny stitches, except for the strap that’s made in double crochet stitches.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 08/08/2026

Freestyle crocheting a sleeve for my journal. I decided I want to be able to tell which notebook is inside, so we’re doing granny stitches. Using milk cotton because I figured the sleeve should be soft but not too stretchy. 🧶

A few rows of granny stitches is the beginning of a notebook sleeve. It sits on top of the notebook I’m making it for, a thick B6 hardcover blue notebook.

The sleeve has grown enough that I can fit it to the notebook to check if the size is right. It is!

The sleeve has grown enough that I can fit it to the notebook to check if the size is right. It is! I’m holding it up to show a different angle.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 08/08/2026

Rudely awakened by this on my phone. Stay safe out there, folks! #StormWarningPH

Emergency Alert
7m ago
NDRRMC(2:09PM, 8Aug26)Red Rainfall Warning sa Metro Manila, Pampanga, Bulacan at Laguna.
Asahan ang matinding pag-ulan, pagbaha at pagguho ng lupa.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 02/08/2026

Somewhere out there is a language that has a word for breakfast food you make at midnight just because you want it now and don't want to wait until

A French toast frying in a cast iron skillet on a single burner induction stove. Beside it is a slice of custard-soaked bread on a plate waiting to be fried

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 31/07/2026

Took me five search queries before I finally found it. This is one of the Twilight Zone episodes that have stayed with me forever

THE TWILIGHT ZONE WIKI
Act Break

Season 2 (Second series) Episode 8 Segment a (1x08xa)
EPISODE INFORMATION
SERIES:
The Twilight Zone (Second Series)
DIRECTOR:
Ted Flicker

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 21/07/2026

Couldn’t manage to read any books for weeks, but I’m back. July Book #1: The Librarians by Sherry Thomas Murder mystery with some romance subplots. Audiobook.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 16/07/2026

A few weeks ago, they added the ChatGPT “feature” to Viber and since then the app has been super annoying about getting the user to use it. ChatGPT is either the reason for the upcoming 88%+ price increase or it was added to help justify it. Either way, I’ve canceled my paid subscription.

Screenshot of email from Google Play store:

Viber Media is increasing the price of your subscription "Rakuten Viber Messenger (Viber Plus)" from $1.99/month to $3.75/month starting on August 14, 2026.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 14/07/2026

It was a joy to discover that the massage place in my block that just closed is now being replaced by a Chinese restaurant

The front of a closed restaurant with a sign that says “Ni Hao Chinese Restaurant grand opening August 2026”

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 13/07/2026

@cloudflare.social Verification doesn’t work, and I can’t even login to my cloudflare dashboard

Screenshot of a website login page showing a failed Cloudflare verification

Screenshot of the login page of the Cloudflare website with the password field filled and an error message in red text saying “There was a problem with verification. Please reload and try again.”

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 26/06/2026

DOCTOR: You need to make some diet changes to lower your blood sugar COFFEE SHOP ACROSS THE STREET:

Screenshot of a Viber chat between the staff of a coffee shop and me. They send me a photo of slices of chocolate cake encased in clear plastic packaging saying “hi ma’am meron na po”. I reply “thank you!”

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 19/06/2026

Hung out with a bunch of romance authors today at Magdamag Market Cafe. Apologies if we were too loud. @minavesguerra.com @carlakdeguzman.bsky.social @chiyurodriguez.com @brijbautista.bsky.social @bentchbites.bsky.social @tarafrejas.com @danice.bsky.social (Also Chachic, who is not on bsky)

A group of Filipino 25-year-olds (HA HA HA) taking a selfie in the mirror of a coffee shop, dressed in casual clothing and having fun.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 18/06/2026

Feel free to express how much you are an AI hater in your email signature, the way I do.

Cheers,
Ansela

. . . . . . . . . . . .
This message is meant for the recipients only. Do not share on public platforms without permission.
Do not input this message into any LLMs or Al software. If you are using Al to email me, reply to me, or submit anything to me, I reserve the right to block you and subsequently demand compensation for any losses and damages caused by your use of Al.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 15/06/2026

June read #4: SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A NOVEL by Jessica Brody As a pantser, I will probably won’t be able to use this but it’s fun seeing how the author breaks down popular novels into their beats and discussing why they work. #nonfiction

Cover of the book SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A NOVEL: The Last Book on Novel Writing You’ll Ever Need by Jessica Brody

Based on the books by Blake Snyder

Upper half is the title against a solid orange background, below is an image of an open book. There’s an image of a cat clutching a rope, hanging on so as not to fall.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 14/06/2026

They greenlit and started production of Off-Campus months before Heated Rivalry premiered. FYI.

themarysue.com

Prime Video's Off-Campus release window
It's confirmed that the series will start
production on June 9, 2025, in Vancouver, Canada, and is scheduled to wrap filming at the start of October. Though Prime Video has yet to confirm a release date, this production schedule makes it likely the show will premiere sometime at the beginning of or mid-2026. Sadly, there is no news about the cast yet. Kennedy will serve

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 13/06/2026

June read #3: THE MIDNIGHT TAXI by Yosha Gunasekera A Sri Lankan American cab driver finds her passenger dead at the end of the trip, with no idea how the murder had taken place. It’s also a story about family — given, found, and lost — and a love letter of sorts to NYC and its service workers.

Book cover of THE MIDNIGHT TAXI by Yosha Gunasekera. Tagline: “One last fare with a deadly final stop”

Green background with an illustration of a bridge, with a yellow taxi with the left passenger door ajar and a bloody knife on the ground below it.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 07/06/2026

June # 2: Five Stars (LuvByte 0.0) by Dawn Lanuza @dawnlanuzx.bsky.social Short story. Small town romance with high school best friends, one of whom is a member of the super famous PPop group LuvByte. A lovely intro to the LuvByte series. books2read.com/LuvByte5Stars #booksky #RomanceClass

Light purple cover of the book FIVE STARS by Dawn Lanuza, featuring an illustration of a young Asian man in a black baseball cap and orange hoodie and black jacket.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 04/06/2026

First book for June: Glory Daze by Danielle Arceneaux (A Glory Broussard Mystery) The second book in this new-to-me series because the first book was unavailable from the library. Lots of characters, lots of personal drama. I’m so glad to find another book with an elderly female amateur sleuth.

Glory Daze

DANIELLE ARCENEAUX

A GLORY BROUSSARD
MYSTERY
"A character for the ages."
-The New York Times

Cover features an illustration of a Black woman with a red floppy hat, a white dress, and cherry earrings. There's a blue slate background with a pattern of red and pink card suites.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 30/05/2026

Spoke too soon, got in the second book in the Marlow Murder Club series, DEATH COMES TO MARLOW by Robert Thorogood.

Cover of the audiobook DEATH COMES TO MARLOW by Robert Thorogood

A Marlow murder club mystery

“I love Thorogood’s writing” PETER JAMES

Illustration of the legs of a duck (?) sticking out of the water.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 29/05/2026

(Looks like I can only finish three books this month.) Book 3 for May is The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Throrogood I have to say, I like the changes they made for the TV show.

Cover of Robert Thorogood’s novel “The Marlow Murder Club”

SOME PUZZLES CAN BE FATAL

A red silhouette of a multi-story house with a woman in the window, cream background. Badge says ”From the creator of DEATH IN PARADISE”

“Utterly delightful” ROBERT WEBB

“I love Robert Thorogood’s Writing” PETER JAMES

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 27/05/2026

I’d forgotten how cooking pancakes in butter instead of oil makes them look so wonderfully rustic.

Close up of a chocolate chip pancake, cut into wedges on a colorful plate

#food

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 21/05/2026

Name your fav tv show starring a woman. If we’re talking about a woman being the main star, I gotta shout out MURDER, SHE WROTE which started my obsession with murder mysteries. R.I.P. Angela Lansbury, an icon and all-around wonderful human.

Angela Lansbury in a mauve long sleeved shirt and glasses, standing in front of a chalk board, shooting a fake handgun with a piece of cloth hanging out the barrel that says “BANG”

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 12/05/2026

Book 2: “The Verifiers” by Jane Pek. This one was a murder mystery novel.

The cover of the audiobook “The Verifiers” by Jane Pek (A Novel). Illustration of an Asian brunette in a black hoodie and jeans and shoes walking toward a bridge. Orange background.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 10/05/2026

Folks, imma need you to read faster, okay #booksky #murderbot

Screenshot of the Libby app telling me I’ve just put a hold on the book Platform Decay by Martha Wells.

Back button
MARTHA WELLS

PLATFORM DECAY
THE MURDERBOT DIARIES
THE NEW TORE TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES NARRATED BY KEVIN R. FREE
Platform Decay
Martha Wells
Hold placed, 10th in line.

Peninsula Library System

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 09/05/2026

I checked payhip.com and it looks like they will let you sell physical goods. But I’ve only ever used it to give away free ebooks so I can’t say if their payout system is better but you can check it out.

Screenshot of payhip.com webpage —

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 09/05/2026

You can see the capitalist propaganda in the title — the second sentence is a loaded question. Because it assumes old tech is any more inconvenient than current tech. You know what’s really inconvenient? Tech companies trying to steal our personal data all the fucking time.

Screenshot of The New Yorker’s skeet:

The New Yorker @newyorker.com
People are pining for old technologies-CD players, VCRs, Walkmans. What's behind our longing for inconvenience?
www.newyorker.com/culture/essa...
Our Longing for Inconvenience
People are pining for old technologies-CD players, VCRs, Walkmans. What's behind our longing for inconv...
® www.newyorker.com

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