Joyce S. San Andres/S.J. San Andres

The Sanctuary of Us

The Sanctuary of Us is now officially released as a book! Click this link to order my book online. More information about this book below:

My latest poetry, essay, and short stories collection is getting published into a book! It's going to be published by Golden Artisan Publishing. The Sanctuary of Us (TSOU) is a special book I wrote in the month of April 2024. I have been on a writing hiatus for almost three years, and at the beginning of 2024, having lost the motivation to write, I didn't have any plans to go back to writing or finish an entire book. I had almost forgotten that creating stories was an integral part of my entire existence. So, when March 2024 came, and I had this sudden, unexplainable urge to write, I challenged myself to a daily writing challenge throughout the whole month of April 2024.

The writing challenge was a success, I wrote entries every day, exceeded my expected word count, and ended up with 119 entries for a single collection. A publisher accepted my work. Golden Artisan Publishing (GAP) trusted this book from the very beginning. GAP is the exclusive publisher of this book and the publisher of my dreams! We work together and my feedback and requests are valued. My publishing experience with them is magical. I didn't lose control of my work. They are giving me all the freedom and assistance I need to summon TSOU into reality. Once published, it will be available for purchase on my publisher's website, Shopee/Lazada store, and future book display projects.

Two bookstores, namely, Mt Cloud Bookshop (Baguio City) and Alitaptap Bookshop (Koronadal City) will display TSOU on the bookshelves of their physical shops once copies are available. In collaboration with my very own small Product Formulation shop, 7th Shard Apothecary, and a very talented local Artist based in Palawan, Eunice Bayhon, there are two official Book Merchandise for TSOU: Sanctuary Salve & Sanctuary Keychain.

Pre-order of TSOU starts on May 15, 2024, and it's not your ordinary pre-order, because by pre-ordering this book, you will be entitled to pre-order perks! These perks are only available for pre-orders, that's why I highly recommend if you're interested in buying my book, join the pre-order to avail the limited offer for TSOU. Stay tuned on the Facebook Page of Golden Artisan Publishing for the pre-order form on the 15th of May!

Since the pre-order period has ended, you can now order my book on the Publisher's Online/Physical Store.

Your support means a lot to the writer in me.

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