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Last night, my hubby finally gave in to watching Crazy Rich Asians with me and I loved it! (He admitted he had fun, too.) It gave me ideas of how billionaire romances could be done, if you want to go all out. As a setting and culture, Singapore was amazing. […]

Crazy Rich Asians: A case for those tuxes

September 1, 2018 in Billionaire Romance / movies by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: “The world needs your originality. You just need to grow into it.” – from the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs First of all, kudos to my writing pals Karen Hoover (her debut novel The Sapphire Flute is coming out in March and will be reviewed by […]

What The World Needs

February 6, 2010 in movies / Philippines / writing by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: “There’s a great tradition in storytelling that’s thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that’s really what I wanted to do.” – Aaron Sorkin art from stories.net.au Last night, something amazing happened. I’ve been revising this manuscript and had come to a scene […]

Power of Story

February 3, 2010 in books / childhood / movies / writing by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: “Ain’t about how fast I get there, Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side, It’s the climb.” – from Miley Cyrus’ song The Climb Photo by IngaHel on Flickr A great day yesterday. To sum it up: wrote, picnicked, fed ducks, rolled down hill and watched the […]

Enjoying the Climb

September 5, 2009 in movies / music / writing by Jewel Allen

Pink Ink: “I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally.” – Billy Sheehan Photo by COLoriya on Flickr When I first started my rock band blog, I didn’t plan for it to be read by my band mates. I don’t know why I thought […]

Anonymous No Longer

August 27, 2009 in being a woman / blogging / movies / rock band by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: ” I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new.” – Rick Allen, Def Leppard drummer Three retro updates this week. Finally watched Nancy Drew starring Emma Roberts. My kids and I loved it. My 13 year old daughter said she was worried […]

Going Retro

July 30, 2009 in books / childhood / movies / music / Philippines by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: “Keep moving forward.” – from the Disney movie Meet the Robinsons I watched Meet the Robinsons Saturday night. Cute, cute show with quirky plot and characters. Very inspiring, too. “Keep moving forward” is the Robinsons’ family motto. ***I am up to 81, 535 words on my revision of […]

Keep Moving Forward

March 2, 2009 in inspirational / movies / writers' group / writing / writing tips by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: “This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.” – Phil in the movie Groundhog DayUpdate: On February 3, Pink Ink is the featured blog on SITS. Thanks Tiffany and Heather!Welcome to my place, SITStahs, and thanks […]

If You Had to Live The Same Day

February 2, 2009 in movies / Philippines by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: “I wasn’t looking forward to Friday, and it more than lived up to my non-expectations.” – Bella Swan in Stephenie Meyer‘s book Twilight (photo by The Crazy World XD on Flickr) Dear Stephenie: How do I keep writing a novelthat doesn’t have vampires,an ordinary girl,and enough suspensewith beautiful […]

Dear Stephenie Meyer

November 21, 2008 in movies / writing by Jewel Allen