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Lynn, QC, PH.

I edit and proofread academic papers and books. I write here and elsewhere. I also talk way too much about P-pop and beauty pageants over at Pop and Pageantry.

Get in touch if there’s a project you think we can work on together.

Author: Lynn

  • I worked on SB19’s “Wakas at Simula: A Visual Journey” photobook and it’s finally out

    I worked on SB19’s “Wakas at Simula: A Visual Journey” photobook and it’s finally out

    Now that SB19’s Wakas at Simula: A Visual Journey photobook has been released, I can finally talk about it. I was asked by my long-time colleague, writer Mica de Leon, back in May if I could be the editor-in-chief for this and after much shaking screaming crying throwing up of course I said yes.

    The book was put together by a small team—one editor-in-chief, one managing editor, one art director, one contributing writer—and two people from Summit Books, who coordinated with the creative team of 1Z Entertainment on approving the images, layout, and content of the photobook. We had about three months to get this done to make sure it comes out just in time for the release of the SB19 Wakas at Simula: The Trilogy Concert Finale concert film—quite a bit of pressure there and a real time crunch, especially with the guys’ busy schedule.

    But it all came together right on time, and it’s great to finally be able to post about it 😀 I’m so proud of the book that I’m sharing it everywhere: here, Facebook, IG, Twitter, and even fricking LinkedIn. I truly hope people will enjoy the book; the team behind it (us!) is composed of solid A’Tin, and we did our absolute best to capture SB19’s story, vision for the future, and appreciation for A’Tin.

  • To read: Reasons to Hate the Commute by MRR Arcega

    I have a few friends and acquaintances who are getting serious about their craft and finally putting out the kind of work that they’ve been meaning to do so for a long time. Bhex has been an accomplished writer for years, but now she’s releasing her first book, a collection of short stories titled Reasons to Hate the Commute.

    During an aggressive PPP (public-private partnership) drive, the Philippine government partnered up with the massive but extremely secretive Sinauna Group of Companies to deliver a host of basic services to the Filipino people.

    One of those services is transportation. The partnership vastly improved the quality of service of local providers – while sparking major changes, such as pedestrian wormholes, shapeshifting bus conductors, creepy ladies in black dresses handing out flyers for condos, and other odd occurrences.

    Adapting to change came easily to the commuting population of Manila, but of course the occasional gripe was to be expected. An influencer named Stella Avluela, more widely known by the username stellamaris_, started a list of reasons to hate the commute in Manila, and made space for people to contribute their own complaints.

    These are some of the more highly-rated contributions.

    It will be available at the Manila International Book Fair on September 9 to 13, 2026, where Bhex will be signing copies over at Booth 2-118 on the second floor of the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. Can’t wait to get my own copy!

  • milin woolfelt is stop-motion felting magic

    milin woolfelt is stop-motion felting magic

    Mrs. Apple is living the cozy cottage life we all aspire to.

    The Youtube algorithm somehow thought I needed something cute and inspiring to watch and gifted me with milin woolfelt.

    milin woolfelt features a show called Brambly Hedge, with a bunch of stop-motion animation shorts and starring Mrs. Apple and Mr. Apple. The creator is based in Taiwan, and their channel description says everything is 100% handmade, no AI involved. Which is such an incredible relief. It’s hard to enjoy anything cute nowadays because you always have to stop and scrutinize each video and image and creator bio to check if it’s actually AI.

    Anyway, Mrs. Apple and Mr. Apple live in a lovely little cottage, where Mrs. Apple does a lot of baking. Each short runs less than two minutes because I can imagine that felting, doing the animation, and shooting and maybe reshooting scenes take a lot of effort. Still, there are a lot of details to take in. I’ve gone back to one part of a video several times just to watch the wool felt moving like flames on a stove.

    If this channel has a lesson to teach, it’s probably for the viewer to slow down, appreciate what’s there, and learn to take a closer look at details. I’ve seen a few comments hoping for more videos with a longer runtime, and I feel the same because everything is just unbearably cute and heartwarming and I want more of it. But the creator seems to be producing the videos by themselves, so while I’d love to see more of Mrs. Apple and Mr. Apple’s life together, these tiny glimpses into their world would have to do for now.

  • I renamed my Youtube channel to “Pop and Pageantry”

    A couple of months after I posted about my Youtube channel, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration and renamed it Pop and Pageantry, which is pretty clever of me, I think. Lately, I’ve been focusing a lot on P-Pop or Pinoy pop, with the occasional video on pageantry, so the name only seemed natural.

    Since I last blogged here, I gained quite a lot of followers thanks to a commentary video I made about how poorly trained P-Pop groups shouldn’t be made to debut before they’re ready. I have a related video stewing, this time about the explosion in the number of P-Pop groups, though that might take a while to come out because I have other videos lined up. I’ve been trying to post every week and doing a decent job so far. I’m not doing anything too complicated by way of video editing, but it’s been nice to do what I AM able to do with Davinci Resolve, and these videos have been a good reason for me to write.

  • A tribute to one of my all-time favorite tools

    A tribute to one of my all-time favorite tools

    Journalist Taylor Lorenz tweeted about the difficulty of figuring out a hex code for a color using GenAI, and people are rightly roasting her for it.

    Some people have suggested using an image editing software—even something as simple as MS Paint—and using the eyedropper tool to pinpoint the color of your choice and the software will simply indicate the hex code. Basically, people are suggesting that she use ANY available tool instead of GenAI to figure it out.

    Me, my favorite resource for this purpose has always been Colour Swatches by Lindsay Marshall, Professor of Educational Practice in Computer Science at Newcastle University. I never can remember how I found this page all those years ago, but trust that it continues to be my go-to page for color hex codes. It’s surprising and also endearing to see that it hasn’t changed one bit since I started learning HTML.

    So yeah. My point is, other tools are out there if you need them. You don’t HAVE to immediately turn to GenAI for what you’re looking for.