We Are . . .
March 16, 2006
Karla Maquiling
Karla has a journalism degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City. She has worked in public relations, handling Manulife Financial, McKinsey & Co., Kenny Rogers Roasters, Oracle, and utilities firms, among others. She has also done some pro bono publicity work for Friendlycare, St. Scholastica’s College, and some independent Filipino artists.
Karla has done some business writing and market research work for a trade journal based in Greater China, focusing on the following industries: gifts and premiums, furniture and furnishings, fashion and accessories, garments and textiles, and baby and children’s products.
She was also project manager for a US-based print-on-demand publishing firm, where she gained solid experience in manuscript editing and review, dealing with a range of literary genres, both fiction and nonfiction. These include self-help, theology, technical, romance, horror, mystery, lifestyle, cooking, travel, history, biographies, memoirs, and children’s books.
As a copywriter for a California-based company, Karla manages the official blog and the (now dead) forum, edits product descriptions, does SEO writing and static content, plans and manages the company’s e-mail marketing campaigns, and everything else she’s asked to do in a marketing capacity.
She also manages content for a Philippine arts and culture site on the side. She published her first book in 2007.
You know you want her, and she needs more money, so hire her. E-mail privately, please.
Edgardo Maquiling
Ed is a missionary by calling but has taught English and mathematics in high schools and colleges in several cities in the Philippines. He is a published writer and poet who has worked with church newsletters, campus newspapers, and other publications.
When he is not busy bonding with his two grandchildren, Ed keeps several blogs for his poetry, his mission work, his sermons, and other things in between. He writes for a business blog in the US and manages a lifestyle blog based in Australia.
