The 7th most anticipated Poetry Book, “It Ain’t Winning If Without You,” by the prolific Filipino Amazon Best-Selling Author, Michelle Ayon-Navajas, is set to be released come August 15, 2022, worldwide on all platforms in all formats.
Though she is a Filipino, every poetry enthusiast would know her name in India. Four of her six books are available for purchase in the Indian Marketplace on Amazon, and these are the books that have achieved the most success, especially in East Asia. She is releasing her 7th Book on August 15, 2022, as India celebrates its Independence Day. It’s fitting that said release date is a National Holiday because India has been Michelle’s literary home for three years.
Her popularity in India came to be when she collaborated with Penzone Publishers, an Indian Publishing house that publishes books by authors all around the globe. Navajas published her first book, “Oh Dear One,” with Penzone, introducing her to the Indian Audience. After garnering loads of praise and appreciation, she published all her future books with Penzone Publishers, which made Indians her primary reader base. She is enjoying great success as a writer, with 3 of her books labeled as Amazon Bestsellers. (After Rain Skies-Second Edition, I Would Fly To Where You Are, and I Will Love You Forever, Too.) Her book “I Will Love You Forever, Too” also gained the #1 spot in the New Releases Amazon list.
Michelle considers India her second literary home and profoundly connects with her Indian Audience. Many of her followers on social media are Indians. Many Indian Bookstagram accounts have interacted with her content on their pages and posted positive reviews of her books.
The author has established a strong foothold amongst Indian readers but has a considerable following in her own country, where she has achieved the #1 spot on Kobo Books through her native readers.
“For a poet to transpose the general feeling of love into snippets of words that elicited unexplainable emotions, I realized this writer must be good. “After Rain Skies” and “I Would Fly to Where You Are” (her past works in poetry books) generally brought my experience with Michelle Navajas’ work to a higher level. I can boldly say that I am a fan,” says Jose Mari Abacan, First Vice-President, Program Management Department, GMA Network, Inc., in his foreword. The Book will also include forewords from Reena Saxena, a Lifestyle Coach, Author of the book “When Time Stopped,” Sadje of the popular WordPress Blog @Keepitalive, Ivor Steven, Author of the Poetry Book: Tullawalla, A Meeting Place, and Jan Dolly Grace Llavor Deita, LPT, Ph.D. Dean, College of Arts, Sciences and Education Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod.
“It Ain’t Winning If Without You” features brilliant and budding poets that Michelle personally hand-picked to be part of her Book. They generously shared their beautiful pieces: Sadje, Ivor Stevens, Reena Saxena, Kristine Joy Verdeflor Scianneaux, Maritess Javelona, Hermy Tuerco, Crisandro Sapi – an, Johnn Nelbert Dela Cruz, Rona Calvo, Mary Beatrice Obardo, Maria Friscia L. Magbanua, Gerlyn Sumeque Duncan, and Kritika Maheshwari.
“It Ain’t Winning If Without You” is a poetry collection that is a testament to the challenges and difficulties we encounter daily and overcoming them with grace and composure. Living the life of our dreams and achieving our goals is sweeter and better when shared with our loved ones; it isn’t really winning without them. In honor and gratitude for her Filipino roots, you will also notice some pieces written in her native language – Filipino (Tagalog, as popularly known). Poems written in Filipino will have English Translation to benefit her readers from all over the world.