Aranew is 23 years old Filipino writer who began her writing journey in 2014, when she wrote her first story, Stupidly In Love with You, in a notebook. After several months of writing by hand, she discovered Wattpad in 2015, an online reading platform where she attempted to publish stories but initially faced challenges. It was on Wattpad that she created her pen name, aranew, when the platform asked for a username and she couldn’t use arabellathenew, leading her to shorten it. Around that time, Aranew found it difficult to continue using Wattpad due to not owning a laptop, but when she received her first cellphone, she began sharing her stories on Facebook. Her first widely accepted story on the platform was Summer Kisses and Winter Tears, which told the tale of Renalyn Venerola, a childless wife who urged her husband to sleep with their maid to conceive. Through Facebook, Aranew found her first group of dedicated readers, who supported her through the completion of the novel. S...
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