Arcane Oblong

• Editing

• Design

Editing

Design

• Editors

• Designers

• Vida

• Arisia

• Rei

Vida Cruz-Borja

Vida Cruz-Borja (she/her) has thirteen years of total editing experience under her belt, six of which are solely dedicated to freelance fiction editing. Affiliated with Tessera Editorial and The Darling Axe, her clients have included Tor Books, Harper Collins, DK, Quarto, Seven Seas Entertainment, and various self-published authors such as editing duo Sloane Leong & Cassie Hart, K.S. Villoso, and Anna Tan.Specific editorial skills include developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, proofreading, sensitivity reading, book coaching, and back cover copy. Her special interests are fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction, romance, horror, Young Adult, New Adult, literary fiction, and non-academic nonfiction on a variety of topics.As an author, she wrote the Cirilo F. Bautista Award-winning speculative fiction collection Song of the Mango and Other New Myths and the fantasy horror novella Mirror Marked. She will be available for jobs starting June 2026.

Arisia Santiago

Arisia Santiago (they/she) has eight years of experience in digital marketing, writing and editing for audiences in Australia, the UK and the USA, as well as six years of freelance experience in fiction and tabletop games. They have worked on books published by SoulMuppet Publishing, Japanime Games, and Seven Seas Entertainment, among others. Their genres of interest include the weird, sword & sorcery, Philippine history and mythology, queer experience, and the intersection of games and narratives.They offer line editing, copyediting and proofreading services, and will be open for work starting July 2026.

Rei Geronimo

Rei Geronimo (she/her) has eight years of experience in different formats of writing for corporate clients, digital marketing, and video game guides, with two years in freelance fiction editing.She has line edited for Seven Seas Entertainment for several books. Her digital marketing clients include ghostwritten materials for brands like L’Oreal Paris, Globe, BYD Philippines, and Epson. Her genres of interest include fantasy, mythology, romance, sword & sorcery, and horror.She offers line editing, copyediting, and proofreading services, and will be open for work June 2026.

• Miguel

• Sebb

Miguel Ambalada

Miguel Ambalada (he/him) has thirteen years of experience in graphic design with a focus on publications, e-commerce, and social media materials, as well as eight years of freelance experience with video editing and image retouching.His body of work includes cover-to-cover layout and illustration for children's storybooks by US-based, self-publishing clients, as well as CondoLiving, BluPrint, and MyHome under One Mega Group, Inc., Industron Fountains, and Maya (then Voyager Innovations) among others. His genres of interest include high fantasy, mythology, urban fantasy, and sword & sorcery.Current services offered are cover design, interior page layout, typesetting, and image retouching. He will be available for jobs starting June 2026.

Sebb Borja

Sebb Borja (he/him) has thirteen years of experience with graphic design and layout. He was able to work on general design, book design, and layout jobs, most notable of which was as the book designer for Song of the Mango and Other New Myths.He had ten years of experience with Maya Philippines, Inc., mainly working with PR, internal comms, and B2B comms as a graphic designer. Before that, he had worked with CondoLiving magazine under One Mega Group for the magazine's layout and design.His capabilities span book design, layout and typesetting, cover design (though not full illustration), and general art direction. He is open to work starting May 2026.

Too often, it’s a struggle to find an editor or layout artist to work with, let alone one who’s on the same page with your literary goals. That’s why we started Arcane Oblong Editorial and Design: to help Filipino authors and publishers overcome the challenges of taking a story from word processor to final proof.We’re a Manila-based group of writers, editors, and designers passionate about riveting storytelling and transformative design—and we’re eager to see Filipino literature thrive. Our collective experience spans fiction, journalism, and marketing, reaching readers both at home and overseas.

We love it when a story really comes together and we can’t wait to make that happen with yours.

Book production can often feel like a confusing process, shrouded in questions and uncertainty—not unlike magic. Our name pays homage to the iconic magician’s circle, while embracing the unique form of the oblong. Just as oblongs, ovals and ellipses emerged from the balance between two focal points, we take pride in bringing harmony out of conflicting constraints: dynamism with stability, inventiveness with constancy. In classical architecture, the oblong was often used in temples where mortals sought harmony with the divine. Similarly, we hope to elevate our clients’ work to the ideals they envision.It’s also an homage to our dog Oblong, who is a constant source of cheer and encouragement to the team.