Patron was a writer for the women’s pages and movies sections of
Liwayway magazine. During her tenure as a writer-interviewer of showbusiness personalities, Patron was able to interview American actor
Jeffrey Hunter, American singer
Paul Anka, and some
beauty queens, among others. Her magazine columns included
Buhay May-asawa (Married Life),
Psychopathic,
Munting-lupa (literally Small Portion of Land), and
Alta-Sosyedad (High [level of] Society). She became interested in scriptwriting and writing novels for the field of Philippine comics after her
Mga Payo ni Ate Mameng (Older Sister Mameng’s Advice) column in the pages of Liwayway magazine was converted into comic book format. Her first comic book novel was
Kapatid Ko ang Aking Ina (My Sister is My Mother), a novel that was adapted into a film that gave her a
Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award (FAMAS Award) for best story. Among her other novels were
Isinilang Ko ang Anak ng Ibang Babae (I Gave Birth to the Child of Another Woman),
Dalawa ang Nagdalantao sa Akin (There Were Two Who Became Pregnant for Me),
Ako si Emma, Babae (I am Emma, a Woman),
Padre, si Eba (
Father, This is
Eve),
Bago N’yo Ako Sumpain (Before You Curse Me),
Lord, Give Me a Lover,
Ang Mukha ni Aniana (Aniana's Face),
Eladia,
Sa Lilim ng Ilang-Ilang (Under the Shade of the
Ilang-ilang Tree),
Cara,
Bibo (
Dapper), and
Sleeping Beauty. Her
Sleeping Beauty was a prominent novel in Aliwan Komiks. During the 1990s, upon the decline of Philippine comics readership, Patron moved into writing novels for
Tagalog-language paperbacks, locally known as
Tagalog pocketbooks. ==Film adaptation==