On the blog: Our next #RomanceClass event on April 29, our charity anthology, and a couple other things
1. RomanceClass AprilFeelsDay2023 will be at Magdamag Market Cafe, 3 PM to 6 PM, on April 29 Saturday. Free admission! Our theme is "afternoon tea" and we'll have book launches, new projects and partner announcements, and LIVE READINGS omg with our friends Gio Gahol, Rachel Coates, Marynor Madamesila (her first time so let's cheer her
Hello, friends! The #RomanceClass charity anthology this year features new stories by Danice Mae P. Sison, Ines Bautista-Yao, Tara Frejas, Celestine Trinidad, Angel Constantino Aquino, and Jay E. Tria and ALL PROCEEDS will be donated to Pawssion Project.
Purchase/donate now and receive the ebook on April 29: http://gum.co/pawfectforyou
Available only until June 29, 2023.
Update: The full anthology is available now! If you purchased before April 29, please check your inbox! Or go to your Gumroad library to download the book!===Pawfect For You: Tropetastic Kindness Bundle 3#RomanceClass is a community of Filipino authors of romance in English. This anthology features all-new romance short stories from 6 #RomanceClass authors. Each author was assigned a trope and was asked to include pets in their story.All proceeds will be donated to Pawssion Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming of dogs and cats in distress. If you've purchased this anthology, you will receive an update on the donation in your email through Gumroad. To purchase/donate using Gcash/Maya/GrabPay: a Snack.ph link will go live on April 29. Please watch out for it!Available for $7 (you can choose to give a higher amount!) only until June 29, 2023. The anthology will be sent to you as a Kindle-compatible EPUB file on RELEASE DAY APRIL 29, 2023. (A special preview in PDF can be downloaded as soon as you purchase/donate!)Cover art by Liza S. dela CruzTable of contents Pa-meow-manhikan (The Propawsal) by Danice Mae P. Sison (grumpy x sunshine, idiots in like, heat level 2, adult)Puppy Love by Ines Bautista-Yao (extrovert x introvert, second chance romance, heat level 0, adult)Best Days Ever by Tara Frejas (royalty x commoner, second chance romance, heat level 3, adult)Safe Haven by Celestine Trinidad (can't remember anything x remembers too much, best friend's sibling, heat level 0, adult)Furever With You by Angel C. Aquino (confident x shy & awkward, forced proximity, heat level 0, adult)No Touching by Jay E. Tria (tall & timid x small & feisty, reluctant helper, opposites attract, heat level 3, adult)General CWs/TWs: COVID-19 pandemic, pet death, dog anxiety/phobia, animal crueltySpecific CWs and TWs will appear at the beginning of each story when necessary.#RomanceClass community heat levels: 0 - No sex on or off the page1 - Off-page sex mentioned in story2 - At least one “Closed door” sex scene3 - At least one “Open door” sex scene4 - “Open door” sex scenes, erotic romance elements, with HEA
The audio edition of my book BETTER AT WEDDINGS THAN YOU (narrated by Rachel Coates and Gio Gahol) is available on Scribd. Free to read if you're a subscriber: https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/512802522/Better-at-Weddings-Than-You
If you aren't a subscriber yet, here's my invite link for a 2-month free trial https://scribd.com/g/38qf0k
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Daphne Cardenas is the best wedding planner around, and everyone knows it. That's why her friend Greg hired her as an emergency replacement one month before his wedding—because he fears his fiancée Helen is falling for the guy they first hired for the job. Aaron Trinidad is new to the wedding industry but years of conference planning and loads of charm make him good at it. Really good at it. Planning the wedding of his friend Helen should be easy, and it is. To be unceremoniously fired isn't good for his new career, but the chance to learn from the best might be the silver lining. Aaron and Daphne have chemistry, but there’s history with Helen that at least one other person considers a threat. Who's the planner who can fix this impending disaster? (Part of the Chic Manila series, but can be read as a standalone.)
On the blog: #RomanceClass10thAnniv and how we met our managers at Bold MP
Because this story has been shared to our friends/fellow authors at #RomanceClass10thAnniv, I guess I can blog about it too. In 2018 I decided to produce an audio edition of Iris After the Incident. Audio editions are not standard with releases here in the Philippines, and I wanted to try it, so I had to
I did a livestream last Saturday: #Scrivener for #Romance Writing . Available on demand for subscribers of the #RomanceClass Twitch channel
I start with a short intro to the software, then a 30-minute demo of how you could use it to write romance fiction, then a q&a.
romanceclass went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Talk Shows & Podcasts VOD now.
No new #RomanceClass anytime soon but the textbook has been updated and I did an intro lecture on Twitch (watch on demand when you subscribe to http://kilig.pub/twitch).
Details here: https://minavesguerra.com/news/updated-romanceclass-intro-lecture-and-textbook/
And the last 2 are #RomanceClass books.
Your Place Next Year by Mina V. Esguerra. Short and steamy, and a great length if you're looking for a novella!
Love to Meet You by Jay E. Tria is also steamy and so good. Korean celeb LI, falling in love with a 'regular' person. Def. rec!
#FilipinoAuthors interested in writing romance (the way #RomanceClass does it), the guidelines, video lecture, deck are available here: https://gum.co/romanceclass
Our 100+ books are listed here: https://romanceclassbooks.com
#publishingSEA #publishingPhilippines #FilipinoLiterature #romance
Updated 2022 edition! Includes the new 2022 RomanceClass lecture (video and script). A compilation of lessons from #romanceclass, a free class held in 2013, that has since helped over 100 Filipino authors write and publish their books. Find the published books at romanceclassbooks.com. This book will help you:1. Learn a simple plot structure for a romance novella2. Set a reasonable and practical writing schedule3. Finish the manuscript and prepare it for publicationNote: Best for self-paced learners who are familiar with romance plots and novels. Is not a grammar course. If you are entirely unfamiliar with romance/chick lit novels, best to read a few first before starting this.
13. IRIS AFTER THE INCIDENT audio edition on YouTube: Sharing the full audiobook, 2 chapters a week (and encouraging all #RomanceClass to have audio editions). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pq2kv2xEyk&list=PL_Xrbqj-PNRKkdYmPGafpWUuqyXT4fWPu
14. RomanceClass Email Newsletter: Revived the newsletter this year. Sign up to get updates! There will be more books, events, and partnerships to see our stories in new formats and media.
...and that's the update, most of the work we did in 2022 (that we can talk about). More in 2023!
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