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To recap: Yes, we want to see Filipinos on covers too, and it has been this kind of journey. 1: Collabs and acquiring photos from fashion/style content creators. 2: Organizing our first shoot with Migs and Katrice. 3: Crowdfunding and […]
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Of everything ever posted on this blog, the most popular page/s are the ones that have to do with how I write and publish. This entire blog has been a document of how I’ve been doing that for ten years […]
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Sharing a thread I tweeted yesterday, which comes at the end of months of being in panels, watching panels, possibly being panel-fatigued. The point of the thread being, when people tell you that your book is a disappointment because it […]
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All the conferences and panels are online now, and I may have done more speaking engagements in 2020 than I ever have in 11 years of being an author. Each time I’m asked to speak, I prepare a presentation about […]
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Kiss and Cry has an audiobook edition! Listen to it now on Scribd. This was produced through the Findaway Voices and Scribd Choice Authors Program, and I’m grateful to have been selected. The team at Findaway Voices and Scribd also […]
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Script and slides of an About RomanceClass presentation updated in 2020. Video version embedded above. Hello! My name is Mina V. Esguerra and I will be talking about romanceclass, a community of Filipino authors of romance in English. About Me: […]
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First of all: “Shinta Mori” is a character created by Jay E. Tria. The character is a Japanese actor who becomes the love interest of Filipino indie musician Jill, in a book called Songs Of Our Breakup, the first in […]
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The title of this post is confusing, most likely. I’ve given this topic a lot of thought because recently I’ve had to say versions of this to people, and even with practice I’m not sure if a post summarizing all […]
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Hi, book! So glad to see you. Book description: Colin Valerio has been performing practically all his life. From national team figure skating, to underwear modeling, and now posting (shirtless) selfies daily for his adoring audience. Many don’t know though […]
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In my book What Kind of Day, one of my main characters, Naya, works in tourism, has her own travel business, although there is a hint of what could be a future career for her beyond the business. In this […]
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This week I made a major change to my author bio: Adaptations rights of my books are now represented by Anna Liza Recto-Ruth at Bold MP. (Which means any inquiries on adaptations should be sent to annaliza [at] boldmp.com, thank […]
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Yes, it’s kind of sudden. But hey…we’re producing a web series! An official announcement is up here at the romanceclass website. This post will be more about the feelings that led up to writing what would be an episode for […]
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