Kiss and Cry Q&A
Answering some questions I got on Instagram. Thank you for the Qs!
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Posts by Mina V. Esguerra
Career update, or the value of a photo of a stack of your own books
My proof copy of Kiss and Cry arrived this week, and I’ve made a little thing out of taking a photo of my updated book stack like the one above. Not only is it a list of print books I […]
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romanceclass at CCP Pasinaya 2019
#romanceclass was at the CCP Pasinaya festival for the second time, and it was awesome. This is a yearly festival, and if you attend you get a schedule for three days of arts and culture from all over the country. […]
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Kiss and Cry (Six 32 Central #2)
Book description: Calinda met Ramirez when she was 20 and he was 22. She was the rising star of women’s skating, and he was the superstar forward of men’s hockey. Her parents and coach were against their relationship, and because […]
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US trip 2019 as author and reader
Was in LA and Houston for a few days in January, and managed to make some bookish visits to places. My main stop in LA was The Ripped Bodice, an indie, romance-focused bookstore. It was my second time to visit […]
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#romanceclasscovers update: 9 and we’ll keep going
The story so far: We’ve been writing romance novels that we publish internationally. Many of our favorite international romance books for the past few decades have photos or real people’s faces on the covers. Many of us started with art illustrations […]
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January 12 and 13: Buy romanceclass books at Power Mac Center Spotlight, Circuit Makati
#romanceclass will be watching Jef Flores’s musical Flashcard Tangle, and selling books at the theater! January 12 and 13, Power Mac Center Spotlight, Circuit Makati.
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Some book recs from 2018
I read 92 books in 2018. 92! That’s probably my best rate in years, and that doesn’t even include re-reads, standalone short fiction, komiks, zines, completed/serial online fiction, pre-publication #romanceclass reads. I won’t be listing all of the titles, and […]
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My books in libraries
Yes it’s possible, apparently, to indie-pub a romance book and see it acquired by libraries. If you use Smashwords (and opt into Overdrive for digital books), Findaway Voices (for audio books), and CreateSpace (now Amazon print, for print books) then […]
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Short thing: Boracay Guy and Manila Girl (Words and Water)
Wrote this in February 2017 for April at The Reading Belles. Part of something that isn’t really anything just yet. Do I even want to do this…? It took me seven days out of ten to make my way to this […]
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Mina V. Esguerra writes contemporary romance, young adult, and new adult novellas. Through her blog Publishing in Pajamas (minavesguerra.com), she documents her experiments in publishing.
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