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One night, two beers, three songs. Open Mic Night at NomCom is usually great business for Feliz’s craft beer stall—except when a sudden downpour means everything’s canceled and everyone’s stranded. Ready for a slow and uneventful night, she gets unexpected […]
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Last week, I moderated an online panel called The Hows of Romance Writing for NBDB, featuring authors Catherine Dellosa, Steno Padilla, and J.P. Adrian. A replay of the session (in English and Tagalog) can be viewed here: https://www.facebook.com/nbdb.phil/videos/347768140667684 We had […]
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Finally got around to putting this together, but here it is…my Young and Scambitious set of short stories, now published as Scambitious: The Complete Series. Scambitious: The Complete Series Jane likes to pretend to be other people. Don’t trust her […]
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I have a session at the Brisbane Writers Festival with Jodi McAlister and Kat Mayo, on May 7, details and registration page here. It’s called ”Romance from Manila” and I’m excited, because—if you’ve been following this blog forever—it does seem […]
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I’ve been doing a series on the #RomanceClass Twitch channel that I’ve been calling ”publishing chika” — just a few minutes of talking after I do my writing sprints. The topic over the past few weeks has been releasing new […]
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This is a tweet I post, with slight variations, once in a while, and I did it again today: Here’s the “unrolled” thread: Pinoy literary dudes following this account: have you read a romance by a Filipino author lately? Do […]
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As I write this post, the lockdown in Metro Manila has been reclassified as ”alert level 1,” meaning there is pretty much no lockdown anymore. We have to wear masks, and access to most places requires a vaccination card, but […]
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#RomanceClass is a community of Filipino authors of romance in English. This anthology features all-new romance short stories from 14 #RomanceClass authors. Each author was assigned a trope and a shared setting {the fictional Nomnom Commons Food Park in Ortigas, […]
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I’ve probably mentioned the word “community” on this website a zillion times, because I think about it a lot. We’re often told that our stories are for a community; the idea of it permeates every part of the writing and […]
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My short story Saved by Hope now has an audio edition! This was a short story serialized in the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s digital edition in 2021. It now has an ebook edition, and an audio edition narrated by Sonja Serania. […]
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