Archive of ‘Publishing’
A fun thing happened –the #romanceclassYA project that became Flicker was featured in Young Star! Author Angeli E. Dumatol and I were interviewed by Fiel Estrella, and the feature went online earlier this month. I asked Fiel if I could […]
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I get questions sometimes about how to join #romanceclass. The easiest way is to join an online class when I open one, and I announce on this site when I do. But an author can still join the community and […]
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FLAIR (or #romanceclassFlair) is a new, ongoing project to release steamy contemporary romance (in English) by Filipino authors. There are four new titles from four different #romanceclass authors about to be released, and these books will be unapologetically sexy.
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Hey everyone: My Spotlight New Adult series now has an international digital publisher! Thank you, Flirt Publishing!
The Spotlight books are my US-setting New Adult books. You know, the ones with Nicholas, Jake, Oliver, and soon, Nathan and Grayson. Some of the books are available on Amazon now, but soon there will be a switch to the new Flirt Publishing editions.
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Seven out of the last ten books I read recently have been on Scribd. My free trial year ended last month, and when the time came to decide to renew, I did. Right away.
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If you’re looking for romance, chick lit, YA, and new adult by Filipino authors, we’ve got them right here:

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Some indie-published romance authors and I started this after they successfully finished #romanceclass, #buqosteamyreads, and my other online writing classes. Thought we’d make it easier for readers to see our work, because most of them are indie-pubbed and each author has her own marketing and social media thing going on.
First of all, it’s amazing that in a few years we’ve gotten to the point where we have a catalog and over thirty books listed. (Once we start adding the 30 #buqoYA finished books, this would go up considerably.) Most of these titles are in English, right now, because they took a class under me and I write romance in English and in the beginning was comfortable teaching only that. But in the recent classes the authors have branched out, and we’ll have Tagalog/English titles on the site too.
There’s a lot of talk about diversity in publishing right now, and I must admit, we didn’t have that as a goal when the classes started. At least, not diversity the way the current discussion worldwide (US-centric, admittedly) is talking about it. We started #romanceclass because I had met some Filipino authors who read English-language contemporary romance and chick lit, and wanted to write it. We thought there weren’t enough books being published to cover every single theme, character, and situation we wanted. So we started writing it together.
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photo from facebook.com/buqoapp It’s all the same, but different. #buqoYA is a class similar to #romanceclass, #buqosteamyreads, and #flirtsteamyreads before it. It was mostly online, and you didn’t have to go to the meetups or face-to-face classes. It’s got a […]
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Print book formatting and affordable printing, with co-facilitator Tania Arpa, February 28, O2 Space Makati. Sign up here: bit.ly/learnprintpub After February 28, we are conducting training based on requested schedules only. Choose your schedule here, if you’d like us to […]
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Update: 3 slots left as of December 5. Print book formatting and affordable printingVenue: O2 Space Solutions, Milelong Bldg, Amorsolo St. MakatiTime: 8:30 to 11:30 amFee: P3,500 (includes snacks and coffee) Facilitated by Tania Arpa and Mina V. Esguerra What […]
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Update: 3 slots left as of November 29. Ebook formatting and publishingVenue: O2 Space Solutions, Milelong Bldg, Amorsolo St. MakatiTime: 8:30 to 11:30 amFee: P3,500 (includes snacks and coffee) What we’re going to do is format and publish your book […]
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