[Short non-fiction] Dear love of my life
This was written in 2017 and sent to the subscribers of Aurora M. Suarez’s newsletter. Sharing now in memory of my Lola Z, who passed away on June 20.
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Archive of ‘Writing’
Podcast Episode: Writing Heat Level 3 When You’re Filipino
Here’s my script from my intro to this #RomanceClass Podcast episode that I hosted, about writing heat level 3 (on-page sex) in romance: This episode is called Writing Heat Level 3 or writing on-page sex, When You’re Filipino. On the […]
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This book that is the opposite of fail
This tells me a story. I like looking at my sales data, but at the same time I try not to judge my books—or myself—harshly by it. A few years ago I decided to set a minimum earnings goal for […]
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#RomanceClass: The guidelines, an intro, a 2021 video lecture
It’s August 2021 and as of right now I know that we won’t be doing #RomanceClass anytime soon. But the guidelines “textbook” that I give to the class (that I use to write my own books still) is available, and […]
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#KiligCafe Aug 11 – Thinking about word counts
I did another #KiligCafe writing sprint today and look — it seems to work for me. I am always more ready to write when I share my schedule with people. I also explained why Wednesday 9 AM is my preferred […]
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Writing regularly (I hope) with #KiligCafe sprints
I’m writing again! And if you want to write along with me, I’ll be live-streaming my writing sprints once a week. Go follow RomanceClass on Twitch at kilig.pub/twitch so you’ll be notified when we’re doing live streams. I happen to […]
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Pleasure to Meet You [short story]
As a favor to her sister (producer of cable dating show A Pleasure To Meet You), Natasha agrees to appear on an episode and discovers she’s going on a date with the creator of her favorite amateur pottery channel on […]
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Heat Levels (where we are in 2021)
We’re doing a #RomanceClass lecture on Heat Levels on Saturday, and I’d like to share a timeline of how we’ve started writing sex scenes. Just to illustrate that it’s good to constantly evaluate our position and advice on this and […]
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Twitter Q&A Bonus: Writing Sex Scenes
On February 26, I did a Q&A on Twitter, answering questions about writing and romance for National Arts Month. I received one question as a direct message, and it was a good question! We had a little discussion in my […]
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Sometimes it takes 12 years
I rarely write a post about a book while I’m still writing it, but I’d like to get this out of the way about my upcoming release before I fully commit to the story and the choices I have to […]
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Mina V. Esguerra writes and publishes romance novels. She founded #RomanceClass, a community of Filipino authors of romance in English.
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