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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Archive of ‘Writing’
How I write and publish (as of 2020)
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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What saved 2020 for me, as a creator
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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I’m angry so I wrote a thing: “Make Good Days” for the Hello, Ever After web series
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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#romanceclass at your own pace
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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“Mina” is ten years old
A ten-year-old name, that is. The entire year that I was going back and forth with my editor and publisher on what would be my first book, I was communicating using a different name. (They still call me by that […]
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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 […]
continue reading...Draft excerpt: Thirst Date (short story)
This is an excerpt from the draft of a short story I wrote, that’ll be part of an anthology with some lovely #romanceclass authors. More details soon! Since this is from the draft, some details may change in the final. […]
continue reading...New #romanceclass lecture, 4Q 2018
New from #romanceclass: FLAIR
If you follow me and #romanceclass news on social media, you’ll be seeing a lot of this in the coming months. FLAIR (or #romanceclassFlair) is a new, ongoing project to release steamy contemporary romance (in English) by Filipino authors. There […]
continue reading...About Mina
Mina V. Esguerra writes and publishes romance novels. She founded #RomanceClass, a community of Filipino authors of romance in English.
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