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Author: tarafrejas

I need my happy endings, please, and thank you!

Projects The Writing Community July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 by tarafrejas

The month of May marked the second month of lockdown/community quarantine for us here in the Philippines, and I think it’s safe to say the otherwise calmer people I know had begun to feel agitated because of all the uncertainty. People have lost their jobs, friends and acquaintances lost their loved ones (either to COVID-19 …

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Hello, this is Ever After calling…

Projects The Writing Community June 28, 2020 by tarafrejas

Sometime in the middle of the community quarantine here in the Philippines, a bunch of romance authors decided to work on a web series. Yep. *snaps fingers* Just like that. I think it’s safe to say spite and pettiness and rage were very strong motivators, because man…did the scripts come out so fast! (This might …

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[ Love Bites ] Say It Anyway

Personal The Writing Community June 21, 2020 by tarafrejas

This is an excerpt of a ficlet set in the universe of Waiting in the Wings. Full version available on Wattpad.

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Gio Gahol reads Play It By Ear

The Writing Community June 15, 2020 by tarafrejas

I celebrated Play It By Ear‘s first book birthday on May 15th, and I asked #romanceclass Class President, theatre actor, Gio Gahol to read a scene from the book, more specifically, something from Episode Twenty-One: The Show Must Go On. This was super short notice. I’d been thinking and thinking and thinking of what I could …

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#RomanceClass Watch Party!

The Writing Community April 9, 2020 by tarafrejas

Last Saturday (the 4th of April), we had our very first #romanceclass watch party, featuring four of our favorite live readings from past events. This was actually us testing some tech for our upcoming April Feels Day event on the 25th, but we figured, hey—why don’t we make this fun? ^_^ And we did have a …

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COVER REVEAL: Keeping Miss Kalila

Projects The Writing Community March 22, 2020 by tarafrejas

Here’s some good news for those of you who read and love my books: I’m releasing a new title on the 1st of April! Keeping Miss Kalila has been in development since late 2018, but I only went full steam ahead in terms of writing the novel April last year. I wrote another blog entry …

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FREE EBOOK: Second Wave Summer

Giveaway The Writing Community March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 by tarafrejas

CLAIM A FREE COPY OF SECOND WAVE SUMMER HERE Hi, everyone. I hope you are all keeping safe and healthy amidst all the uncertainty going on around us. Over here in the Philippines, the whole of Luzon is under enhanced community quarantine, and I believe even the Visayas and Mindanao regions are implementing their own …

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Pinoy Movie x Book Match: F.L.A.M.E.S. the Movie

Movies The Writing Community February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 by tarafrejas

Hello, February! <3 As expected I’ve slacked off on my blog posts when I got back at work, but I can’t let the love month go by without a Pinoy Movie x Book Match post, so here it is — a love month special featuring F.L.A.M.E.S. the Movie (1997)! F.L.A.M.E.S. the Movie is available on iWant.

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#RomanceClass for Taal Relief

The Writing Community January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 by tarafrejas

A bunch of #romanceclass authors have put together this great ebook bundle in order to raise funds for Taal eruption relief efforts. For only $10, you will be getting 19 amazing romance titles by Filipino authors and helping out Batangas residents affected by the Taal Volcano eruption. All proceeds will be donated as cash to Rock …

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Buy tickets to Maxie the Musicale 2020!

Theatre January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 by tarafrejas

SAVE THE DATE: August 1, 2020 / Saturday / 3:00 PM Keep us in mind for tickets! Our Ticket2Me page will be up very soon, but you may direct inquiries to the numbers above. ABOUT THE SHOW Maxie The Musical tells the story of an effeminate, adolescent boy Maxie growing up in the slums of …

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I write about people and things I love, and about lives that I will never live—like I’m running out of time.

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  • I need my happy endings, please, and thank you!
  • Hello, this is Ever After calling…
  • [ Love Bites ] Say It Anyway
  • Gio Gahol reads Play It By Ear
  • #RomanceClass Watch Party!

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I write about people and things I love, and lives I will never live—like I'm running out of time. ❤🇵🇭 #romanceclass author 🌈 she/her

Thank you to everyone who bought copies of KEEPING Thank you to everyone who bought copies of KEEPING MISS KALILA last Sunday! 💛 I hope you enjoy the book, and please, if you have time after reading, do leave a rating/review on Goodreads and/or Amazon. Thank you as well to those who boosted my flash sale post over on Twitter! 🥰 You guys are THE BEST.
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KEEPING MISS KALILA is currently available on Amazon and Radish (and on other platforms, soon). If you are in the Philippines and would like to order a paperback copy, go tarafrejas.com/orderform or romanceclassbooks.com. 
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Happy Easter, everyone! ❤ A couple of days ago, Happy Easter, everyone! ❤ A couple of days ago, KEEPING MISS KALILA turned one year old, and I'm celebrating today with a 99c sale on Amazon! Go to bit.ly/KMKNovel and one-click this baby (perfect for lovers of second-chance romances) NOW! 🥰 Thank you in advance, and happy reading!
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NIGHTMARE CABIN is an interactive suspense thrille NIGHTMARE CABIN is an interactive suspense thriller with two different narrative arcs. I wrote this as a weekly contest entry for @dorian.live, and it was both a fun and tiring experience lol 🤣 It was my first time creating and finishing a one-shot interactive story in less than a week, and I'm pretty proud of the end result. If you're on the #Dorian app, I hope you give Nightmare Cabin a try! (And do leave comments as you go along, please! ❤ Thank you!)
First family photos after a year of being apart be First family photos after a year of being apart because of the pandemic. ❤🥲 Happy birthday, Jill! 🎂🥰
Woke up this morning to the cutest little surprise Woke up this morning to the cutest little surprise! It's little Pio Alvez with his cabbage costume on! 🥰 Pio the Repolyo appeared in a Wattpad short story I wrote a few months back (swipe left for a snippet), and one of my readers (@/maddiegarfield on Twitter) commissioned this fanart from @artby.anjelik.  Isn't he just THE CUTEST? I wanna squish his baby cheeks, hihihi. Thank you Maddie and Anjelik for making me smile today! ❤
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Also check out @artby.anjelik's account for more of her work!
Three weeks ago, I was in a #RomanceClass Podcast Three weeks ago, I was in a #RomanceClass Podcast episode with fellow authors Dawn Lanuza, Jay E. Tria, and Six de los Reyes where we talked about rockstars—why we like them, why we write them in our books, how we like our rockstars, and more. In this clip I talk about meeting forner Sugarfree frontman Ebe Dancel for the first time after one of his gigs a few years back.
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The stream replay is available on the #romanceclass YouTube channel: kilig.pub/youtube ❤ Or you can listen to the podcast episode on your favorite podcast streaming platform! Just search for #RomanceClass Podcast and you're good to go!
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Many thanks to Mina and the community for including me in fun livestreams like this! I will be doing another one soon—stay tuned for more details! 🥰🥰🥰
“Erin, I’m not going to get that part, okay? I “Erin, I’m not going to get that part, okay? I’m almost 100% sure they’re not going to give it to me no matter how—”

“How do you know?” Erin was getting upset. He knew by the way the tip of her nose slowly turned a bright shade of pink. If he failed to get his shit together, he knew her cheeks would soon turn crimson. 

“Listen. I’m just not the type.”

“Who said that?”

“Every director I auditioned for?”

“Well, they’re wrong,” she said, the conviction in her voice so strong he was almost convinced she spoke the truth. “Ramon, I know that a lot of us have to deal with a hundred ‘nos’ before we’re given a chance on that stage, but that doesn’t mean we should give up fighting for the ‘yeses.’ What you’re doing now—that’s giving up, and I’m not going to let you do that to yourself.”

WAITING IN THE WINGS (2017) // Available on Amazon, Apple Books, B&N, Kobo, Overdrive, and Scribd. Paperback copies for PH residents may be purchased via tarafrejas.com or romanceclassbooks.com.

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Happy Hump Day! 🥰 Here's an outtake from my #Ro Happy Hump Day! 🥰 Here's an outtake from my #RomanceClass Podcast Rockstar Trope episode photoshoot. (Photoshoot talaga?!?) 🤣 In case you missed it, the episode I did with fellow authors Dawn Lanuza, Jay E. Tria, and Six de los Reyes is now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere you can find great podcasts! (The livestream replay is also on our YouTube channel: kilig.pub/youtube.) ❤
I haven't played a lot of #AnimalCrossing since ar I haven't played a lot of #AnimalCrossing since around September of last year, but I picked the game up again on my birthday and did a huge revamp of my island. I missed my Lakambini villagers (said goodbye to Audie, said hello to Julian), and I also missed being able to create something in this manner. My island is far from finished, but at least I don't hate it anymore when I look at it! 🤣 Here are some snapshots I took recently. 🥰
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