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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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Pinoy Movie x Book Match: Till There Was You

Movies The Writing Community January 14, 2020 by tarafrejas

Pinoy Movie x Book Match is back for the new year! And hey, faux relationship trope fans…this one is for you! ^_^ My first Pinoy Movie x Book Match for 2020 features the Piolo Pascual-Judy Ann Santos film Till There Was You.

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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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Previously…

  • 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

Just some photos of Max on the treadmill, his new Just some photos of Max on the treadmill, his new favorite hangout spot in the house. What a poser. 🤣
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#maxthebunny #mrmaxthebunny #bunniesofinstagram #bunniesofig #bunnies #rabbitsofinstagram #rabbitsofig #petsofinstagram #petsofig #petlove
On my birthday, Jill and I left the house for a st On my birthday, Jill and I left the house for a stroll together for the first time since March 2020, when we both headed to the mall to buy groceries two days before lockdown.
Just wanted to flex this cheese/grazing board I pu Just wanted to flex this cheese/grazing board I put together for my birthday cos I'm really proud of it haha! I also tried making my own version of those Kdrama egg drop sandwiches (with bacon, scrambled eggs, sweet mayo x sriracha sauce, and sliced strawberries). Those red velvet cupcakes are store bought, though. Heh. ❤ Now to eat the remaining cheese I have because I can LOL 🤣
Not exactly how I'd pictured celebrating my birthd Not exactly how I'd pictured celebrating my birthday after last year's super fun trip to Thailand, but this will definitely do for now. Thank you @chiyurodriguez, @jayetria, @sixdlr, and the rest of the #romanceclass peeps who joined our mukbang and games birthday salubong stream last night for making this birthday a little less lonely and a lot more fun. ❤ Love you guys! 🥰
We may not be together right now but I believe we We may not be together right now but I believe we soon will be. Till then, here's a picture of last year's birthday cake. 🤣 Happy birthday, Mama! 🎂🥳 Hope to see you soon. ❤❤❤ Love you!
Gulat kayo, 'no? Akala niyo siguro KPop groups lan Gulat kayo, 'no? Akala niyo siguro KPop groups lang ang nagcocomeback—nope! Kami rin! 🤣 Chi, Jay, Six, and I will be doing a 🎂 birthday 🎂 salubong (AKA kalat) stream on Saturday, February 20 at 11PM! Get ready with your midnight snacks (cake, maybe?) and help me celebrate my birthday @ my YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/tarafrejas ❤ See ya! #ProfessionalLivesteamers
The interactive version of #LikeNobodysWatching no The interactive version of #LikeNobodysWatching now has six live episodes up on #Dorian! A new update is coming this week, so now's the time to catch up on what you (might have) missed! ❤
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Dorian is an interactive stories app that you can download for free via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. What's really fun about this app is you can play episodes with your friends, which is a nifty little feature that makes the experience so much more fun! 🥰 Download the app today, and see you on Dorian!
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Meanwhile, #LikeNobodysWatching is still available in ebook and paperback! Go to bit.ly/ProjectPioNovel to get an ebook copy, or romanceclassbooks.com to order paperback (PH only). ❤
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#romanceclass #interactivefiction #interactivestories #booksph #instabooks #instareads #igreads #indiereads #diversereads #romancereads #romanceph #filipinoauthors #filipinoromance #romanceinenglish  #romanceauthors #authorsofcolor #authorsofinstagram #authorsofig #ownvoices #authorlife #contemporaryromance #lovelocalPH #readlocalPH #supportlocalPH
Hey, hey, here's a birthday giveaway! ❤ I'm givi Hey, hey, here's a birthday giveaway! ❤ I'm giving away a $10 Amazon gift card to two lucky winners of #TarasBirthdayGiveaway, and here's what you have to do to join:
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⭐ Post a bookstagram of the last book of mine you've read. (Paperback, ebook? Doesn't matter what format, as long as they were written by me)
⭐ In the caption, write your favorite thing about the book. Is it a character? A quote? A scene? Whatever it was, let me know!
⭐ End the post with the hashtag #TarasBirthdayGiveaway, and make sure your account is public so I can see it! 🥰
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❓ Can I post more than one entry? YES. Multiple posts mean multiple entries, and will also mean you'll have a bigger chance of winning!
❓ Can I post on Instagram/Twitter? YES. Entries from both platforms will be counted. However, if you post Picture A on Instagram and post the same photo on Twitter, that will be considered as ONLY ONE entry.
❓ Until when can I post entries? UNTIL 11:59 PM ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20.
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Tag your friends and let them know about this giveaway as well! Looking forward to seeing your posts! ❤🥰
If you have not yet done so, do catch #SpaceSweepe If you have not yet done so, do catch #SpaceSweepers on Netflix! ❤ It's a sci-fi movie about a ragtag bunch of space debris cleaners who discover a genetically-altered child (believed to be deadly) during one of their cleaning sprees. Barely scraping by (because in 2092, Earth has gone to shit BUT CAPITALISM STILL EXISTS!), they decide to give the child up for a handsome amount of cash, but quickly realize the exchange isn't gonna be that easy. Not with emotional connections being forged and all life on Earth threatened.
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Starts off a bit slow but escalates pretty quickly! The film is campy, fun, and emotional in parts (tissues needed by crybabies like me!), and it's just an amazing ride altogether. Bonus points for cast diversity and a witty nod to trans representation. Gotta give props to my boy Joongki for signing up for this film! Welcome back, Song!!! ❤
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