First things first: Happy New Year, everybody! <3 Gosh–time flies so fast, doesn’t it? I hope everyone returned from their holiday vacations refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready for the year ahead. So…fun fact: I had slacked off on writing early November. (Except that’s not actually a ~fun fact, because it makes me uncomfortable that I was …
Meet-cute. You know the drill. Romantic lead meets love interest for the first time. Maybe it’s awkward, maybe they hit it off right away. Maybe it’s a total disaster. Whatever it is, a meet-cute happens when a future romantic couple meets for the first time. It sets tone and expectation for the readers, and is often …
Dear Tara, Do you remember when, as a high school senior/college freshman, you would spend afternoons with Ceejay and Macri doing research for the play you were writing at the CCP Library? Do you remember getting library cards (so you could borrow some material, I guess) after coming back so many times? (Let’s also not …
Take it from me: You don’t. Or rather, you can’t. It’s been more than a week since #romanceclass Feels Fest 2017, and I think it’s safe to say those who were able to attend the event are still reeling from everything that’s happened that rainy afternoon at Commune. I know I was/still am. My body couldn’t …
To be released this coming October 14 are new print editions of Fall Like Rain and Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano. So what’s so special about these new editions? Well… Fall Like Rain Ana Tejano Rain De Castro has been in love with her best friend, Mark Velasco, for almost the entire time she …
If: you were at #MIBF2017 and felt sad to know #romanceclass isn’t there this year, you have missed any (or all! OMGWHY) of the past #romanceclass events, or; you just can’t wait to attend another #romanceclass event… Then don’t miss #FeelsFest2017 this coming October 14 (yes, it’s only a month away–EEEEEK!) at the Commune Cafe+Bar …
Back in April, Jay, Six, and I released this summer music festival anthology called Summer Crush, something we had a lot of fun putting together. (Exhausting too, but all worth it.) As a special gift to those who bought the book, we also produced live reading videos featuring excerpts from each of our stories, and we …
And so, the final promotional ~thing for our summer music festival anthology, Summer Crush ended last Sunday! It came in the form of three video recordings, excerpts from each of the three short stories–Jay E. Tria’s You Only Need Reminding, Almost There by yours truly, and Six de los Reyes’ Ocean Eyes–read by two people we love, …
Okay, I know… I know. It’s been three weeks since the #romanceclass April Feels Day–I should have gotten over it by now, moved on and such… but guess what? It’s not happening. Nuh-uh. All because the live readings for Waiting in the Wings happened. So here I am, writing this post to try and process my feelings one …
You’re coming, right? I mean, because you can’t miss all the fun, especially not the live readings… when we’ve got these amazing people: Also, there are 15 new books being launched that day. Just in case… y’know, you need more on your humongous TBR pile. *wink* And just in case it’s your first time–and even …