Tara Tries To Write

Once Upon a Project

August 30, 2017 No Comments

When I released Waiting in the Wings in February, I had no idea I would be writing a spin-off novel so soon. Honestly, I already had plans for a second book in the same universe, but it wasn’t top priority on my writing calendar. (Yes, I have one. :P)

And then, #AprilFeelsDay2017 and a certain theatre actor came along to shake things up.

Needless to say, I succumbed to the kilig and gigil and began outlining #ProjectPio in May–and if there was a phrase I’d use to describe everything about this writing process, it would be whirlwind affair.

The Writing Community

Don’t Miss This $0.99 Ebook Sale!

August 16, 2017 No Comments

Because it’s #BuwanNgMgaAkdangPinoy, all my books on Amazon are $0.99 until the end of the month! Check out my titles below:

Paper Planes Back Home

Urban Fantasy / Contemporary / Romance / 40k+ words
Synopsis | Amazon | Goodreads

The “Forget You” Brew

Urban Fantasy (#StrangeLit) / Contemporary / Romance / 15k+ words
Synopsis | Amazon | Goodreads

Scandalized

Contemporary / Light Romance / 40k+ words
Synopsis | Amazon | Goodreads

Settle the Score / Hustle Play

Contemporary / Sports Romance / 16k+ words
Synopsis | Amazon | Goodreads

Waiting in the Wings

Contemporary / Romance / 40k+ words
Synopsis | Amazon | Goodreads

Summer Crush

Contemporary / Romance / Anthology / 40k+ words
Synopsis | Amazon | Goodreads

Hankering for more Filipino-authored romances? Well, you’re in luck, because a lot of my fellow #romanceclass authors are having a $0.99 sale too! Take a look at this very useful Twitter thread put together by our dear friend, Chachic:

https://twitter.com/chachic_/status/894400128718487553

There you go~ time for some book shopping! Have fuuu~n! <3

Events, Videos

Don’t Sleep On These Pinoy Flicks: Pista Ng Pelikulang Pilipino 2017

August 4, 2017 No Comments

Remember that diverse Metro Manila Film Festival lineup we had last year? I personally wasn’t able to watch every single one of them (because I was stuck in Baguio City and they were showing like… just three of the eight official entries, even splitting one cinema for two films) but I thought it was a pretty solid lineup. There was an animated film (Saving Sally), a documentary (Sunday Beauty Queen), a feel-good rom-com (Vince and Kath and James), comedy and drama (Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2, Die Beautiful), and even a thriller (Seklusyon).

It doesn’t look like we’re going to see a repeat of that lineup this year, though, but you know what? That’s fine. Because this August, we get an entire week of what looks like some of the best new (and new-ish?) releases via Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino! Check out the 12 films that made it to this year’s list!

Projects, The Writing Community, Videos

Relive Summer Crush With Gio and Gab!

July 29, 2017 No Comments

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 got Gio Gahol and Gab Pangilinan to help us out! We made those videos available to our readers last month, and now you can have access to them too!

Relive your Summer Crush feelings over and over again with these short videos, and don’t forget to share the love! We can never get enough of our live readers, anyway, right?

You Only Need Reminding by Jay E. Tria

https://vimeo.com/226272971

Almost There by Tara Frejas

https://vimeo.com/226276015

Ocean Eyes by Six de los Reyes

https://vimeo.com/227462475

Summer Crush is available on Amazon and print-on-demand.

We’d love to hear what you think about our very first collaboration project! Please leave a rating/review of Summer Crush on Amazon and Goodreads when you can–it will be greatly appreciated!

Special thanks once again to Gio Gahol and Gab Pangilinan, who made time for us for this mini project. May this not be the last! <3 We love you!

The Writing Community

So you wanna write YA? Here’s your chance!

July 25, 2017 No Comments

#romanceclass is looking for new YA (young adult) authors–could you be one of them? If you’ve been wanting to write a #romanceclass book but don’t know where to start, this is your chance to be mentored by two amazing Filipino authors, Agay Llanera and Ines Bautista-Yao!

Click on the link below to view the signup page, read the rules carefully, and register for the class when you’re ready. But don’t wait too long, because the form closes on August 25!

YES! I want to join the #romanceclass YA workshop today!

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