#RomanceClass Podcast
By #Romanceclass and Collab Asia
#RomanceClass PodcastFeb 17, 2021
Writing Heat Level 3 When You’re Filipino
This episode is called Writing Heat Level 3 or writing on-page sex, When You’re Filipino. On the panel and contributing to this episode are romanceclass authors, who are Filipino romance authors, who have written and/or edited sex scenes in romance books.
Yes, Filipino authors write romance novels with sex scenes. It’s not just our community that does this, but there are published Tagalog romance novels and erotic fiction imprints that have been doing this for years. If you expand your definition of Filipino romance to serial fiction and fan fiction, there would be even more. But there’s a persistent misconception among readers, writers, and the academe that we don’t write sex and you can tell right away who actually isn’t reading romance when you hear them say that. We write it, it’s in published work, but the publishers don’t talk about it or market it because even if they’re willingly making money from it, they’re not always ready to defend it.
What we end up with is knowledge about sex scenes in romance that pretty much stays within writing communities and is difficult to then react to and learn from. And also difficult to find what’s excellent if this is the kind of thing you want to read.
In RomanceClass we as a community decided that a romance book was going to have certain elements, but sex would not be a required element. We have a heat level scale that ranges from 0 which means no sex on or off the page, to 4 which is erotic romance, and only one author has written. We’ve found it helpful as authors and readers to determine where in the scale our book is, and marketing and selling it accordingly.
Today we will be talking to authors who write Heat level 3, ask them about how they feel about writing it, and how readers have responded to their work.
Food in Romance
🎙 Join #RomanceClass authors Angel C. Aquino and Carla de Guzman as they talk about writing food in their romance books. This episode is hosted by author Mina V. Esguerra.
4pm PHT Saturday, 19 March 2022
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Food And Kilig
Join #RomanceClass authors Brigitte Bautista, Chi Yu Rodriguez, Danice Mae P. Sison, Layla Tanjutco, and Tara Frejas as they talk about writing a food park-themed anthology for a good cause. Hosted by author Mina V. Esguerra.
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Creating A Character-Based Romance Series
Join romance authors Jay E. Tria and Tara Frejas on a livestream as they talk about writing romance book series about a group of connected or related characters. Hosted by author Mina V. Esguerra.
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Creating A Location-Based Romance Series
Join romance authors Mina V. Esguerra and Ansela Corsino on this livestream as they talk about writing romance book series connected by a place.
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The Friends-To-Lovers Trope
Join romance authors Brigitte Bautista (link: https://www.romanceclassbooks.com/book-author/brigitte-bautista/), Ana Tejano (link: https://www.anatejano.com/) and Mina V. Esguerra (link: https://minavesguerra.com) live as they talk about the romance trope "friends to lovers".
Fall Like Rain (link: https://amzn.to/3FA3cdz) by Ana Tejano
You, Me, U.S. (link: https://amzn.to/3A9rPfV) by Brigitte Bautista
Brigitte Bautista
When she's not chained to a desk writing software code, Brigitte writes lesbian fiction and poetry. Brigitte is a huge sports freak and considers crying over sports strangely therapeutic. She has never met a donut she did not like and atones for the overeating by taking long walks or riding her bike around the city.
Ana Tejano
Ana Tejano has been in love with words and writing ever since she met Elizabeth Wakefield when she was in Grade 3. She has contributed several non-fiction pieces in print and online publications, and has been blogging for years. When she’s not writing, she works as a communications manager for a payroll outsourcing firm, and serves in CFC Singles for Christ in every other time that she doesn’t spend reading or sleeping. She lives in Metro Manila and is also known by another name in her other circles (but it’s not a secret identity, really).
Mina V. Esguerra
Mina V. Esguerra writes contemporary romance novels. Through her blog Publishing in Pajamas (minavesguerra.com), she documents her experiments in publishing.
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Writing Across Genres And Age Groups
Content warning: At 59:00 to 64:00, we discuss Sweet Valley High #40, On the Edge, and its plot that involves the drug-related death of a teen character. If you need to skip this section, we understand. The discussion continues after 64:00 and moves on to other topics.
Join romance authors Mina V. Esguerra and Agay Llanera on this livestream as they talk about writing stories for various audiences.
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How We Named Our Characters
Join romance authors Mina V. Esguerra and Tara Frejas on this livestream as they talk about the origins and inspirations of their characters names. Other authors in the community will also share their character name origins.
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Academics
Join romance authors Ines Bautista-Yao, C. P. Santi, Celestine Trinidad, and Jay E. Tria as they talk about how being teachers and professors inform their books. Hosted by Mina V. Esguerra.
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The Philippines As Our Setting
Join romance authors Mina V. Esguerra, C. P. Santi and Chris Mariano as they talk about writing stories set in different parts of the Philippines.
Chris Mariano
🕸 http://www.chrismariano.com/
🐦 https://twitter.com/dementedchris Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Chris-Mariano/e...
📚Cover (Story) Girl: https://www.amazon.com/Cover-Story-Gi...
📚Promdi Heart: https://www.amazon.com/Promdi-Heart-H...
C. P. Santi
📸https://instagram.com/arkiCPSanti
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FB: https://www.facebook.com/CPsantiauthor
Amazon: http://bit.ly/CPS_books
📚Dare To Love: (Set in San Pablo, Laguna) http://bit.ly/CPSDareToLove
📚Sweeter by the Second (in anthology Maybe This Time): (Set in Jimenez, Misamis Occidental) http://bit.ly/CPSMaybeTT
📚Promdi Heart: (Various locations) http://bit.ly/Promdi_Heart
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Rich People Problems
Romance authors Mina V. Esguerra, Carla de Guzman, Suzette de Borja, Bianca Mori, and Ansela Corsino talk about writing about obscenely rich characters.
Streamed live at 3pm, Saturday, 2021 June 5
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2cFj7mQqn8
Love Your Frenemies by Mina V. Esguerra - https://bit.ly/chicmanila4
One Night At The Penthouse Suite by Bianca Mori - bit.ly/OneNight2
One Night At The Palace Hotel by Bianca Mori - bit.ly/OneNightPalace
The Princess Finds Her Match by Suzette de Borja - https://amzn.to/2aCQC4j
The Duke Takes A Bride by Suzette de Borja - https://amzn.to/3fGGruy
When She Fell For the Billionaire by Suzette de Borja - https://amzn.to/1jZIBp7
How She Likes It by Carla de Guzman - https://amzn.to/3re7jVW
Alta - https://amzn.to/39D6qyQ
The Billionaire's Price by Ansela Corsino - https://anselacorsino.com/buytbp
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Romance Audiobooks, Filipino Authors
Join romance authors Mina V. Esguerra, Ana Tejano, Carla de Guzman, and Dawn Lanuza as they discuss their audiobooks and what it's like bringing their stories to audio.
SWEET ON YOU by Carla de Guzman
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Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/5006...
IRIS AFTER THE INCIDENT by Mina V. Esguerra
Audible: http://bit.ly/irisaudio
Scribd: http://bit.ly/irisaudio-scribd
STAY A LITTLE LONGER by Dawn Lanuza
https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...
Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano
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Fancasting Our Books
Join romance authors Mina V. Esguerra, Brigitte Bautista, Ana Tejano, Bianca Mori and Suzette de Borja as they fan cast their books.
You, Me, U.S. by Brigitte Bautista
Fall Like Rain by Ana Tejano
Be With Me by Suzette de Borja
One Night at the Penthouse Suite by Bianca Mori
Our K-Drama Influences
Host:
Tara Frejas
Panel
Jay E. TriaChi Yu Rodriguez
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This episode was recorded and streamed live on March 27, 2021 over YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. If you’d like to listen to the entire stream (it’s a few minutes longer than the audio of the podcast episode), check out the video below.
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Our K-Pop Influences
Hosts
Tara FrejasMina V. Esguerra
Cast
Katt BrionesDanice Mae P. SisonSix de los Reyes
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This episode was recorded and streamed live on March 27, 2021 over YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. If you’d like to listen to the entire stream (it’s a few minutes longer than the audio of the podcast episode), check out the video below.
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Fanfic
Host
Mina V. Esguerra
Cast
Celestine TrinidadChris MarianoChi Yu RodriguezCarla de Guzman
Show notes
Beverly Hills 90210The X-FilesBuffy the Vampire SlayerAngelNSync [This I Promise You | Bye Bye Bye | I Want You Back ]Lord of the RingsHarry PotterTeen WolfCoffee PrinceAmerican IdolTVXQ [Rising Sun | Purple Line]Super Junior [Miracle | Sorry, Sorry ]SHINee [ Lucifer | Replay ]f(x) [ Electric Shock | Hot Summer ]BTS [ Dynamite | Black Swan ]A Walk to RememberYuYu Hakusho [fandom | wiki]TwilightFifty Shades of GreyDoctor WhoWe Got MarriedStar Wars sequelsFinal FantasyAvatar: The Last AirbenderThe GhostbustersFruits BasketHana Yori DangoRurouni KenshinBleachFull Metal AlchemistStar WarsZootopia Game of ThronesInceptionAgents of ShieldNarutoThe Old Kingdom trilogy by Garth NixThe Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd AlexanderSherlock HolmesTreseSB 19 [Go Up MV | What? MV ]Pearl Next DoorArchive of Our Own (Ao3)
Show notes by Kaith Cimafranca
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This episode was recorded and streamed live on March 13, 2021 over YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. If you’d like to listen to the entire stream (it’s a few minutes longer than the audio of the podcast episode), check out the video below.
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The Rockstar Trope
Host:
Mina V. Esguerra “Pleasure to Meet You” (Trope: Minor Celebrity)
Cast:
Six de los Reyes Tara FrejasDawn LanuzaJay E. Tria
Show notes
Backstage Pass series by Tara FrejasSongs to Your Beat by Jay E. TriaSummer Storm series by Six de los ReyesThe Boyfriend Backtrack by Dawn LanuzaThe Tropetastic Kindness BundleF.T. Island – “Pray”You’re Beautiful (Netflix)SandwichLove Notes by Joanna CampbellLa Bamba (1987) – TrailerJulie and the Phantoms (Netflix)Arctic Monkeys – A.M.
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The Tropetastic Kindness Bundle
Host:
Tara Frejas
Mina V. Esguerra “Pleasure to Meet You” (Trope: Minor Celebrity)
Guests:
Angel C. Aquino “Home at Last” (Trope: The Protector)Suzette de Borja “Be With Me” (Trope: Locked Out Of Apartment”) Georgette S. Gonzales “Perfect Dad” (Trope: Single Parent)Katt Briones “Two Doors Down” (Trope: Mail Delivered By Mistake)Jay E. Tria “You Belong With Me” (Trope: Best Friend’s Sibling)Carla de Guzman “Congrats, You’re In Love!” (Trope: Forced Proximity)Dawn Lanuza “Noted” (Trope: There’s Only One Bed)
00:00 – Intro01:05 – #Tropetastic202101:27 – Subscribe to the podcast02:09 – Carla de Guzman and Dawn Lanuza10:00 – The KiligCast Newsletter10:39 – Angel C. Aquino, Suzette de Borja, Georgette S. Gonzales20:28 – Subscribe to the Podcast21:45 – Katt Briones and Jay E. Tria29:53 – Pahabol – Mina V. Esguerra “Pleasure to Meet You”
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Keep The Faith EPILOGUE
Five months later.
The cathedral was silent, at least in the way that all churches were pretty much hushed the moment you stepped in. I was delighted to see that my favorite row on the candle rack still had enough room for my own. I started lighting my candles.
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. The book is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 21
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 20
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 19
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 18 - Part 2
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 18 - Part 1
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 17
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 16 - Part 2
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 16 - Part 1
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith Chapter 15
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 14 - Part 2
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 14 - Part 1
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 13
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 12
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 11 - Part 2
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 11 - Part 1
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 10
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 9
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 8
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 7
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 6
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 5
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 4
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 3
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 2
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Keep The Faith - Chapter 1
For Season Three of the #RomanceClass podcast, we’ll be bringing you the full, unabridged audio narration of Keep the Faith by Ana Tejano, one chapter a week. Chapter 5 is narrated by Jade Albert.
Trailer Season Three
Season Three kicks off on 28 August 2019. Listen to the full unabridged audio of "Keep the Faith" by Ana Tejano. Narrated by Jade Albert.
Audiobook Excerpt – Chapter 2 – Iris After the Incident by Mina V. Esguerra (feat. Rachel Coates)
#romanceclass special podcast episode: An Excerpt of the Audiobook Iris After the Incident by Mina V. Esguerra (read by Rachel Coates)
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Because you seemed to enjoy the first chapter of the audiobook Iris After the Incident by Mina V. Esguerra so much, we’re sharing chapter 2 with you this week. Narration is provided by the amazing Rachel Coates.
Book description:Which moment has defined your life so far?
Whether she likes it or not, Iris’s life has been divided into two: Before the Incident, and After the Incident. Something very private was made very public, and since then life has been about recovering from being shamed, discovering her true friends, and struggling to find a new normal.
Two years into this new life and she finally connects with a guy again. He lives in the apartment down the hall, he’s hot, and he doesn’t look at her that way. He doesn’t know what happened. But he also won’t give her his name, not right away—which has to mean he’s got something to hide too.
Iris wants to start over. Should she do that with the only person who will understand, or is this the same idiotic decision that got her in trouble in the first place?
Contact author Mina V. Esguerra
Twitter: @minavesguerra
Website: minavesguerra.com
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Audiobook Excerpt – Iris After the Incident by Mina V. Esguerra (feat. Rachel Coates)
#romanceclass special podcast episode: An Excerpt of the Audiobook Iris After the Incident by Mina V. Esguerra (read by Rachel Coates)
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Here’s the first chapter of the audiobook Iris After the Incident by Mina V. Esguerra. Narration is provided by the talented Rachel Coates.
Book description:
Which moment has defined your life so far?
Whether she likes it or not, Iris’s life has been divided into two: Before the Incident, and After the Incident. Something very private was made very public, and since then life has been about recovering from being shamed, discovering her true friends, and struggling to find a new normal.
Two years into this new life and she finally connects with a guy again. He lives in the apartment down the hall, he’s hot, and he doesn’t look at her that way. He doesn’t know what happened. But he also won’t give her his name, not right away—which has to mean he’s got something to hide too.
Iris wants to start over. Should she do that with the only person who will understand, or is this the same idiotic decision that got her in trouble in the first place?
Contact author Mina V. Esguerra
Twitter: @minavesguerra
Website: minavesguerra.com
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Interview 07 – Dawn Lanuza (author, “The Boyfriend Backtrack”)
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We interview Ms. Dawn Lanuza, the author of the romance book The Boyfriend Backtrack, an excerpt of which is up on our #RomanceClass podcast.
Dawn Lanuza started writing stories when she was just a kid (they weren’t good or even finished). She works for the music industry by day and writes meet cutes and snappy comebacks by night. ‘The Boyfriend Backtrack’ is her first book. She currently lives with her family and an adopted dog.
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Interview 06 – Six de los Reyes (author, “Just for the Record”)
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We interview Ms. Six de los Reyes, the author of the romance book Just for the Record, an excerpt of which is up on our #RomanceClass podcast.
Six de los Reyes is an awkward kamote who writes better than she talks. She wrote Just for the Record and After the Moment.
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Twitter: @sixdlr
Facebook: @sixdelosreyes
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Interview 05 – Chris Mariano (author, “Cover (Story) Girl”)
Chris’ work has appeared in The Philippines Free Press, TAYO Literary Magazine, Ideomancer, Plural Online Journal, and the Philippine Speculative Fiction Anthology Vol. 7. Her short story “A Kind of Flotsam” won 1st Place in the 3rd Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards. She was a fellow for Poetry in English at the 34th UP National Writers Workshop in Baguio. Cover (Story) Girl, her first contemporary romance novella, was released recently as part of Visprint’s #romanceclass line. She also co-authored two romance short stories, “All I Want for Christmas” and “Hot Like This”, with Chrissie Peria and Miles Tan.
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Twitter: @dementedchris
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Episode 10 – In Over Her Head by Anne Plaza
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In this episode:
Rachel Coates is Erika
Gio Gahol is Richard
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All she wants is to get even…
Erika Apostol’s quiet and unassuming life gets disrupted when she learns that Richard Javier, the very same person who broke her heart many years ago, is now back in the country. Her world is turned upside down as old feelings she thought were buried resurface to haunt her once more.
Determined to give Richard a dose of his own medicine, Erika finds herself involved in an outrageous plan devised by her friends. They enlist the help of Jerome Gonzales, an attractive and charismatic DJ (with a playboy reputation), to pose as her significant other.
As the plan goes in full swing, Erika discovers Richard’s jealous side, and that there’s something more to Jerome than meets the eye. Will this grand charade work out the way it should, or will she be left with nothing in the end?
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Interview 04 – Jay E. Tria (author, “Songs of Our Breakup”)
Jay is inspired by daydreams, celebrity crushes, a childhood fascination of Japanese drama and manga, and an incessant itch to travel. She writes contemporary young adult and new adult romance. Sometimes, paranormal fantasy too. Visit her website at jayetria.com.
Contact Jay E. Tria
Twitter: @tellytabachoy
Instagram: @jayetria
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Episode 09 – The Kitchen When It Sizzles by Chrissie Peria
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In this episode:
Rachel Coates is Olivia
Gio Gahol is Nate
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Olivia Nadal is an almost perfect girl with an almost perfect life. She has stunning good looks, an exciting job that pays well, men lining up to date her, and a homey little condo she calls her own. The only thing keeping her from perfection is her utter inability to cook.
Enter Nate Olivarez, a hotshot chef who’s filling in for Olivia’s cooking instructor. Sparks fly when they meet, but a fling with the visiting hottie is the last thing Olivia needs. But as things keep heating up in the kitchen, she can’t help but wonder. Can things work out between her and Nate? Or is the sizzle all set to fizzle?
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Recorded live at The Filipino Readercon, De La Salle University, November 2015.
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Interview 03 – Kristel S. Villar (author, “Blasts from Two Pasts”)
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Twitter: @tellytabachoy
Wattpad: @KristelSVillar
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Episode 08 – Finding X by Miles Tan
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In this episode:
Rachel Coates is Carlisle
Gio Gahol is Matteo
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Is there a science to falling in love?
Carlisle Santiago is through with men. After the devastating end of a seven-year relationship, she’s trying to put her life back together. What she doesn’t know is that she is the subject of the patient and methodical observations of blue-haired scientist Matteo Villegas, who just wants to find love himself. She must decide whether she’s ready to give love another shot or if this is doomed to be one failed experiment.
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Episode 07 – The Boyfriend Backtrack by Dawn Lanuza
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In this episode:
Rachel Coates is Regina
Gio Gahol is Chase
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If they say that life flashes right before your eyes when you die, do you also get a flashback of your exes when your perfect boyfriend is proposing to you? At least that’s the case for Regina Cortez. There’s her dramatic high school boyfriend, her first college crush, the irresistible heart breaker, and the ever elusive one. By backtracking to her past, will Regina make it to ‘I Do’? Or will she just keep running away?
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Episode 06 – Just for the Record by Six de los Reyes
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In this episode:
Gio Gahol is Isaiah
Rachel Coates is Rhys
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Just for the record, the heat can get to even the most calculated of minds.
Let it be stated that Rhys loves Ryan forever and ever. But certain needs are not being met, leaving her frustrated and asking for too much than the conservative and almost rock star, Ryan, is willing to give. Uncooperative (or cooperative, depending on your point of view) weather provides her an opportunity to ask not what she can do for her friends, but what a friend can do for her.
Isaiah likes to say that the best thing about Rhys is that he can stand in her breathing space and feel nothing. Something of a breather when dancing with Lia short circuits his entire operating system. But all his beliefs are challenged when Rhys chances upon him in a steamy practice room in the middle of a heat wave.
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Twitter: @sixdlr
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Interview 02 – Mina V. Esguerra (author, “Never Just Friends”)
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Webstie: minavesguerra.com
Twitter: @minavesguerra
Wattpad: @minave
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Episode 05 – Cover (Story) Girl by Chris Mariano
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Gio Gahol is Gio
Rachel Coates is Min Hee
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1) She has amnesia.
2) She’s on the run from her father’s creditors.
3) She’s enjoying her last days on earth.
Ever since Jang Min Hee walked into Gio’s small museum, she’s given him one excuse after another about why she’s vacationing at scenic Boracay Island. Rarely has Gio’s neat and organized world been shaken like this. Soon he finds himself scrambling over rocks, hiding in dressing rooms, and dragging her out of bars. But how can Gio tell what’s true from what isn’t? Their worlds are getting unraveled — one story at a time.
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Twitter: @dementedchris
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Episode 04 – Songs of Our Breakup by Jay E. Tria
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In this episode:
Gio Gahol is Shinta
Rachel Coates is Jill
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Every breakup has its playlist.
How do you get over a seven-year relationship? 21-year-old Jill is trying to find out. But moving on is a harder job when Kim, her ex-boyfriend, is the lead guitarist of the band, and Jill is the vocalist. Every song they play together feels like slicing open a barely healed tattoo.
Jill’s best friend Miki says she will be out of this gloom soon. Breakups have a probation period, he says. Jill is on the last month of hers and Miki is patiently keeping her company.
But the real silver lining is Shinta. Having a hot Japanese actor friend in times like these is a welcome distraction. This gorgeous celebrity has been defying time zones and distance through the years to be there for Jill. Now he is here, physically present, and together he and Jill go through old lyrics, vivid memories, walks in the rain, and bottles of beer. Together they try to answer the question: what do you do when forever ends?
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Interview 01 – Ana Tejano (author, “Fall Like Rain”)
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Twitter: @itstimeana
Wattpad: @anatejano
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Episode 03 – Blast from Two Pasts by Kristel S. Villar
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Rachel Coates is Cara
Gio Gahol is Lucas
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Fate’s been playing tricks on Cara Nicolas lately. She agrees to go on a blind date with her best friend’s fiancé’s cousin, only to discover that the guy is her first love from high school, Lucas Lobregat. Now that would have been a charming story, except that the date turns out to be one of the worst ever. And they can’t even pretend it never happened, because they’re both suddenly part of the wedding preparations.
Just as she is starting to get to know more about the boy she used to love, Oliver Sta. Maria, an old flame who owes her some closure, surprisingly shows up. With two pasts resurfacing, which will Cara choose to rekindle? Or can she have the chance to choose at all?
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Episode 02 – Never Just Friends by Mina V. Esguerra
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In this episode:
Gio Gahol is Jake
Rachel Coates is Lindsay
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It’s too easy to fall in love with Jake. Don’t do it.
Lindsay and Jake have loved each other (as friends) since their senior year in college, and she made sure they didn’t become more than that. The guy now known as Jacob Berkeley, star of a wildly successful TV show, was always too much for her. Too handsome, too many questionable hookups, too restless. Also sensitive, fun, and genuinely caring. She’s his emergency contact, his “zombie apocalypse buddy,” his holiday dinner companion.
They’ve kept up this low-maintenance friendship for years, surviving graduation, their new careers, her move to New York City to work as an environment consultant. But then, days before a big climate change conference, he shows up, with big news. Jake wants to pick up what he never managed to finish in college. He wants to save forests again, work in environmental research – and he wants her.
Don’t fall in love with Jake…Why again?
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Twitter (@minavesguerra)
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tania@taniaarpa.com
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Episode 01 – Fall Like Rain by Ana Tejano
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Rachel Coates is Rain
Gio Gahol is Mark
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Rain De Castro has been in love with her best friend, Mark Velasco, for almost the entire time she has known him, but she’s clearly in the friend zone because he’s happily in a relationship. Or so she thought, until the news of his break-up reaches her. Now that Mark’s single again, she decides that it’s time to get out of the zone. But when her cousin Lissa comes into the picture and sets her eyes on Mark, Rain feels troubled when he gets a little too friendly with her. Rain is determined to fight for what she feels this time, but is it worth the effort if it’s a losing battle from the start? Will she back off to give way for her best friend’s happiness, even if it means losing him to someone else again?
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