Tara Frejas's Blog, page 9
July 29, 2020
I need my happy endings, please, and thank you!
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 or another disease), and the news only got worse by the day. At this point, I had begun rereading some #romanceclass books I’ve enjoyed in the past, as well as rewatching fav...
June 28, 2020
Hello, this is Ever After calling…
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 have been how we looked like within 48 hours of saying “Let’s do this!”)
Anyway, long story short: Things were shitty. We wanted to make things a little better. Therefore, Hello, Ever A...
June 20, 2020
[ Love Bites ] Say It Anyway
This is an excerpt of a ficlet set in the universe of Waiting in the Wings. Full version available on Wattpad.
June 12, 10:35 am
“Love? Hi. Sorry, I was—”
It took a few seconds before Erin’s tightly knit brows relaxed, her expression melting into what Ramon thought was mild disappointment. Only five minutes ago did he realize his girlfriend had been calling him for the past hour.
“Is…everything okay, Erin? Did something happen?”
He sensed reluctance when she shook her head.
“Sorry na, love. You...
June 14, 2020
Gio Gahol reads Play It By Ear
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 do to make Yihwan’s first book birthday special (apart from giving away free copies of the book, which I did), and I realized I don’t have a reading of Yihwan and Yoojung jus...
April 9, 2020
#RomanceClass Watch Party!
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, heywhy dont we make this fun? ^_^ And we did have a lot of fun at the chat room!
If you missed the watch party, heres an edited version of what we viewed that day. And if youd like to join us on April Feels Day, simply sign up here. No...
March 22, 2020
FREE EBOOK: Second Wave Summer
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 regulations to keep more people from contracting COVID-19. I hope we can all do our part even in our own little way to help everyone cope and survive these trying times.
I thank...
COVER REVEAL: Keeping Miss Kalila
Heres some good news for those of you who read and love my books: Im 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 about my struggles to finish it here.
But finally, everythings on track and Im very excited to share this beautiful, beautiful cover created by the amazing Miles Tan. This was based on the original photograph shot by...
February 4, 2020
Pinoy Movie x Book Match: F.L.A.M.E.S. the Movie
Hello, February! F.L.A.M.E.S. the Movie (1997)!
F.L.A.M.E.S. the Movieis available on iWant.
F.L.A.M.E.S. the Movie is a two-part film special derived from a weekly TV series called F.L.A.M.E.S., which featured love stories starring 90s teen actors. It aired in ABS-CBN 2 from 1996-2002.
The first part of the film is calledTameme, featuring Jolina Magdangal (Leslie) and Marvin Agustin (Butch). Leslie and Butch are in their high school theatre org, and are in the middle of putting...
January 26, 2020
#RomanceClass for Taal Relief
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 authorsand helping out Batangas residents affected by the Taal Volcano eruption. All proceeds will be donated as cash to Rock Ed Philippines.
Click here to get the ebook bundle today!January 16, 2020
Buy tickets to Maxie the Musicale 2020!
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 SHOWMaxie The Musical tells the story of an effeminate, adolescent boy Maxie growing up in the slums of Manila, and who is deeply loyal to his family of petty thieves. His world revolves around taking care of his father Paco and two brothers Bogs and Boy, who love and protect him. When Maxie meets a young,...
