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The Boyfriend Backtrack by Dawn Lanuza: Excerpt + Giveaway [blog tour]

Visit the rest of the tour stops at Oops! I Read A Book Again

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Boyfriend Backtrack! I met author Dawn Lanuza at a workshop in Batangas (and also on the internet before that, if it counts) and am ecstatic that her book is out. I hope more people get to read and discover her work!

Check out this excerpt from her book...



“What if we get
married,” he

My Spotlight New Adult books will be in Philippine bookstores

Soon!








photo posted by Mina V. Esguerra (@minavesguerra) on Dec 12, 2014 at 8:36am PST

Join the #buqoYA class (January 24 to February 28, 2015)

Telling you now, so you can spend the next month preparing:


New online class. January 24. We're writing YA romance. You in?



If you've attended #buqosteamyreads and #flirtsteamyreads before, the format will be very similar. I will be facilitating a mostly-online writing class. It will run from January 24 to February 28, 2015. Most of the lessons will be sent through email, but there will be

Hello, Turkey! Translation and foreign rights

Nothing's certain until I see the book on a shelf somewhere, but I did just do this -- I signed a contract giving one company the right to translate some of my books in the Turkish language.

I decided to post about it for two reasons.
1. To inform you all that Turkish language rights to my books are taken, because I feel that I should, and
2. Other countries and languages - hello! Let's do this.

Workshop: Print book formatting and affordable printing, February 28, 2015

Update: 3 slots left as of December 5.


Print book formatting and affordable printing
Venue: O2 Space Solutions, Milelong Bldg, Amorsolo St. Makati
Time: 8:30 to 11:30 am
Fee: P3,500 (includes snacks and coffee)



Facilitated by Tania Arpa and Mina V. Esguerra

What we're going to do is format your book for printing and upload it to a print-on-demand service during the session. We will also

Workshop: Ebook formatting and publishing on January 31, 2015

Update: 3 slots left as of November 29.

Ebook formatting and publishingVenue: O2 Space Solutions, Milelong Bldg, Amorsolo St. MakatiTime: 8:30 to 11:30 amFee: P3,500 (includes snacks and coffee)

What
we're going to do is format and publish your book during the session.
That means your book will be available for purchase THAT DAY. Consider
January 31 your book's release day.

I would also

Recent Events: PILF, ReaderCon, Miriam College High School, Uno Morato

I had a busy few weeks. (Inside voice: You think?)




Photo from Leslie San Jose Tria



The Philippine International Literary Festival and Book Industry Summit (organized by the National Book Development Board) was on November 12 and 13, and I was there both days to both moderate a discussion and be part of a panel. As always, it's an honor to be asked to share how I've published my books. This

"Volcano" research: The Harder We Fall and its rugby connection

The first book in my Spotlight New Adult series, The Harder We Fall, features a character who's a rugby player. I'm sure anyone who knows me even a little went What? What do you know about sports? And they would be right.

I like putting little challenges for myself in every book I write though, and psyched myself up for this: write about sports. I wrote this book for flirtsteamyreads and we

Release day! The Harder We Fall and Never Just Friends

If you're watching out for these (yay if you are!), they'll be out on November 18! Please read or buy or share the info. Thank you!

Perfect Boyfriends: My Imaginary Ex, No Strings Attached, That Kind of Guy

I clicked "publish" this weekend on something. Don't panic -- I don't suddenly have a new book you've never heard of! But I did compile three of my earlier books, those that might be a bit difficult to find outside of the Philippines, and now they're available in print and ebook editions worldwide, from online stores you like.

I've opted this into CreateSpace Expanded Distribution which means