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Buy Love Your Frenemies on Goodreads

You can now buy Love Your Frenemies on Goodreads! Priced $0.99, it can be downloaded as an epub or read via the Goodreads Reader. Here's a preview: <h1><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...

Draft done, can rest a bit

So, YA. The past few years I've been struggling to finish one, even though for years all I could ever write was stories for young adults. The breakthrough came only this year, when I figured out that though my novellas were published as contemporary romances, I patterned them after the young adult romances I read so much of in high school. So I wrote the same way, I just made everyone younger.And

Reviews: No Strings Attached

A collection of reviews for No Strings Attached from all over. (If I missed yours, let me know!)

PS - Some may have spoilers.

FemaleNetwork
Goodreads
One More Page
From Page One
Ficsation
Chachic's Book Nook

The Blair Book Project
Resplendent Rainbows
Book Harbinger
Girl Next Cubicle

Reviews: My Imaginary Ex

A collection of reviews of My Imaginary Ex from all over. (If I missed yours, let me know!) 


PS - Some may have spoilers.

FemaleNetwork
Goodreads
Bang and Blame
One More Page
Chachic's Book Nook
From Page One
Book Harbinger
Bookmarked!
The Monestery
Ms. Dior
Hello Sha
Sassy Girl Raejel

Reviews: Love Your Frenemies

A collection of reviews of Love Your Frenemies from all over. (If I missed yours, let me know!)PS - Some may have spoilers.AmazonSmashwordsGoodreadsOne More PageChachic's Book NookBook HarbingerFrom Page OneBookmarked!

Reviews: Fairy Tale Fail

A collection of reviews of Fairy Tale Fail from all over. (If I missed yours, let me know!) PS - Some may have spoilers.AmazonSmashwordsGoodreadsShelfariOne More PageChachic's Book NookBook HarbingerBookmarked!From Page OnePoints of Claire-ificationSassyreadsMalditang Osang

New Kindles! How excited am I

I'm happy to report that as far as indie digital publisher/authors go, I am a walker and not just a talker. Meaning, I read ebooks and own e-readers. We had to temporarily move when I had a baby this year, and that meant being separated from my paper TBR pile, but at least I had my Kindle. And Kindle for PC on my netbook. And just a few weeks ago, my Kindle for Android and Kindle Cloud Reader.For

Writing fiction is real work

If you're a Filipino writer, reader and/or publisher do head on over to Charles Tan's essay "Fiction, Speculative Fiction, and the Philippines." It's a buffet of issues related to writing and publishing fiction in this country, and at some point he mentions my books. (Spoiler!)

From his essay:
"...but there's also a point where I wonder if the author and the book is getting attention locally

Post-ReaderCon 2: Bloggers make people buy, it's true

I wish I had thought of this prior to the ReaderCon, but anyway, better late than never.I hope, in the interest of learning more about the impact of word of mouth and book bloggers on book sales, you (visitor to my website) take a minute to answer this quick survey:1. How did you find out about me, Mina V. Esguerra author of chick lit/romance novellas?(Was it through a blog? Amazon? A bookstore?

Post-ReaderCon 1: Where I talk about being a reader and a Slayer

In 2001, I co-founded the online email group for Philippine fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (PinoySlayer). It was an active fan group for years, and even though the show has ended, the core group still gets together for other things. Prior to that I had been watching the show for years, participating in international forums and fannish stuff like that.One of my longest posts ever in a Goodreads