Jay E. Tria
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Jay E. Tria

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    Started Pre-Pandemic and Now New Book: Love To Meet You

    July 4, 2022 - By 

    Hellooo first post of 2022 and first post in a while (wew). Definitely long overdue. Just like this book! I first started writing Love To Meet You in 2019, finished the first draft quickly by October 2019, and then surprise, a pandemic. It’s been struggs city ever since, and really really slow going, but I’m surrounded by people who love to create and who choose to create despite unprecedented dark, trying times. I’m grateful for the continued push of accountability buddies (always RomanceClass!), and now we have this book.   Expectations vs. Reality At 33, career woman Sol Trinidad wasn’t…

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    RomanceClass Podcast Episode: Our Kpop/Kdrama Influences

    April 10, 2021 - By 

    Episode 4 of the RomanceClass Podcast got us talking about K-ent influences in our books and it was just one of those conversations that could go for days. So much fun and just so much to talk about. Super thrilled to have been part of this panel. If you missed it, it’s up on RomanceClass YouTube and will be in your favorite podcast places soon. Sharing my notes and some additional thoughts that came after (because 2 hours to talk about Kdramas and Kpop, clearly not enough): Kdrama Origin story. My first K-ent consumption was the movie My Sassy Girl,…

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    The Tropetastic Kindness Bundle: Happy Ever After for Charity

    March 6, 2021 - By 

    We wrote happy endings for charity! <3 The Tropetastic Kindness Bundle is available on Gumroad until April 14, for $5 or the price you set. It started with talk of what if there was one condo (thank you Carla de Guzman), and what if we let the Roleta of Fate choose our tropes (thank you Dawn Lanuza), with visual guidance of a proper floor plan (hail, CP Santi!) and viola, the Tropetastic Kindness Bundle is born. 15 Filipino authors and 15 short stories of romance, set in a fictional condominium building in Ortigas. The roleta gave me enemies to lovers…

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    RomanceClass Podcast Episode: The Rockstar Trope

    February 28, 2021 - By 

    RomanceClass Podcast is back with Season 4! Kicked off with the launch of The Tropetastic Kindness Bundle (available until April 14, 2021 here, all proceeds to charity!), and now with Episode 2: The Rockstar Trope. Alternate title: Why Are Rockstars?? Super cool to have been part of this panel because 1) I write about rockstars in romance, and 2) turns out it’s good to sit with the questions of why we are fascinated with these musician people and why and how we enjoy them, specially in our romance content. Chatted with gig/music/writer friends Dawn Lanuza, Six de los Reyes, and…

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    Hello Ever After: Favorite Alarm (The One Where Kris and Ringo Helped Me Process)

    August 29, 2020 - By 

    It started with anger and a seemingly inevitable dive into hopelessness. We’re all wading into bleak waters these days, and sparks of joy can be hard to come by and take so much to grasp. Tara Frejas has a more coherent origin story for the Hello Ever After series. For me I learned it from her and Mina V. Esguerra, and then Mina shared her draft of the script. It was Ben and Naya from What Kind of Day, and it spoke of anger and love and pushing back. It wasn’t difficult to start from there. I was at work…

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    First Sunrise by the Beach

    August 26, 2020 - By 

    Written for #RCReadathon2020 Prompt and Pairing, Please! Challenge. Kris and Ringo are characters from You Out of Nowhere, a book from Romanceclass Flair. Prompt (that I asked for):  Kris and Ringo at the beach, may or may not be during Summer Crush ***   “Kris, wake up.” “No. Kris, don’t wake up” “We’re catching the sunrise. You promised” “Doesn’t sound like me.” “It’s the first sunrise I get to see where I’m not headed for the office.” One cheek peeling off the pillow. Lashes unsticking. A bleary eye opening, staring at him through a mess of soft curls. “That’s too…