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You Out of Nowhere

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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…

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    2017 Gratitude: In Books

    December 31, 2017 - By 

    As of end-of-year 2017, I have written and published the following books (in chronological order, so no book gets hurt because of course books have feelings): Blossom Among Flowers (YA romance) – July 18, 2015. Japanese high school kids. Popular, seemingly cold boy genius grudgingly tutors headstrong yet head-in-the-clouds manga fangirl. Jdorama feels. I wrote it because I loveloveloved Hana Yori Dango and couldn’t get over how Rui didn’t get Makino when they’re obviously soulmates.     Songs of Our Breakup (New Adult romance/Playlist #1) – August 22, 2015. First book set in the Philippines, with Filipino characters. Band boy…

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    New Book! You Out of Nowhere from #romanceclassFlair

    October 29, 2017 - By 

    This book is the output of awesome team work and lots of feelings. #romanceclassFlair is a new imprint, an ongoing project, backed by a team of super talented people. I’m so happy/thrilled/grateful they took a chance on me and my babies. We’ve been working on this book for months and finally, finally it’s here omg yay! Here’s what it’s all about: At 31, Kris’s dating life is starting to resemble a reality show. So when she strikes up a conversation with a nerdy but gorgeous stranger on the train, getting serious is the last thing on her mind. Been there,…