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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 27

✨️ Registrants are required to have read at least three #RomanceClass books before signing up for the class. (If you are attending the #RomanceClass workshop in Dumaguete next week, you get to skip this requirement!)

✨️ Absolutely NO AI must be used at any point during the class.

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 27

Registration is now open for #RomanceClass2025! 🩷 If you have always wanted to learn how to write a romance book, here's your chance.

kilig.pub/romanceclass2025

The form closes April 20.
Class begins May 2.

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H. Bentham @bentchbites.bsky.social · Mar 18

I keep forgetting that I should be talking about my books on here too! 😅

So, last weekend, Kiss Away the Goodbye was finally released at the Philippine Book Festival! 💖

Top half of the photo shows three of my books with the latest one in the center (Kiss Away the Goodbye) and the older releases blurred at the back. Lower half of the photo shows a spread of my new books with pride style stickers

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Mina V. Esguerra @minavesguerra.com · Mar 27

On the blog: I finally started getting PH ISBNs

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Reasons why I finally started getting Philippine ISBNs | Mina V. Esguerra

This year, I finally registered with National Library to be able to get ISBNs for my self-published books from them. I had not been doing that for years because Amazon KDP and Smashwords give free ISB...

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 7

See you all next week! 🩷 #RomanceClass #PBF2025

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 7

Fake Dating and Second Chance Romance Books
#RomanceClass #PBF2025

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 7

Friends-to-Lovers and Enemies-to-Lovers Books
#RomanceClass #PBF2025

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 7

Short Story Collections
#RomanceClass #PBF2025

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 7

#BlushBooks and Queer Romance Books
#RomanceClass #PBF2025

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 7

Young Adult Romance
#RomanceClass #PBF2025

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 7

#PBF2025 is only SEVEN DAYS AWAY! Have you got your book shopping lists ready?
If you're just about to make one or are looking for more books to complete your haul, here are some amazing #RomanceClass recommendations from Young Adult Romance to Queer Romance to some of your favorite romance tropes!

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 2

This gorgeous cover art was created by Rye Quizon (@/bibongtsubibo on IG and X).

Congratulations, @bentchbites.bsky.social! 🙌🏳️‍🌈🎉

Hope to see you all at #PBF2025!!! #RomanceClass #BlushBooks

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Mar 2

🏳️‍🌈 COVER REVEAL: KISS AWAY THE GOODBYE by H. Bentham (Blush Books edition) 🏳️‍🌈

To be released and launched at the 2025 Philippine Book Festival on March 13-16 at the Megatrade Hall of SM Megamall. Come and get your copies at the #RomanceClass booth (Booth BO11) and have them signed too!

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Feb 18

You may buy copies of the books at the event, or bring previously bought copies for signing. See you there! 🥰

Register using the link below. Walk-ins are welcome.
📌 bit.ly/3EixGG2
#RomanceClass

Fully Booked Events

Welcome to Fully Booked Events! Please use this form to input your details and register. We promise this will be quick. We won't keep you from the fun that awaits!

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Feb 18

Also joining us are our theater actor friends who will be live reading excerpts from the books! It will surely be an afternoon of kilig, so don't miss it!

Admission is FREE!

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Feb 18

#BlushBooks authors Mina V. Esguerra, Brigitte Bautista, Danice Mae P. Sison, Six de los Reyes, Dawn Lanuza, and Tara Frejas will be there to talk about their books and sign copies as well.

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Feb 18

Hello, classmates! We hope to see you all at the BOOKS THAT MAKE YOU BLUSH event at Fully Booked BGC on Saturday, February 22, from 2:30-5:30 pm! 🩷 #RomanceClass

A promotional graphic that says: Books That Make you Blush: A Blush Books Signing Event
Feb 22 2025, 230-560PM, The Studio, Fully Booked BGC

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Mina V. Esguerra @minavesguerra.com · Feb 18

TODAY until Feb 22, the #RomanceClass textbook is just $1.75/PHP101 at this link!
This is my updated guide to writing a contemporary romance novella. It has my outline, a recommended schedule, and all the RomanceClass guidelines and tips.

minavesguerra.gumroad.com/l/romancecla...

#romanceclass textbook

Updated 2022 edition! A compilation of lessons from #romanceclass, a free class held in 2013, that has since helped over 100 Filipino authors write and publish their books. Find the published books at...

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Mina V. Esguerra @minavesguerra.com · Feb 5

Ang comprehensive! Thank you, The Beat Asia!

thebeat.asia/manila/vibe/...

Meet Mina V. Esguerra: Author and Founder of RomanceClass PH

Meet the woman behind some of your favorite local romance lit and the founder of RomanceClass, an English-language romance writing community in the Philippines.

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Rye @bibongtsubibo.bsky.social · Jan 27

Happy to announce I'm working on @bentchbites.bsky.social's Kiss Away The Goodbye cover!

Matatawag ko nang book coverist (BOOK COVERIST?) ang sarili ko real soon hahaha abangannnnn

Komiket’s Blush Books imprint, co-founded by Mina V. Esguerra and Paolo Herras, acquires RomanceClass contemporary romance novellas for release as Philippine print editions with new illustrations by Filipino artists. Kiss Away the Goodbye’s art is by Rye Quizon (bibongtsubibo on Instagram and X/Twitter). Scheduled for release at the Philippine Book Festival, March 2025.

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Jan 27

ANNOUNCEMENT: H. Bentham's KISS AWAY THE GOODBYE acquired by Blush Books (Philippine print edition)

Congratulations, @bentchbites.bsky.social!

#RomanceClass #filipinoauthors #filipinoromance #queerromance

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H. Bentham's Kiss Away the Goodbye acquired by Blush Books (Philippine print edition) - #romanceclass

For fans of Netflix’s Smiley and HBO’s Looking (but make it Pinoy): Contemporary romance novella Kiss Away the Goodbye by H. Bentham has been acquired by Komiket’s Blush Books for print distribution i...

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Mina V. Esguerra @minavesguerra.com · Jan 24

Get #RomanceClass Books and Blush Books at the 2025 Philippine Book Festival 🎉

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Mina V. Esguerra @minavesguerra.com · Jan 15

Save the date: NBDB's Philippine Book Festival 2025 will be on March 13 to 16 👀

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RomanceClass Books @romanceclassbooks.com · Jan 22

Hello, classmates! We are quietly gearing up for what looks like another big year for #RomanceClass! 🩷

Stay tuned: We've got announcements for new releases and events coming soon. 🥰 #filipinoauthors #filipinoromance

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Tara 🐰 @tarafrejas.com · Jan 12

I'm making my Philippine theatre romance book WAITING IN THE WINGS available on Wattpad for a limited time! 🩷

Read the first 6 chapters here: www.wattpad.com/story/238161... #RomanceClass #filipinoauthors #filipinoromance

Waiting in the Wings [Wattpad FREE Edition] - Tara Frejas - WattpadWpReadWpRead

At twenty-three, theatre actress Erin Javier has yet to fall in love or kiss a boy offstage, away from the klieg lights. She is the perfect leading lady-whose...

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