This week’s episode features an interview with romance author Tara Frejas. We met over dinner at Barcino on a Sunday night, and she shared with me her writing process and why she writes the stories she does, among a lot of things. We also chat about the upcoming #RomanceClass film project and a romance anthology she’s co-authoring with five other writers. And as a special treat, this episode also includes a recording of a live reading of an excerpt of one of Tara’s books. Check out Tara’s bio below, and further down, the episode shownotes.
Music:
Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Tara Frejas is a cloud-walker who needs caffeine to fuel her travels. When she’s not on work mode, she keeps herself busy by weaving her daydreams into stories.
Aside from her obvious love affair with words and persistent muses, Tara is very passionate about being caffeinated, musical theatre, certain genres of music, dancing, dogs, good food, and romancing Norae, her ukelele. She owns a male bunny named Max who sometimes tries to nibble on her writing notes.
Fun fact: She’s a Piscean. Go figure.
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Show Notes
- 00:00:00 – Intro
- 00:00:10 – Welcome
- 00:00:29 – Introduction to the episode
- 00:01:03 – About Tara Frejas
- 00:01:44 – End of intro
- 00:01:50 – Start of interview
- 00:02:00 – Tara tells us about herself
- 00:02:34 – #RomanceClass
- 00:04:00 – We’re at Barcino
- 00:04:33 – What we ate
- 00:05:33 – Tara’s Zomato Gold subscription discount code (use this to get a 20% discount): TARA4734Q
- 00:06:00 – Carla de Guzman hangs with us
- 00:06:15 – Tara tells us whether she’s a plotter or a pantser
- 00:07:14 – Tara’s book Like Nobody’s Watching
- 00:07:42 – Tara’s book Scandalized
- 00:07:45 – Anvil’s Spark New Adult workshop
- 00:08:00 – Mina V. Esguerra organized the Spark NA Workshop
- 00:10:28 – The Author at Once workshop
- 00:11:36 – Using spreadsheets to outline stories
- 00:12:13 – About Play It By Ear (Backstage Pass Series #2) by Tara
- 00:15:17 – About #RomanceClass April Feels Day
- 00:15:27 – Tara’s editor Layla S. Tanjutco
- 00:16:02 – Productivity tool: ColorNote on Android
- 00:17:40 – Pio Alvez, the third wheel character in Waiting in the Wings
- 00:18:32 – Live reading of an excerpt of Waiting in the Wings at April Feels Day 2017 (YouTube)
- 00:20:00 – Carla is the president of the Official Pio Alvez Fan Club (Philippine Chapter)
- 00:20:56 – Productivity tool: Daily Note app on Android
- 00:21:05 – Productivity tool: Writeometer app on Android
- 00:20:00 – Tara talks about her day job
- 00:23:00 – On writing every day
- 00:24:42 – Tara’s non-digital productivity tools: notebooks and planners
- 00:24:45 – The Starbucks planner
- 00:25:10 – On using post-its
- 00:25:28 – Scrivener
- 00:26:19 – On writing songs (with lyrics!) in books
- 00:27:32 – Tara’s most productive hours of the day
- 00:32:47 – On words not used + Tara’s multiple drafts
- 00:34:00 – Who’s writing career does Tara aspire to?
- 00:35:45 – Mina V. Esguerra’s books: Iris After the Incident, The Future Chosen, My Imaginary Ex
- 00:37:00 – Why Tara writes about theater and kpop culture
- 00:38:00 – Tara’s upcoming book: Play It By Ear
- 00:39:50 – On fans shipping idols
- 00:41:35 – What Tara is currently working on
- 00:41:53 – Tara’s upcoming book: wedding anthology, co-authored with Ana Tejano, Mina V. Esguerra, Jay E. Tria, Carla de Guzman, Six de los Reyes (coming in 2019)
- 00:42:27 – The Fake Date trope
- 00:44:00 – #ProjectDatu
- 00:44:38 – On how #ProjectDatu happened ahead of schedule
- 00:45:30 – On diva characters
- 00:46:00 – On how Pio’s story got written ahead of schedule
- 00:47:08 – About the #RomanceClass short films
- 00:47:34 – The books-turned-to-films: (1) Beginner’s Guide, (2) Songs to Get Over You, (3) What Kind of Day
- 00:47:51 – #Romance Class films teaser (#RCU)
- 00:48:00 – How the #RomanceClass films got made
- 00:49:20 – I Didn’t Write This Episode 1 “Ode by Arthur O’Shaughnessy” by Yulin Kuang (YouTube)
- 00:51:50 – BGC Art Mart
- 00:52:41 – Gio Gahol & Gab Pangilinan
- 00:54:00 – #RomanceClass film project editor Chi Yu Rodriguez
- 00:54:30 – Release dates of the #RomanceClass films
- 00:55:10 – Support #RomanceClass on Patreon
- 00:57:18 – On how technology gives artists more avenues to distribute/publish their work
- 00:59:50 – Live readings are the highlight of every #RomanceClass event
- 01:00:37 – Where to find Tara Frejas online: twitter, Instagram, Facebook, website, book orders
- 01:03:17 – Tara introduces the live reading of an excerpt of her book Like Nobody’s Watching , performed by Fred Lo and Sam Aquino
- 01:05:10 – End of interview
- 01:05:18 – Live reading performed by Sam Aquino and Fred Lo
- 01:10:30 – Outro
- 01:11:00 – Subscribe to Adulting for Authors (links below)
- 01:11:40 – Rate Adulting for Authors on Apple Podcast
- 01:12:20 – Leave a review of Adulting for Authors on Apple Podcast
- 01:12:32 – Goodbye!
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