I interview romance author Mina V. Esguerra about her writing process and how she manages to hit her word count goals. We also go in-depth about her difficulties with her latest book Kiss and Cry (which is available now so go get it). While we chatted, we had a yummy lunch at Mom and Tina’s in Greenhills on the Lunar New Year (yes this episode is super late sorry).
It’s Day 2 of National Novel Writing Month! Have you been able to hit your daily writing targets? If so, congratulations.
Today’s episode is outlining. This is not a lesson on how to outline, no. But I do try to argue the merits of outlining, and how a pantser (like me!) can ease into the process of working from an outline.
Sometimes I give huge discounts for purchases of the ebook of my novel The Billionaire’s Price on Gumroad. There is a code you must use, and if you’ve never purchased a discounted item on Gumroad, here’s how to use the code.
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A bunch of readers have been asking me if The Billionaire’s Price will be available in paperback. I’m very pleased to let you all know that, yes, paperback copies of TBP is now available to purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository and other retailers. (Ebook links are below.)
Philippine Edition (bank deposit payment)
Philippine Edition (paypal/credit card payment)
Amazon U.S.
Amazon U.K.
Amazon Canada
Amazon Japan
Amazon India
Amazon Mexico
Amazon Brazil
Amazon France
Amazon Italy
Amazon Spain
Amazon Germany
Barnes & Noble
Book Depository
For those of you who prefer the ebook version, you can buy the digital copy of TBP on Amazon Kindle and various ebook retailers. Release date is today, February 26. (If it’s not February 26 in your part of the world, you’ll be able to preorder.)
It’s taken almost a year to write (I’m slow), but my first book The Billionaire’s Price is finally getting (independently) published on February 26, 2016. *throws confetti*
It’s currently available on Gumroad right now (both Wattpad version and this new final edited version), but it will also be available on Friday on Amazon and other ebook retailers on Friday, February 26.
How is this different from the one that’s on Wattpad right now, you ask? Good question. *clears throat*
Most of you by now know that I’ve unpublished Chapter 38 of my Wattpad story The Billionaire’s Price — less than 24 hours after I had published it.
I’ve tried to explain the reason why I did this, but for some reason very few people were able to grasp what I was trying to say. For one thing, almost everyone assumed it was haters that drove me to unpublish chapter 38. Here’s the thing: I never mentioned haters. I never said people were insulting me or my story. All I said was that people were misbehaving in the comments section. People were posting hateful, sexist, violent comments on Chapter 38.
The one where Victoria and Sebastian take a trip to Austin to drop Benson off at his mom’s. Here’s a preview.
Right now I have one story up on Wattpad: The Billionaire’s Price. You may wonder why there are two versions published. There’s The Billionaire’s Price (A Steamy Romance) and The Billionaire’s Price (The Hidden Room).
What’s the difference?
The Billionaire’s Price (A Steamy Romance) is the main story. It’s the one I keep PG-13 so Wattpad can recommend it to readers of stories in the same genre. And also so it can appear in Wattpad’s Romance hotlist. If a story is classified as mature or some chapters get flagged as mature, it’s disqualified from the hotlist even if it’s getting good ratings.
However, the love scenes are an important part of the story. I didn’t include them just to titillate readers. Victoria and Sebastian’s physical interactions in and out of bed are an important part of their relationship. The way they are in intimate moments shows us how they feel about each other. This is why I keep these intimate moments in the story.
To avoid getting too explicit, I’ve taken out most of the naughty bits in the main story pages (TBP:ASR). More mature readers, however, should be able to read the story in full, so for the chapters that I’ve had to tame down, I’ve posted the full uncut versions in TBP:THR.
