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)
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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
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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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