Author Archives: erincmcrae

Do the thing! Waiting is Hell, So Use It

Posted on July 28, 2014 by erincmcrae

Doing any Thing involves a certain amount of waiting. And  as you may have noticed from the degree to which we are slowly going crazy on Twitter and Tumblr, of our various collective virtues, patience is not one of them. … Continue reading →

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Story Process Sunday: 1+1=3

Posted on July 27, 2014 by erincmcrae

So we get asked a lot how our writing process as cowriters works, and while our usual answer to that is either a really lengthy explanation of what we do, or shrugging while we say “magic,” there’s a lot of … Continue reading →

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The Awesome Women of Love in Los Angeles, Part 2: Carly Amadahy

Posted on July 23, 2014 by erincmcrae

Also early on the scene in Starling is Carly. Alex at first registers her mostly as Liam’s girlfriend who stops by the set every week or so just to say hi. Frankly, he’s a little scared of her, which is … Continue reading →

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Story Process Sunday: The Philly Office

Posted on July 20, 2014 by erincmcrae

We’ve mentioned, from time to time, our writing office in Philadelphia. We were there yesterday, where we realized we hadn’t actually told the story of how the Philadelphia office came to be. Racheline lives in NYC, I’m in DC, and … Continue reading →

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Story Process Sunday: Series Writing

Posted on July 13, 2014 by erincmcrae

If you follow us on Twitter or tumblr, you’ve probably noticed our kvetching about our latest round of edits. Racheline and I have spent a large chunk of June, and a sizeable chunk of July, in editing various books in … Continue reading →

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The Awesome Women of Love in Los Angeles, Part 1: Gemma Hyong

Posted on July 9, 2014 by erincmcrae

Welcome to our series of posts on the amazing women of the Love in Los Angeles series. Starling and its sequel may be ostensibly about the relationship between two guys, but there are way more characters in the universe, and … Continue reading →

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Do The Thing! Everyone Wants To Be Me or Do Me

Posted on June 30, 2014 by erincmcrae

Writing novels deconstructing the fantasy of celebrity means spending time on websites devoted to the fashion of and gossip about actual celebrities. It’s primary-source research into the way people treat and view movie stars, musicians, and everyone else famous. One of those … Continue reading →

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Story Process Sunday: Dubious italics, and why not looking at your novel for nine months is a really good idea

Posted on June 29, 2014 by erincmcrae

No Sneak Peek this week, because we don’t have anything currently going that we can talk about in detail that we haven’t already shared with you. But we are going to do a Story Process Sunday instead, so we can … Continue reading →

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Sometimes we talk about…Skulls

Posted on June 28, 2014 by erincmcrae

Given that we live in different cities and only meet face to face twice a month to do work, most of Racheline’s and my communication is done via e-mail. We have efficient systems and it works really well, and what … Continue reading →

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Sneak Peek Sunday: Midsummer

Posted on June 22, 2014 by erincmcrae

Sneak Peek Sunday, once again! Follow the link back to see what other authors are working on this week (please note that participating authors write in all genres and at all heat levels). The Love in Los Angeles universe is expanding. … Continue reading →

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