Category Archives: books

Coming Soon: Sample and Hold

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

On August 12th, we’ll actually have two new releases — Twelfth Night (Love’s Labours 2) from Dreamspinner Press and “Sample and Hold” as both an individual title and part of the First Timers anthology from Torquere Press. The full anthology … Continue reading →

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Why universal adjunct hell?

Posted on July 22, 2015 by erincmcrae

Being an adjunct professor, as Carl and the three other professors he shares an office with are, is kind of a pit. They work insanely long hours, teaching and grading, before they even get to spend time on their own … Continue reading →

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RainbowCon Roundup!

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

Erin and I are just back from RainbowCon and trying to catch up with everything in the many lives that we both live.  But I wanted to get down some quick thoughts about what we learned from the event, while … Continue reading →

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Our utter inability to resist (or avoid) farce, in art and in life

Posted on July 21, 2015 by erincmcrae

One of my and Racheline’s favorite story elements to play with is farce. Sure, we write a lot about death and coping with the difficult realities of relationships and life, but we even in our most serious stories we keep … Continue reading →

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Romance in Academia: When the two don’t (and when they really, really do) mix

Posted on July 20, 2015 by erincmcrae

We knew “Adjunct Hell” was going to be about academia even before we knew it was going to be an age difference story. I mean, sure, it took us about .5 seconds to go from “we should write a story … Continue reading →

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Adjunct Hell and our ongoing fascination with age difference narratives

Posted on July 19, 2015 by erincmcrae

Like many of our stories, “Adjunct Hell” is, among other things, an age difference story. Our interest in writing relationships with age differences comes from a lot of difference places. Sometimes, it’s just fun (and sexy) to write stories about … Continue reading →

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Adjunct Hell: Why We Love Mixed-Orientation Anthologies (And why you should, too!)

Posted on July 18, 2015 by erincmcrae

One of the things that has Erin and I looking so forward to reading the Young Love, Old Hearts anthology is that it is a mixed-orientation anthology with both M/M and F/F stories.  These mixed-orientation anthologies often seem to us … Continue reading →

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May/December Relationships and power dynamics: flipping the scales

Posted on July 17, 2015 by erincmcrae

Power dynamics are often a huge issue in May/December relationships. For some readers, that’s the draw. For others, it’s a turnoff. For us, with Midsummer, which features a couple with a 17 year age difference (they’re 25 and 42), it … Continue reading →

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RainbowCon sales!

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

Various publishers we work with are providing discounts on our titles now through Sunday July 19, 2015 to celebrate RainbowCon. Here are the deals: Order any of our Torquere Press ebooks directly from Torquere and get 25% off using code … Continue reading →

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“Off-Kilter” and Plaid Nights now available!

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

Whole Anthology: In Plaid Nights, men in kilts are as varied as they are hot. Whether they’re caber tossers, rugby players, Highland warriors, country dancers, or time-traveling vampires, they’re up for surprises and sexy good times. Rob Rosen starts us … Continue reading →

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