Category Archives: books

Catch up: Romance @ Random, a 20% off sale, Starling teasers, and some new story news

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

There aren’t really words for how busy things are right now.  We’re in various stages of edits for three different novels, and we’ve started a fourth.  And of course, we’re deep, deep into the planning for Starling‘s release next month. Since … Continue reading →

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The Awesome Women of Love in Los Angeles: Part 3, Margaret Green

Posted on July 30, 2014 by erincmcrae

One of Alex’s first struggles as a newly-discovered star is finding a “team”  — agent, publicist, lawyer, etc — that can help him manage his career, handle his rapidly changing circumstances, and don’t represent a conflict of interest with the … Continue reading →

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So your mom read the dog-chewed ARC of your gay romance…

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

It’s book birthday day for Kate Paddington‘s Platonic. Unlike a lot of the books I’ve posted here, I’ve actually had time to read this one in advance.  Since I know Kate off-line, I did tell her I wouldn’t review it, … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Writing as Art, or why not to draw the perfect nose

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

Rebecca Brooks has just had her first romance (M/F), Above All, come out from Ellora’s Cave. Since she is a new Internet friend who falls into the category of seeming unlikely to write romance, but is in fact incredibly typical of … Continue reading →

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“Lake Effect” on sale at All Romance!

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

To celebrate RWA’s 2014 national convention, All Romance has put its entire stock on sale at 30% off.  Which means you can get “Lake Effect” for $1.74.  If you haven’t checked it out yet, just follow the link. Lake Effect … 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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Totally Bound’s Mountains to Climb

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

While Erin & I continue to get ourselves back on schedule after the holiday weekend and the Great June 2014 Edit (which is currently being followed by the Lesser July 2014 Edit), we wanted to being you one more preview … 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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Starling Story Molecule at The Snarkology today

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

Erin and I have a fun thing up at The Snarkology today.  Melissa got permission from TV Tropes to do a promo where authors construct story molecules out of the Periodic Table of Storytelling. Since our book is about TV, … Continue reading →

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