Category Archives: books

Totally Bound’s New Imprint & Vegas Hustle

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

While Erin & I continue to recover from the Great Editing Adventure of July 2014 (and various holiday activities), it’s time to talk about other people’s books again.  I think the blurb alone will tell anyone who knows us, exactly … Continue reading →

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More summer reading from Hachette authors

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

As many of you know, the drama between Amazon and Hachette (among others) continues. We don’t want to tell people to buy or not buy at Amazon. There are pluses and minuses for authors, Amazon employees, and consumers. Just because … 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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Interview with Starling’s hero, Paul Marion Keane

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

RWA-NYC‘s heroes and heroines of summer blog series continues.  Last month, they included an interview with the star of Starling, J. Alex Cook.  This month, the interview is with with the book’s hero, Paul Marion Keane. Choosing to call Paul … Continue reading →

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Torquere Twitter takeover tonight (and other news)

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

Tuesday night (June 24, 2014) from 8 – 10pm EST, Erin and I are taking over Torquere’s twitter account.  While you can always bother us at our individual Twitters (@erincmcrae & @racheline_m), please come play with us.  We’ll be tagging … Continue reading →

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Summer Lovin’ Blog Hop: Rec Your Romances, Win Some Stuff

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

Today is the start of the Hops with Heart Summer Lovin’ Blog Hop (say it three times fast). That would make a lot of sense, since today is the first full day of summer. And after a miserable winter I … Continue reading →

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October 7, 2014 – The Event That Must Be Named!

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

On October 7, 2014, please join Damon Suede, Kate McMurray, Racheline Maltese and four authors (Killian B. Brewer, A.J. DeWall, Melissa Graves, and Erin Finnegan) from the newly launched Interlude Press, at a reading of LGBTQ romance and erotic fiction … Continue reading →

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Release Day: They Do anthologies and “Lake Effect”

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

The They Do anthologies and stories are now out from Torquere Press! Lake Effect $2.49 by Racheline Maltese & Erin McRae When Kyle and Daniel return to their hometown to get married, they find themselves facing an obstacle course of family drama and … Continue reading →

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Adventures in branding: Mc before Ma, except after….

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

One of the most common questions Erin and I get about co-writing involves our egos. Or, more bluntly, how do we keep from killing each other. Despite, I think, both of us being very ego-driven and easily-bruised people (even if … Continue reading →

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Summer reading from Hachette and friends of Avian30

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

As Erin and I network more with the larger romance writing community both on- and off-line, you’re going to see more content here over the coming months about other people’s work. Mostly this content will focus on novels about and … Continue reading →

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