Category Archives: Starling

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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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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Marriage equality, queer fiction, and Starling

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

The federal court in Indiana overturned that state’s ban on same-sex marriage today.  Some counties are already issuing licenses, and weddings have taken place.  In other, they are waiting to see if a stay is put in place in the … 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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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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