Category Archives: Starling

TRS Staying Home Party — Win Stuff!

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

So there’s this cool romance novel focused website called The Romance Studio, and while many of our peers are off at the Romantic Times conference in New Orleans, they are hosting a Staying Home Party on their website. Basically, it’s … Continue reading →

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Starling sounds

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

Music is a pretty big part of Erin and I’s writing process.  Sometimes that music is about the rhythm we’re looking to create on the page.  Often, it’s about the way to understand our characters based on their tastes and … Continue reading →

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Faking it and making it

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

One of the biggest challenges Erin and I face in writing the Love in Los Angeles books is finding the right balance between entertainment industry accuracy and using that accuracy in service to the plot. On one hand, we really … Continue reading →

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Sneak Peek Sunday: Starling

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

Welcome to the first week of our participation in Sneak Peek Sunday, a romance writer blog hop. Follow the link back to see what other authors are working on this week (please note that participating authors write in all genres … Continue reading →

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Screw getting chosen, do the thing!

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

J. Alex Cook is a lowly, and content, production assistant on the hit television show The Fourth Estate when he gets pulled out from behind the scenes and dumped in front of the camera because the extras cast agency didn’t … Continue reading →

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So, your mom read your erotic gay romance. How’d that work out?

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

While Starling and Doves are under lock and key as we go into the editorial process with our publisher, there was one person beyond the first readers that helped us through our initial process who we’ve let read the books. … Continue reading →

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So, you’ve written an erotic gay romance. What does your mom think?

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

When my mother found out that we’d signed a contract on Starling (now the first book in the Love in Los Angeles series) she was proud.  Then, when she found out it was a romance novel, she asked me if … Continue reading →

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New York Minute

Posted on April 8, 2014 by erincmcrae

I grew up in New York State, in Upstate New York, in Rochester, New York, but never in New York because when you say “I’m from New York,” to someone from out of state, the assumption is, always, that you’re … Continue reading →

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California Dreaming

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

Like most native New Yorkers, I have a pretty conflicted relationship with Los Angeles. Much of that is merely logistical, after all, I don’t even know how to drive. But much of that is rooted in cultural differences around status, … Continue reading →

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