Category Archives: Writing

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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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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The Appeal of May/December and summer romance

Posted on July 16, 2015 by erincmcrae

The May/December trope is one that Racheline and I keep coming back to. Sometimes, it happens almost accidentally; as cowriters, we are sixteen years apart in age, and having characters with a large age gap between them lets there be … Continue reading →

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Summerstock: Fantasy vs Reality

Posted on July 15, 2015 by erincmcrae

Midsummer is an M/M May/December gay-for-you summer romance, set at a summer stock production of deep in the Virginia woods. Racheline and I often write stories about how stuff works behind the scenes, so we’re particularly excited about this backstage … Continue reading →

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Midsummer interview with Tempeste O’Riley

Posted on July 13, 2015 by erincmcrae

Tempeste was kind enough to interview us on her blog about Midsummer. We had a ton of fun talking about our books and our process. What makes your stories different from other authors out there? Everything we’ve written to date is … Continue reading →

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But how do you write… that?

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

One of the questions Erin and I get a lot is how on earth do we know how to write gay sex? Since we’re women, and all that. Now, aside from the obvious answer (which is research), I just want to … Continue reading →

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Why we write characters who are kind of jerks

Posted on July 1, 2015 by erincmcrae

While Room 1024 was in production, our editor pointed out a place where one of the main characters, an older dom named Lou, came off as kind of a jerk. “Well, she’s not wrong….” Erin said. “Man, we always write … Continue reading →

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Writing sex work in your romantic and erotic fiction

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Racheline Maltese

Last night, as I was tweeting about my general dismay at Pretty Woman, Shira Glassman struck up a conversation with me. Not for the first time; her LGBTQ books have a heroine with celiac disease, which I have, so we’re … Continue reading →

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