Category Archives: Writing

Sneak Peek: (BDSM) Conference

Posted on May 18, 2014 by erincmcrae

With the manuscript of novel #3 out with first readers, Racheline in South Africa for two weeks (and currently in Las Vegas, also for her day job), and me moving from one side of DC to another, we decided to … Continue reading →

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Meeting the heroine when you’ve got two heroes

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

RWA’s NYC chapter is featuring interviews with members’ novel’s heroines on the blog this month. Next month, they’ll be interviewing the heroes. This, as you might imagine, causes a strange dilemma when you’re writing same-sex romance. Not that the chapter … Continue reading →

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Class announcement: Collaborative Writing

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

As we’ve mentioned before, Erin and I get a lot of questions about how this co-writing thing works. If you’re interested in the logistical and creative process of doing the co-author thing in the romance novel space, we’ll be teaching … Continue reading →

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Writing without Shame: WRWDC

Posted on May 14, 2014 by erincmcrae

As mentioned in the Do the Thing! post on Monday, while I do organization, because Racheline can’t, she does a lot of our marketing, because it’s still weird for me and talking to people is scary. Of course, that lovely … Continue reading →

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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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Romance @ Random

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

We’re have a lot of content coming at you this week here at Avian30, but I did just want to make a quick note that I am now also doing some pop-culture blogging for Random House’s pop-culture and romance site, … Continue reading →

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Do the (Hard for You) Thing!

Posted on May 12, 2014 by erincmcrae

At the WRWDC meeting in Bethesda this past Saturday, Mindy Klasky spoke at length about her current project — self-publishing 9 books in 8 months (I’ll be giving a full writeup of this meeting on Wednesday, it’s a full blog … Continue reading →

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Sneak Peek Sunday: Lake Effect

Posted on May 11, 2014 by erincmcrae

Welcome to week three 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 and at … 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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Divide, Conquer, and Do The Thing!

Posted on May 5, 2014 by erincmcrae

So, I am in the new apartment, living out of boxes and spending half an hour trying to find the toothbrushes, and Racheline is in South Africa for her day job. Liam, one of our guys in Starling, relies heavily … Continue reading →

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