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Library Journal’s Best Indie Ebook 2017 for A Queen from the North

Best Bisexual Romance Rainbow Award 2017 for The Art of Three

Bi Writer of the Year 2017 Finalist for The Art of Three

2018 Imadjinn Awards Best Romance Novel Finalist for A Queen from the North

Tag Archives: books
Summer Lovin’ Blog Hop: Rec Your Romances, Win Some Stuff
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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Tagged books, Lake Effect, lgbt romance, m/m romance, New York City, They Do, win stuff, Writing
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October 7, 2014 – The Event That Must Be Named!
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
Posted in books, events, lgbtq, Love in Los Angeles, Other people's books, Starling, Writing
Tagged books, events, lgbt romance, Love in Los Angeles books, m/m romance, New York City, other people's books, Starling, Writing
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Release Day: They Do anthologies and “Lake Effect”
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
Posted in books, Lake Effect, New release news, Rochester, They Do, Writing
Tagged books, f/f romance, Lake Effect, lgbt romance, m/m romance, Rochester, They Do, Writing
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Adventures in branding: Mc before Ma, except after….
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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Tagged books, Cowriting, Lake Effect, lgbt romance, Love in Los Angeles books, m/m romance, Starling, They Do, Writing
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Summer reading from Hachette and friends of Avian30
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
Sneak Peek: Lake Effect (Something a little different!)
Another Sunday, another week of 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 all heat levels). We … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Cowriting, Lake Effect, lgbt romance, m/m romance, Process, Rochester, Sneak Peek Sunday, They Do, Writing
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Your mom read your teen lesbian romance and thinks it could be steamier… awkward or awesome?
Perhaps fortunately, Erin and I are starting to run out of Your mom! stories (although her mom totally just emailed her to ask about the BDSM project and implied it was like when Erin was really interested in elves, so … Continue reading
Posted in BDSM, books, Other people's books, Writing, YA
Tagged BDSM, books, f/f romance, lgbt romance, other people's books, Writing, YA, your mom
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Meeting the heroine when you’ve got two heroes
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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Tagged books, lgbt romance, Love in Los Angeles books, m/m romance, Starling, Writing
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Writing without Shame: WRWDC
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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Tagged books, genre talk, lgbt romance, RWA, Writing, wrwdc
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Sneak Peek Sunday: Lake Effect
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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Tagged books, Lake Effect, lgbt romance, m/m romance, Sneak Peek Sunday, They Do, Writing
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