Tag Archives: m/m romance

Our utter inability to resist (or avoid) farce, in art and in life

Posted on July 21, 2015 by erincmcrae

One of my and Racheline’s favorite story elements to play with is farce. Sure, we write a lot about death and coping with the difficult realities of relationships and life, but we even in our most serious stories we keep … Continue reading →

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Romance in Academia: When the two don’t (and when they really, really do) mix

Posted on July 20, 2015 by erincmcrae

We knew “Adjunct Hell” was going to be about academia even before we knew it was going to be an age difference story. I mean, sure, it took us about .5 seconds to go from “we should write a story … Continue reading →

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Adjunct Hell and our ongoing fascination with age difference narratives

Posted on July 19, 2015 by erincmcrae

Like many of our stories, “Adjunct Hell” is, among other things, an age difference story. Our interest in writing relationships with age differences comes from a lot of difference places. Sometimes, it’s just fun (and sexy) to write stories about … Continue reading →

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Adjunct Hell: Why We Love Mixed-Orientation Anthologies (And why you should, too!)

Posted on July 18, 2015 by erincmcrae

One of the things that has Erin and I looking so forward to reading the Young Love, Old Hearts anthology is that it is a mixed-orientation anthology with both M/M and F/F stories.  These mixed-orientation anthologies often seem to us … 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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Location, Location, Location

Posted on July 14, 2015 by erincmcrae

In most of our books, Racheline and I set the action in real, tangible places. Often, we write with Google Maps open in one tab and Wikipedia in another, double-checking street names and population demographics. For Midsummer, our process was … Continue reading →

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So Racheline used to be a dominatrix

Posted on July 12, 2015 by erincmcrae

In the early 2000s I worked as a dominatrix for about 18 months.  Doing the work as a pro didn’t really suit me, but I did learn a tremendous amount about myself, my kink, and other people and their desires … Continue reading →

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Personal connections to the BDSM culture

Posted on July 11, 2015 by erincmcrae

When I suggested writing Room 1024 to Erin, I thought it would be easy. After all, I’m intimately familiar with both BDSM activities and culture, and, despite being a chick, had a lot of mentors in the gay leather scene … Continue reading →

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New to BDSM? Room 1024 might be just the book for you

Posted on July 10, 2015 by erincmcrae

My cowriter, Racheline Maltese, has a lot of first-hand experience in and around the BDSM community. I, on the other hand, have exactly zero. Which meant that, while we were writing Room 1024, she spent a lot of time sending … Continue reading →

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