Sourcebooks Casablanca Romance Authors

Hey, everyone! Brooklyn Ann here, writer of historical paranormal romance, urban fantasy and lover of things that go bump in the night. I have a lot of exciting things going on. First up, I have a new release next week. My 2nd " Hearts of Metal " book, WITH VENGEANCE, releases next Thursday on May 19th! Woo-hoo! Second, I'm wrapping up my 4th Brides of Prophecy novel, which will be released in August. I'll be posting the cover reveal this weekend. Thirdly, I'm making myself a quilt based on my favorite horror films. Here are some of the squares I hand painted. And here is the fabric I'll be using to frame the squares on the front of the quilt: And this will be the backing fabric: I am so excited and intimidated by this project! So as you can see, I have a lot of fun stuff going on. And tonight in my Bad Movie Club, we'll be watching Jason X (the one where he's in space) to celebrate Friday the 13th in our...

by Danielle Jackson Happy Holidays, Everyone! 2012 has been a GREAT year for Sourcebooks, and I just want to take a second and personally thank all of the Casablanca Authors—they are BIG reason why we had such an awesome year, and I know 2013 will be incredible. It is so much fun to work with a dynamic and diverse group of authors who all do an amazing job writing books that truly connect with readers. So, huzzah to all of them! As you all might remember, earlier this year I wrote a blogall about crafting , which is a way that I relax. Well, from about October-December, crafting is something that I love to do for family and friends for the Christmas presents from me! I thought I’d share some of my most recent projects (and hope that my mom doesn’t remember to read my blog this month): For my fellow Sourcebooks publicists, I found a really quick and adorable mason jar “snow globe”: I found the tutorial at this great blog, Whipperberry: http://whipperberry.com/201...

by Danielle Jackson I’m one of those people that doesn’t do well sitting still, and my multitasking often follows me from work to my home. I rarely read one book at a time—I have four started right now, Entice by Jessica Shirvington, A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, Abhorsen by Garth Nix and Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (for fun mind you, not including the books I’m reading for work)—I watch TV/surf the internet/write at the same time, and I’m always looking ahead on my social calendar so I have “something to do.” So how exactly do I relax? By being crafty. I blame the popularity of Pinterest , Etsy , and other sites like Craftgawker —I see things all the time and say, “I could do that.” So finally, I think after hearing me say it so often, my boyfriend said, “So do it.” Naturally, I took this as a challenge, and our small apartment was turned into a craft zone! My first big endeavor was making bowls out of magazine pages ... in addition to all those ...