Sourcebooks Casablanca Romance Authors

I just came from a conference with the Florida Romance Writers, and I’m looking forward to a very busy year. I’ll be attending the RT Booklovers Convention and RWA Nationals of course, also Book Expo America. In addition to those mega conferences, I’ll be going to Heather Graham’s Writers for New Orleans conference, and to the Orange County RWA later in the year. Asa Marie Bradley and Deb Werksman at Florida RWA conference   Here’s what made the conference in Florida so great: The authors were well prepared The chapter had run a pitch training session, so everyone was prepared with a smooth and effective pitch. I could tell they had worked on them, shared them with others, and polished their pitches. BTW, I don’t have any problem with an author reading her pitch to me. It shows a level of preparation and polishing that I can appreciate. Another thing that was great is that the authors understood the difference between a pitch and ...

by Deb Werksman Editorial Manager, Sourcebooks Casablanca Last month Sourcebooks Editorial Manager opened the blog for your pitches .  The time has come for her response! Ellie Heller said... Yay! May I ask for more details? Is there a window of dates you'll be taking pitches from? A deadline to submit them? I post weekly roundup of pitch/query events on my blog, any additional information would be super helpful! Deb Weksman:   Hi Ellie, thank you so much—sorry I missed the opportunity to have this pitch session posted on your blog. If you’ll please email me directly: deb.werksman@sourcebooks.com   I will notify you next time in advance. Thank you! Shelly Bell said... a. Title: ANGELIC WRATH b. Subgenre: Paranormal Romance, complete at 91,000 words c. 50 word pitch: In a contemporary world in which the Seven Deadly Sins are winning the war against humanity, Rafe, an obedient guardian angel, mu...

by Deb Werksman Editorial Manager,  Sourcebooks Casablanca It’s one of those months when I don’t want to read my own writing—I want to read YOURS! Voila—time for a pitch session! These are the IRON-CLAD rules! 1)        ONLY single-title romance 85,000 to 100,000 words or commercial women’s fiction 2)        Erotic romance, paranormal, historical, romantic suspense, contemporary romance 3)        Here’s the format: a.         Title b.        Subgenre c.         50 word pitch d.        1-2 sentences on each of the next 2 books in the series e.        Author sales history (title, publisher, # of copies sold to readers, or that you’re a debut) I can’t wait! This is my absolute favorite part of my job! ...

  By Deb Werksman  Editorial Manager Sourcebooks Casablanca   In celebration of Independence Day, and the fact that Sourcebooks is the largest woman-owned independent publishing house in the country (if not in the world), I will take pitches posted to the Casablanca Authors blog through to midnight on July 4, and I’ll have all the responses posted by Bastille Day (July 14) . We are celebrating our latest New York Times and USA Today bestsellers: Love Drunk Cowboy by Carolyn Brown The Heir by Grace Burrowes The Soldier by Grace Burrowes The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley Miranda’s Big Mistake by Jill Mansell The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick We’ll be celebrating at RWA next week—hope to see as many readers and authors as possible: *Spotlight on Sourcebooks, 9:45 am Friday 6/1 *Our authors at the Literacy Signing on Tuesday 6/28 5:30 to 7:30 pm *Our very own Sourcebooks hosted signing Thursday 6/30 3:00 to 4:00 pm. *Joanne Kennedy and Amanda Howells are up for ...