Sourcebooks Casablanca Romance Authors

By Danielle Jackson   In January, I introduced you to Beth , our fellow Casablanca publicist. This month, I’m so excited to introduce you to Aubrey Poole, one of our Assistant Editors , who works out of our New York office. Aubrey is a fun and vibrant part of our romance team and I wanted to make sure all of you knew more about her! DJ: Tell us a little bit about yourself! How did you get started in publishing and at Sourcebooks? AP:  Let’s see. I’m originally a California girl. I graduated from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles with a degree in Journalism. But I’m just not nosy enough to enjoy the life of a reporter, so I packed up and moved to New York about five years ago. I got a few temp jobs and a job as an executive assistant before landing at Sourcebooks’ New York office as the editorial assistant for the children’s and young adult editors.  And I’ve been here ever since! DJ: Aside from romance, what else do you work on at S...

by Danielle Jackson, Sourcebooks Casablanca Publicist  I’ve mentioned a couple of times over the last few months that Sourcebooks Casablanca recently welcomed a new publicist to the mix: Beth Pehlke! She is wonderful and it is so great to have another romance team member in the publicity department. Oh and if you’re wondering—yes, Beth (on the left) and I are standing with a cow in our photo! That is one of the Chicago Cows that were all over the city of Chicago in the late 1990s/early 2000s! Dominique bought one of the more literary themed cows [rumOr has it she Outbid some very famOus ChicagOans… One VERY famOus One], and it lives in the area of our building we call the bull pen! Anyway… I thought a fun and easy way for us to get to know Beth was to invite her on the blog and do a little interview, and put her on the other side of blogging. On with the interview: DJ: Tell us a little bit about yourself! BP: Oh goodness, let’s see. I’m the youngest of three...

When you're a writer, publication seems like the top of the mountain. As you submit, submit, and submit some more and endure rejection after rejection, it takes everything you've got to keep on climbing. "The Call" seems like the fulfillment of all your dreams, the summit of Everest. You're ready to plant your flag, lay claim to your alphabetical spot on the bookstore shelves, and bask in the glory of hard-won success. But if you're ambitious enough to endure the road to publication, "the call" will probably give you a brief (and admittedly stunning) moment of satisfaction--and then it will open up more vistas you want to explore. Once you get published, you'll want to stay published. You'll see a spot on a bestseller list looming up ahead, and you'll want to reach that peak, too. You'll have to survive th e biting winds of reviews, the misty, uncertain path of promotion, and a million other stumbling blocks along the way. The goal on...