Sarah MacLean's Blog, page 33

Paris Pan on Inside the Character's Studio

Give it up for Paris Pan, the star of Cynthea Liu's Paris Pan Takes the Dare, on Inside the Character's Studio!

So what if it is a rite of passage for every seventh grade girl in town to spend a night in the woods? Paris Pan only just moved here, the woods are super creepy, and she has enough weirdness to deal with in her own family. Finding out a girl died mysteriously years ago while on the Dare--right near Paris's new house, no less--is bad enough, but the unmistakably ghostlike noises...

Blake Hewson on Inside the Characters Studio!

Give it up for Blake Hewson (named for another famous Hewson, I'm told), the star of LK Madigan's Flash Burnout, on Inside the Character's Studio!

Fifteen-year-old Blake has a girlfriend and a friend who's a girl. One of them loves him, the other one needs him.

When he snapped a picture of a street person for his photography homework, Blake never dreamed that the woman in the photo was his friend Marissa's long-lost meth addicted mom.

In a tangle of life, death, and love, Blake will emerge...

A Novel Romance

If you've never watched a web series...you should try Life from the Inside, which proves just how funny and clever web-based television can be.

The premise:

Mason Evan Harris was the best "English Language Obscure Foreign Holiday Novelty Songwriter" in the business. That was 5 years ago. Now that his money has run out, he's reluctantly come out of retirement to start a new career as a less-than-enthusiastic jingle writer. The road back to financial stability would be easier if his friends...

Thanks to Smart Bitches for the Laugh!

This is such a bummer! They're both right!

via Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

The Benefits of Pining....

Yesterday, Sue Grimshaw, the romance buyer for Borders (uhm, could there be a better job than that? I don't think so) blogged a book report style post of NINE RULES TO BREAK WHEN ROMANCING A RAKE. Now, after I finished having my minor heart attack, brought on by the fact that "OMG my book is in the real world and I can't stop anyone from reading it," and then by "OMG she liked it!" I realized that it's probably time to confess something.

I'm a piner.

I've been a piner my whole life.

So mu...

Jane Turner on Inside the Characters Studio!

Ok...as a former barista myself--and one who used to dream of matchmaking the customers who came in (and myself with not a small amount of the attractive men who frequented the cafe), I am thrilled to host Jane Turner, the main character of Kristina Springer's The Espressologist, on Inside the Character's Studio!

The Espressologist is In

Fridays 6-10 p.m.

Come in for a little latte and love.

That's the sign outside of a local Chicago Wired Joe's every Friday night when jerky boss Derek Peters f...

Cover Flats WIN! Stepback Revealed!!! CONTEST!

Ok...best thing about being a Romance author? Getting giant packages from your publisher that include a stack of cover flats, all gorgeous and designed...with pearly paper and foiled, lovely text and official, bona-fide romance author photo and bio and, tucked inside, this:



Yes...that's the stepback of NINE RULES TO BREAK WHEN ROMANCING A RAKE...that's Callie...and Ralston...and is it getting *hot* in here? 

Yes. Yes it is. 

So...I've got a bunch of these to give away...comment below with an ...

Remember, Remember the 5th of November...

Today we celebrate Guy Fawkes' Day...a holiday that gets a lot less attention in the US than it does in the UK, where tonight fireworks and bonfires are being lit across the land...

My mom is British, so I grew up knowing about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, although for 5, 6 and 7-year-old Sarah, it was more about lighting a bonfire and watching fireworks than about a history lesson.

I pretty much forgot about Guy Fawkes day as I aged into high school, college and beyond, but a few month...

Roz Peterson on Inside the Character's Studio

Give it up for Roz Peterson, the star of Lauren Bjorkman's My Invented Life, on Inside the Character's Studio!

Roz and Eva are sisters, close friends, and fierce rivals. Roz fantasizes about snagging the lead in the school play and sexy skate god Bryan as her boyfriend. Sadly a few obstacles stand between her and her dreams. For one, Eva is the more talented actress. And Bryan happens to be Eva's boyfriend. But is Eva having a secret love affair with a girl? Enquiring minds need to know.

Roz...

Sunday Awesome: Tigers in a Tub

I don't understand it either.  But I love it.