It’s Hereeeeee! Historical Authors Halloween Hop!
Your favorite Historical Romance Authors are back with Heather McCollum’s Annual Trick-or-Treat Hop! It begins early on Sunday, October 26th and runs through the end of Halloween on October 31 – and I’m participating! And – I’ve even got my own little CONTEST going, too.
Readers just follow the list of authors and links, find their Halloween treat and add it to their list. Once completed, just email yours to Heather@HeatherMcCollum.com W!nner will be announced on November 1st!
Here’s the whole list if you want to start — jump to mine first on my CONTEST page since you’re here! Then:
Historical Romance Author Trick-or-Treat Hop
2025 Link List
*Once you find all the candy, send your list of author names and their candies to Heather@HeatherMcCollum.com with “Historical Romance Authors Sure Are Sweet” in the subject. The randomly drawn winner will be picked and announced on Saturday, 1 November. *
Have fun! And Happy Halloween Hop!
Fall Into Romance at the Berlin Library October 28th!
Terri will be joined by Shirley Hailstock, Tina Gabrielle, Victoria Jayne and Alexis Woods at the Marie Fleche Memorial Library’s FIRST Fall into Romance event on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 from 7-9pm. A panel discussion about the variety of stories available in the romance market and about how they write romances and more will be followed by a Q&A and then the authors will have books on hand to sign. Refreshments will be offered throughout the evening.
This event is open to the public at no cost, so please stop in and enjoy lively conversation about books, authors, reading, writing and more! For more information, please visit the Library’s website.
Local Author Event @Waterford Twp Library – September 27th!
Terri will be joining other local authors at the Waterford Township Public Library’s FIRST Local Authors Day. Authors of fiction and non-fiction will be there to greet readers, chat, share donuts&coffee and sign their books from 10:30am until 1:30pm on Saturday, September 27th, 2025.
Local Authors are:
- Alexis Sharp (Fantasy, Action/Adventure)
- Jennifer M. Eaton (Space Opera)
- Kennedy Cannon (Contemporary, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Satire)
- David Schulze (Psychological Fiction, Literary Fiction, LGBT)
- Michael Sabia (Self-help/wellness)
- Lionel Moses (Relationship, Self-help)
- Sara Wuillermin (Grief, Community, Mutual aid, Nonfiction)
- Gene Miller (Middle Grade/YA, Short Story, Adult Memoir)
- Robert Glass (Wildlife, Falconry)
- Tom Tracy (Children’s)
- Erene Davis (Kids Story Time & Take‑&‑Make Craft) (Children’s)
- Claudia Tung (Illustrator) (Children’s)
Terri will also be presenting a special version of her talk about the History of Romance Novel Covers as part of the event.
For more info and a complete list of authors, please visit the Waterford Township Library website for the event. Hope to see you there!
Hearts & Coffee at the Philly Library on Oct. 4th!
Terri joins Xio Axelrod and lots of romance author friends in a comfortable setting for coffee and chatting!
🌟FREE EVENT 🌟
Have you ever wanted to chat with an author over a cup of coffee? Here’s your chance! On Saturday, October 4th, head over to the Parkway Central Library in Center City Philadelphia for a morning filled with bookish conversations, nibbles, and community.
There, you’ll find authors Xio Axelrod, Terri Brisbin, Golden Angel, Sarahlyn Bruck, Tara Conrad, Veronica Forand, Piper Huguley, Reem Kashat, Noué Kirwan, Aliza Mann, Priscilla Oliveras, Rebecca Rivard, Nikki Sloane, and Dakota Willink.
Come meet your faves and discover new ones. Whether you’re a dedicated reader or an aspiring writer, this is the perfect place to share your bookish obsession. And it’s a FREE event! Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow booklovers.
Grab your ticket here: Hearts & Coffee – An Author and Reader Meet n’ Greet!
Romance Between the Vines – August 23!
Join Terri and other NJ authors at Pladigo’s Winery in Hammonton to celebrate and enjoy romance and good wines at this Booze & Books West event! We’ll be chatting about books, and wines, enjoying refreshments and more from 11am until 3pm on Saturday, August 23. The authors will have books on hand for purchase and signing.
Join us!
Terri’s Preorder Form for RomantiConn July 2025
If you plan to attend RomantiConn 2025, Terri has a preorder form so the books you want will be ready and waiting for you at her table on Saturday, July 26th. There will be more than 150 authors, narrators and vendors at the event, so planning ahead can be helpful.
Using this form, you can choose and pay for your books – so grab the ones you’ll want now.
Terri Brisbin Preorder Form for RomantiConn on July 26th
See you there!
Join in the 2025 Historical Romance Easter Egg Hunt Hop!
2025 Historical Romance Easter Egg Hunt Hop
Author Link List
Jump to each author’s place to find their Easter egg – look around a bit to learn about them – and then hop to the next one – repeat!
Once you hop to each site and find the authors’ eggs, e-mail the completed list to Heather@HeatherMcCollum.com with the subject line: Historical Romance Authors Are So Colorful to be entered into the grand prize drawing. Winner will be announced on Monday 21 April on the FB event page and on https://www.heathermccollum.com/ .
Good luck and Happy Easter!
Terri B
It’s the Holiday Historical Romance Cookie Hop!
I have never been a great baker-of-cookies. Although I’m great at cakes and other things, the perfect cookies elude me! I produce excellent door stops filled with chocolate chips or smelling like gingerbread but most times I avoid baking them. Oh, there are one or two I can make that are edible, delicious even, but I can’t count on them actually coming out that way.
So, maybe that’s why Rosette cookies appealed to me? No dough to make or roll or drop. No worries over too-thin-or-too-thick. Waaaaay back in the married-with-young-children days, I felt pressured to find something when my younger sister became a pizzelle master, especially at the Holidays.
From researching their origins, these batter cookies are claimed by several countries including Sweden/Norway, Netherlands and Mexico – and more. Basically they are fried batter that are dusted with powdered sugar. There are special irons that hold the batter in shapes to be dipped in hot oil. If it sounds like funnel cakes, it’s because they are the same batter but one has a shape and the other is freeform.
Each Christmas season, my sister would bring out her pizzelle iron (like a waffle iron) and make piles of pizzelles (almost crunchy, flavored with anisette) and I would make piles of rosettes. And our families loved them both! It’s a good memory and I think of my sister every time I see a pizzelle…
The recipe? Easy peasy — but the irons aren’t easy to find —
Rosette Cookies
Ingredients: Makes about 30 cookies
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- vegetable oil for frying
- confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Directions:
Beat eggs, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Add flour, milk, and vanilla extract; beat until smooth.
Heat oil in a large, deep skillet to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place a wire rack over paper towels.
Heat the rosette iron in hot oil for 2 minutes. Lift the iron and let excess oil drain. Dip the iron in batter to 1/4 inch from the top of the iron, then dip the iron immediately into hot oil. Do not cover the whole form in batter!
Fry rosette in hot oil until golden, about 30 seconds.
Lift the iron out; tip upside down to drain. Use a fork to push rosette off the iron onto the prepared wire rack.
Reheat the iron in hot oil for 1 minute; cook remaining batter. Sprinkle rosettes with confectioners’ sugar.
Have you ever had Rosette Cookies (or Funnel Cake)? Or Pizzelles? Do you make any special family dessert for the Holidays?
If you comment below or email a comment to me at: contest@terribrisbin.com – you’ll be in a drawing for an ebook of any of my books along with a Scottish 2025 calendar – 2 winners will be chosen from those who enter!
And don’t forget to hop to all the Historical Romance Authors in the Holiday Cookie hop to find their cookies – and their giveaways! Any questions? Visit the FB event page – for more info and the complete list, too.
E-mail your completed list to Heather@HeatherMcCollum.com with “Historical Romance Authors are Sweet” in the subject line. Good luck!
It’s The Halloween Historical Hop!
Beginning at 8am EST on 10/26 and running until 11pm EST on Halloween, it’s the annual historical romance authors’ Halloween Hop! You all know the drill – hop over to each author’s place (using the listed links), find their Halloween treat and make a list. Everyone who emails their list to our hallowed hostess Heather MacCollum is eligible for the Grand Prize – a $150 gift card! (And I have my own little giveaway too so look below for that!)
Here’s the list of links – you can go in any order – if you need more info, visit the FB group at https://www.facebook.com/share/T1Vy2LZDJi1PVrF8/
Pssst — I’ve put a hint in the top image of my treat – keep your eyes open and Happy Halloween Historical Authors’ Hop!
And – I’ve written 2 ghostly stories – both are novellas and both are listed on my website here — tell me the name of one of the main characters in either one to be eligible to win my giveaway – an ebook copy of any of my books! Just email me the name at contest@terribrisbin.com (you might want to look at this page to find them — Terri’s Books (including 2 ghostly stories!)
Okay – you have your assignment so go have fun and meet some historical romance authors – and don’t eat all the candy at one time!
