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Big, big, big annoucement!

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The past few days have been busy with sad personal issues related to a friend, but I think it’s time for a *little* good news on a Saturday.

I’m shocked, thrilled, beyond excited and SOOOOO happy to announce that Editor K and the team at S&S have decided they’d like FOUR MORE CANTERWOOD BOOKS! So, 13-16, here we come! The official deal will go up on Pub Lunch soon, but I couldn’t hold it in any longer and got the okay to share.

I’m incredibly grateful that not only do I get to keep writing these books that I love, but more so that I’m able to work with Kate. We’re already brainstorming concepts and I’m just freaking out with excitement about these!

I’ve got to say thank you so much to Bethany, Mara, Fiona, Liesa and Jon for backing the books and being excited. Team S&S!

Cheers to four more books! 🙂

Team Editor Kate!

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These just went up on Publishers Marketplace:

August 12, 2009
Children’s:
Middle grade
Jessica Burkhart’s books 9-12 in CANTERWOOD CREST, the popular horse boarding school series, to Kate Angelella at Aladdin M!X, in a very nice deal, in a four-book deal, for publication in 2010, by Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Trident Media Group (NA).
August 12, 2009
Children’s:
Middle grade
PG Kain’s THE GO-SEE CHRONICLES series, an insider’s look at the fiercely competitive world of tween commercial acting beginning with “The Sea of Me,” in which a girl who has grown up with her face on everything from diapers to drink boxes needs to become a new and improved version of herself in order to maintain her edge over a sea of look-alike rivals, to Kate Angelella at Aladdin M!X, in a three-book deal, for publication in Spring 2011, by Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Trident Media Group (NA).

Yaaay for official announcements for Canterwood and my supercool friend PG! 🙂 Thanks so much to Alyssa for posting and go Team EK!

Super Sparkly News!!!

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Right now, I feel like I’ve consumed ALL of these:

Because…

My amazing editor, Kate Angelella, who is a total , has decided that she’s willing to put up with my overly caffeinated phone calls, Twittering in her presence and my obsession with R Pattz and has asked me to write books 9-12 in the Canterwood Crest series!!

Dance party! 🙂

This means Sasha and friends get to ride on for four more books!

To everyone who made it happen (again!!) I’m so, so grateful and am thrilled to have all of you on Team Canterwood! Aladdin MIX = awesome.

I’m in total shock right now and can’t even find the words to express how happy I am to be able to continue the stories of Sasha and her friends. I *never* thought I’d have twelve books. Never. And it would not have happened without the amazing, continued support of people who’ve backed me all the way.

I looked back through my blog and my last book deal was in December. So many things have changed since then, but my intense love for my books hasn’t. If anything, it has grown because of the wonderful fans who love the books and show it!

And this time last year? I was squeeing on the phone with EK when she sent me the cover for TAKE THE REINS, my first book.

Insane.

*breathes*

The books will continue on the bi-monthly pub schedule, so stay tuned for dates, covers and all of that fun stuff coming soon.

Again, I want to thank Kate for working side-by-side with me on this crazy schedule, for loving the books as much as I do and for listening to all of my insecurities and being the first one to know that I can do this. I’m beyond grateful to you for everything.

Thanks, everyone! :)

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Thank you ALL so much for your comments about my new deal! I’m still replying to e-mails, MySpace messages and Facebook notes. It means so much that I have friends who are excited about Canterwood Crest. 🙂 Yay!

One of the most…erm…”interesting” comments I got about my deal was, “Yeah, but more horse books? There are just horses? And girls? Do the girls ever have any life changing experiences?”

Well, um, I guess you’ll find out when you read them!

Aside from that, I’m so excited and am working through the weekend to stay on schedule. People seemed to enjoy my PR Ninja post, so I’ll try to do another one next week.

Happy weekend!