Thanks so much to Summer Best and Shanna Bellingham at Horse Capital Digest for running an article about Canterwood Crest. I appreciate it! 🙂 If you live in Ocala, the article is the February 27th issue.
Also, thanks to Jeff Hardison for writing an article about my visit to LCCC in today’s Lake City Reporter. Thanks to Jason Matthew Walker for coming to take photos.
Tallahassee Magazine just left a short while ago. They came and took pics for an upcoming article in the mag. Scott and Monica were wonderful and I had so much fun. Thanks for coming, guys. I appreciate it! 🙂 I can’t wait to see the pics. Scott showed me a few on his camera and I thought the background looked great.
Also, I can reveal the title for Canterwood Crest #6! Little White Lies comes out on December 22, 2009. It’s now up on Amazon. Cool.
Back to editseditsedits.
Yesterday, I got a call that Tallahassee Magazine wants to take pics for the article they’re running soon. Exciting. They asked where I do most of my writing and said they’d like to take pics of me at my workspace.
Mad. Cleaning. And stuff shuffling.
Like crazy. For some reason, whenever I think of photos of authors in their workspace, I always think of Meg Cabot in a tiara. Or her new author pics.
At least I’ve got the signing on Saturday, so I can’t stay home and clean/rearrange things. Anyway, they’ll be here at 9am on Monday. Sunday will be spent choosing The Outfit. Yes. (And Mandy Morgan, I WILL be wearing the killer boots!) 😉 Mandy told me to definitely wear them to an interview and they seemed to be lucky. So I’ll keep wearing ’em.
Now, I’m off to a meeting to talk last minute details for the Books-A-Million signing. It’s almost here!
I’ve got a few links to share on this Friday morning! 🙂
Author Kristin Tubb posted an interview with me. Thank you, Kristin!
Today, Linda Gerber is running a TAKE THE REINS giveaway (it just might be a signed TTR copy) so go enter to win.
Also, Tallahassee’s Eastside Chronicle ran an article about Canterwood Crest. Thank you, Jessi! 🙂
Happy Friday!
I finally found the March/April issue of YOUNG RIDER at my local Books-a-Million. See that “true story” bit at the bottom left corner? That’s the article about Canterwood Crest. If you see the issue, check it out. There’s a Canterwood giveaway inside, tons of pics and a fun Q&A. A few girls have already emailed me about the issue–thanks for saying hi! 🙂
Big thanks to Lesley and Allison for running the article!
Yesterday, I met Jennifer from Tallahassee Magazine. We had a great chat at Starbucks and talked about Canterwood, mean girls and more. Thanks for interviewing me, Jennifer!
I’ve got a phone interview with the Lake City Reporter on Thursday. That means I don’t have to get dressed in my fancy interview clothes. Or, maybe I still will…I kind of like the idea of getting out of my usual writer clothes even for a phone thing. 🙂
I just finished the outline for Canterwood Crest #5 and feel that relief of, “Oh, good. I didn’t forget how to outline or come up with ideas.” 🙂 I *always* have that fear when I open a blank Word doc to start an outline. I’m convinced of the following:
1) I’ll have zero ideas.
or
2) My ideas will be super awful.
and
3) Agent A and Editor K will be like, “Um. What is this?”
But I made it through the outline. Whew.
And, finally, big congrats to agent sis Lauren Barnholdt! She posted a bunch of great news yesterday, including a new YA sale. Yay, L!
That article is out now in the Feb/March issue of Tallahassee Woman. Big thanks to Justin for interviewing me. I appreciate it!
I’d typed this light-hearted silly blog, but I deleted it. Instead, I’ve been thinking a lot about this post at Stephanie Kuehnert’s blog. Steph, hope you don’t mind that I’m linking to it. But I couldn’t ignore it and not comment on it. Steph, my fellow Teen Fiction Cafe sister, is a brave, amazing woman. Just go read her post and you’ll see. I’m just so impressed with Stephanie for going for it and blogging about something intensely personal that she’d been through. Her post will no doubt help girls and women going through similar situations.
And I because I’m not as brave as Steph, I’m moving the rest of this post over to LiveJournal and am locking it. I was squirming too much to write it here. Sorry! If you’re on my super f-locked friends list, you’ll be able to read it. I hope to unlock it later.
Thanks!
On Thursday, I’m being interviewed by the NE Chronicle–a sister publication of the Tallahassee Democrat. The local press has been super receptive to running articles about Canterwood and I so appreciate it.
I’m excited and that means I’ve been spending too much time in my closet choosing clothes. Yeah, did I mention they’re taking pics? Uh-huh. I won’t be able to decide what to wear until about an hour before the interview.
But I think I’ve narrowed it down to:
black pants
the most awesome boots ever (I can’t, like, walk in them. But they’re pretty!)
a sweater of an undecided color
Or, if I’m feeling casual:
dressy black shirt
dark skinny jeans tucked into the most awesome boots ever
And really, they’re not going to get my legs in the shot. Hmm.
After the interview, I’m going to visit Borders, Books-a-Million and Barnes and Noble. They restocked TTR, so it’s off to sign those copies. Alyson Noel (author of EVERMORE) has been roadtripping around CA to sign stock too. It’s soo fun! Alyson makes me feel like a slacker though ’cause she’s doing a hundred mile radius. 🙂
There was something else…but I forgot. *grins*
And…
The winner of the Dover giveaway is… Harnessphoto from LiveJournal. 🙂 Yaaay! Harnessphoto, please email me (jessica [at] jessicaburkhart [dot] com) your address!
Take the Reins was reviewed in the February/March 2009 issue of Discovery Girls! Thanks so much to Jan Fields! 🙂 Ahhh! So exciting! It makes the perfect birthday gift!!
Yep, I’m 22 today! Woo! Birthday and book launch in one week = crazy fun.
Last night, I did a drive-by signing at my local Books-a-Million. Yep! I signed the four-copies they had on shelves and it was so fun!
The Tallahassee Democrat ran an article in yesterday’s paper. Want to see it online? View it here! I love the title, too, “Rider-turned-writer is in winner’s circle.” Very sweet.
Thanks so much to Kathleen Laufenberg. She wrote an article about me when I got the book deal back in 2007 and I’m glad she was able to write this new article. Thanks also to the Democrat for being supportive of a new author. I so appreciate it!
Thank YOU all for your congratulations yesterday!! It was a special day and I’ll never forget it! 🙂
Yay! The Effingham Daily News posted their article about Canterwood Crest! You can read the online version here. I used to live in Dieterich, IL, which was about 10 minutes from Effingham. But I went to school in Effingham and spent a lot of time there.
Thanks so much to Bill Grimes for writing the piece! 🙂
Jessica Burkhart 