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Thank you, thank you, Horse Mystique

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I cannot express the gratitude and love I feel for Team Canterwood. Hannah, aka Piisyummy, from Horse Mystique sent me a lovely, unforgettable email with a surprise attachment.

It came at the perfect moment as Kate and I are hard at work on INITIATION. Kate is also going through excruciating pain as we wait to go back to the Mayo Clinic in September.

I have so much admiration, love and thanks for my online friends that I can’t even begin to explain. All who worked on this banner will see good things come back to them. I believe in karma. 🙂

Much love to all of you and thank you for supporting and loving my best friend. You have no idea how YOUR support keeps me going when I’m writing the books we all love and it gets Kate through her pain to put everything she has into Canterwood.

xxx

A Stable of Books

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Coming on July 26, Aladdin is releasing a “Stable of Canterwood Crest Books” (isn’t that name supercute?!) of Take the Reins, Chasing Blue, Behind the Bit and Triple Fault as a set of e-books at a great price. Here’s a link to pre-order it via Kindle. I’m sure the link will be available soon for the Nook if it isn’t already.

I can’t wait for this to come out! I never dreamed I’d have a set of books. Ever.

Thank you so much to Team Canterwood for supporting me, Editor K and the series. It’s because of YOU that this is happening. Since it’s a virtual release, I’m sure I’ll come up with something fun to celebrate with you all . . . 🙂

xo

Some celebratory shopping

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I got some exciting news yesterday! It led to the purchase of the suuuperfun hoodie and the tank below from the place where, um, most of my paycheck goes–VS’s PINK line.

The news? Take the Reins earned out its advance! Yay! It wouldn’t have happened without *you,* the readers, and my ridiculously talented editor, Kate Angelella.

We decided some celebratory online shopping was in order, so I snagged that doodle zip hoodie and the pretty tank. I love that mix of blue and gray! Plus, I’m always cold, so I can’t get enough hoodies.

Again, I’m so grateful that Take the Reins is doing so well and in it’s . . . 6th (?–I should check that . . .) printing. I’ll be working as I start to feel better on Initiation this weekend and I’m counting down the days until Chosen releases in May. I’ve got a lot of fun giveaways during release week! 🙂

Anyone else a PINK fanatic? What’s your go-to store when you want to celebrate with clothes, accessories–whatever?

Canterwood live action fan movie!

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Oh. My. Gosh. This is AMAZING! I’m so, so in love with it and thank you to prancinghorses12! You and your friends are wonderful for bringing Canterwood to life. 🙂 Hearts and sparkles to you!

Everyone, definitely go subscribe to her YouTube channel.
And watch this:

Congratulations, Kate!

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(Note: this is NOT a real gun–it’s a stunt gun used for a Nancy Drew cover shoot. Also, please note her signature Diet Coke in the background…)

This lovely editor, aka Kate Angelella, was promoted to Associate Editor at Simon & Schuster’s Aladdin. In addition to being my editor, Kate also edits the sparkly Lauren Barnholdt and the amazing Kekla Magoon among other awesome authors. I’m superproud and thrilled that Kate was promoted. She’s an amazing editor AND writer who has both a commercial and literary eye. That’s hard to find–no doubt.

Congratulations, Kate! We’re all so, so proud! 🙂

Happy release day, HOME SWEET DRAMA!

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I can’t believe it’s time for book #8 in the Canterwood Crest series! Ahhh!! We’re at the halfway point now of sixteen books and it’s. . . well, hard to articulate how I feel. Excited. Humbled. Scared. (And scared because I don’t want to disappoint my reader girlies with any book.) Thrilled. Etc.

After eight books, I’m in love with my characters as ever and their horses. The adventures at Canterwood are continuing and I love being along for the ride.

Shout outs and sparkles to the Simon & Schuster team, our photographer, amazing models and the readers who allow me to live my dream to write. Special xoxo to Editor Kate for working her magic and putting her talent into this book.

Yaaaay, HSD! 😀

So, since it’s a special day, I’m opening comments! I want you to tell me what YOUR sparkle is! 🙂 Mine, of course, is lip gloss and hanging out with my BFF.

Leave a comment here or Tweet at me or Editor K. We can’t wait to hear about your sparkle!

PS: Comments have gotten sticky in the past, so please keep them clean. If there’s any drama, I’ll have to close them and that would be sad. 😦 So post away on what makes you happy and yaaay HOME SWEET DRAMA!

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! 🙂

Bye, 22!

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Wow. Today’s my last day as a 22-year-old. I feel waaay older. But also very immature in some ways. (Like, my addiction to every flavor of lip gloss I can find…and, um, my love for all things Twilight…) 🙂

I’m superexcited about my birthday. Plans are set and I’m sensing an Epic Weekend.

Thanks so much to everyone who’s already wished me happy birthday on Facebook, Twitter, etc. You guys are so sweet! ❤

Welcome, Best Enemies!

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It’s a double-post day because…

BEST ENEMIES is now shipping from several online bookstores! It might even be in actual stores now or very soon. I’ll have to start stalking this weekend and check.

I’m *always* caught off guard by the early releases. That said, I’m still going ahead with the pre-planned schedule of release week festivities. It’ll celebrate the official release date, so yay!

I’m still shaking my head over this entire thing. And by that I mean how my fifth book is out. It’s an indescribable feeling when a book hits shelves. This was the first book that I finished writing in New York, so it has special meaning.

Very sparkly hearts to my BKBs who helped make this book possible. ❤ Toasting you guys with Swarlos and the slap bet episode. 🙂

Home Sweet Drama progress

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The blog has been a little quiet because I’ve been working hard on the draft of HOME SWEET DRAMA. I’m 30 pages in and and I usually really get going around page 50. The first 50, for some reason, are always the hardest. It feels like an uphill climb where I’m not sure if I can make it. Even at book eight, I’m crazy paranoid like, “Whoa. What if I can’t write another book?!” But then the rational side kicks in and I go back to my chapter by chapter outline and know what I have to do.

So things are moving ahead on that. I typed 9 pages yesterday (eh, but whatever!) and want 10 today. I think it’s possible just because of the amount of caffeine I’m about to go out and purchase. 🙂

Going to be purposely cryptic because it’s necessary, but I got the most amazing gift yesterday. BFF got me a signed copy of this author’s second book. I’d read the first book and actually wrote on the pages, put sticky notes in the margins and got more out of this book than any other I’ve ever read. Holding the new book with a note to me inside was so special. So. Amazing.

Anyway…

Will vlog soon! I’m planning to read the first chapter (and likely the second) of BEST ENEMIES. I can’t believe it’ll be out so soon. Yay!