I’m sooo excited to announce that I’m the January Author of the Month (AOM) at Harmony Book Reviews! Yaaay! Thank you, Harmony, for choosing me. I’m honored and super-excited!
Want to read Harmony’s announcement? Check it out here!
P.S. She said, and I quote, “the book is fab.” OMG! 🙂
Oooh, cool!
My agency put up a list of January/February 2009 releases! So. Cool. 🙂
See it here!
They list TAKE THE REINS and fellow Aladdin MIXer Julia DeVillers and her sis, Jennifer Roy, have their book, TRADING FACES, on the list, too.
It’s starting to feel official now!
By the way, FAR FROM YOU author Lisa Schroeder did a wonderful post on her LiveJournal called “supporting authors when your heart is bigger than your wallet.” It’s a must read!
~*~TRIPLE FAULT progress~*~Yesterday:
14 first draft pages down (oh, the horror of the first draft!) 😉 (Really shouldn’t be winking…)
2 1/2 cups of green tea consumed
1 cup of coffee (refilled at least twice)
0 instances of hair pulling
And, finally, I can’t believe it’s the last day of 2008. I’m sooo ready for 2009 to start and I’m ready to kick if off tonight!
*happy sigh*
The second Canterwood Crest photo shoot #2 is a wrap! We had the best time and got soooo lucky with the weather! It threatened to rain at any second, but we made it through the entire day with only a few sprinkles here and there.
It was fantastic to see everyone and it was super-fun to see my “characters” again. The overall experience was just…surreal. This time, however, I DID make it through the day without being in total shock at what was going on around me, LOL.
A big, sparkly thank you to everyone involved. It was another unforgettable experience and I’m so grateful. We should totally do that every day. 🙂
I can’t wait to reveal the covers over the coming months. Wait till you all see them!
Oooh, and if that wasn’t enough, I now hold in my hands a CHASING BLUE ARC. I’ll take a pic of it when I get home. The wrap around cover is beautiful.
Okay, I’ve been teasing for long enough! Harmony called me out and reminded me that it IS Sunday–the day I promised to post details. Well…here you go!
I’m in a hotel room in NJ. So far from FL, I know!
Tomorrow…I get to hang out with Editor K and the Photo Shoot People! (Yes, they deserve caps ‘cause they’re awesome.) We’ll be meeting at the super-secret location south of NYC to shoot the new Canterwood Crest covers. I can’t wait to see everyone since it has been since late April. I almost can’t believe we’re doing this again. I feel so lucky! (Posts about photo shoot #1 are here.)
Last time, the day was a total blur because I was in such shock that it was actually happening. Models. Horses. People. All for Canterwood. It was the most surreal experience to meet actual girls who got to portray my characters. It’ll be fun to see them again! Plus, in April, it was the first time I met EK and AA and that alone was enough to make a girl nervous.
I’m sooo excited!!!
I typed the entire way up and will do so on the trip home because I’m a girl on a deadline. The TRIPLE FAULT outline is in desperate need of, um, words. Yeah. *considers erasing that sentence so EK and AA don’t get nervous*
But YAY! It might actually be unseasonably warm tomorrow, which would rock. Fingers crossed.
Happy Sunday!
The blog might (or, you know, might not) get a little quiet over the next couple of days while I attempt to avoid the Internet and work on the TRIPLE FAULT outline. Plus, I reaaalllly need to do more work and less Internet because of…well…something awesome that I’ll share quite soon! *excited dance*
🙂
Thanks to everyone who commented on the TAKE THE REINS video. Glad you all like it!
Jessica Burkhart 