CHILDREN'S: MIDDLE GRADE
Jessica Burkhart's HIGH JUMPS AT COLLINS ACADEMY series, pitched as Saddle Club meets Mean Girls, about a small-town girl who attends a boarding school and must learn to compete with the equestrian elite, to Molly McGuire at Aladdin, in a four-book deal, in a very nice deal, by Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Trident Media Group (NA).
Counting down to Saddlehill Academy!
Hii, friends! I'm so very thrilled to remind everyone that NEXT MONTH (!!!) is the release of my first novel in eight years! Ahhhhh!!...
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Woo-hoo!!! I'm so excited for you Jessica!! Again, major congrats!!!
And thank you again, Kelly! :) There's major dancing going on! LOL
Congrats!! So very exciting to hear about this, Jessica. :)
*SCREAM* I am so happy for you! You're an inspiration!
Yeah!!! I'm so happy for my agent sister!
hugs,
Steph
Jessica, I'm so thrilled for you. You won't belive this-I'm in Houston, sitting at a Jason's Deli with my husband when my phone rings and a writer friend in Lake Charles, Louisiana says, "JB got a 4 boo contract!!" You're the talk of the town, girl!! LOL
AMAZING! A four book deal! You must be so over the moon. :) Congratulations.
That is fabulous, Jessica! I'm so happy for you. :)
WooHoo!
Saw your announcement over at AW so I thought I'd stop by and say...
Congratulations!!! What wonderful news.
Huge congrats!!! Wow, a four book deal. You must be very happy. Congrats again!!
Saw your announcement on AW and came right over - "a very nice deal" WOW! Huge congratulations are in order.
Woo hoo and Waytago!
And a big congrats and thanks to Ms. Henkin.
You don't know me (I post as loiterer on AW) but I felt compelled to offer congratulations because being an unpublished writer myself it's exciting to see someone in the process of launching a career.
I'm sure you know you've got a lot more hard work ahead, but you seem like a motivated person with your feet firmly on the ground. I wish you well.
I am so thrilled for you Jessica! Congrats!
A four book deal! That's fantastic. Congrats!!
HURRAY!! Hehe, I found you from a comment on Maureen Johnson's blog sometime last week, I think. And I was like, "Hey, she's a writer and she's my age!" which was cool. I want to get published eventually, so it's really encouraging and awesome that you are right now. :D :D Major congrats, and I can't wait to read your books. :)
By the way, the reason that I clicked on your comment in the first place was that your name sounded really familiar. I wonder if I've read one of your magazine articles. And I also saw on your website that you did NaNoWriMo last year, so maybe I saw you there. NaNo rocks!!
Congratulations!
The blurb reads like a marriage announcement in the old society pages. Very chic!
A four-book-deal and a published author at just 20!! WOW! Congrats dear. You must be so happy and proud!
Wishing you all the best. That's yet another motivation for me--yes writers can get published after all, if they're good enough :D
Erin, thank you! :)
Steph, Trident is the BEST!!
Jess, I simply cannot believe that! That's awesome! LOL
Jen, Heather, Susan, Emily, Dawno, Williebee, Anonymous, April and Writing Angel, thank you so much! :)
Becs, you probably did run into me on the NaNo forums. NaNo definitely rocks! ;)
Merylf, thanks!
I used to teach at a CT version of Collins Academy, and can vouch for the snottiness of "the equestrian elite" - sounds like you've got a sure-fire winner here! Congratulations!
Congratulations, again Jessica! I'm so happy for you!
YAY JESSICA!! I was so thrilled when I read that announcement!! How exciting!! WOHOO!!!
Congratulations :) I've been lurking, and I just read the news over at Diana's blog. Thought I'd stop by and *clap*!
CONGRATULATIONS Jessica!!! How exciting! What a great deal for you!! Hope you're celebrating properly!
Marley = )
Jessica, I saw your news on the teen loop, and came rushing over! I'm so excited for you!
Bill, Carrie, S.W, Tina, Celeste and Marley, thank you all! :)
Congratulations, Jessica! We're hearing this all over the blogs and *newswires*. You GO!!!
A fellow YA writer
Congratulations, Jessica! You GO - what a sale!!!
Yep, it's all the news on various blogs and *newswires*! Hope you're wildly celebrating. :-)
Congratulations, Jessica! That's simply fantastic!!
I'm so excited for you!! A four book deal is awesome.
You've shown us unpubbs that it can be done. :)
WOW!!! Saw the announcement in AW! I am soooo HAPPY for you - this is just awesome!!
Cindy
I read this earlier and forgot to comment! How could I?
Just wanted to give a huge CONGRATS and tell you that I love boarding school stories, so I'm looking forward to this one! Make sure and let us know when it'll be on the shelves!
And DANG. Four books, girl! That's a dream come true!
(Now you have to write them. ;))
Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
How cool is this?!?!
Supermegacongratulations!!!
Hey, congratulations!! Four books -- no pressure, right?
May your sales be robust and multiple print runs required.
Incredible news! Congratulations!
So excited for you!!! What a great way to start off. I can't wait to read them. :)
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