By: Jessica Burkhart,
on 2/28/2010
The S&S marketing team has done it again and created more fun downloads for your computer! Here are two backgrounds of the cover of RIVAL REVENGE for your desktop. Just click on each photo and find the right size for your computer. Enjoy! I'm using one for my background and so is Kate.
Happy weekend, Team Canterwood!
By: Jessica Burkhart,
on 1/20/2010
After a quick morning stalking of the bookstores, it looks like RIVAL REVENGE (Canterwood Crest #7) is indeed out in many stores. It has a technical release date of 1/26, so it's always fun when bookstores release early. My local B&N says they have copies and I think that'll mean a stock signing this weekend. I have the *nicest* people at my B&N and I love going there.
Book. Number. Seven. Wow. At this time last year, TAKE THE REINS (CC #1) was about to release and I was FREAKING OUT. The series was set at four books and I was doing promo for TTR and writing CHASING BLUE. Now, it's hard to believe there are going to be 12 books. Thanks so much to the awesome reader girlies for backing the series and being on Team Canterwood! Also, hugs to the team at S&S--you guys rock.
And, of course, the books would be, well, superboring, unsparkly and just eh without Editor K, Kate Angelella. Angelella is spelled T-A-L-E-N-T-E-D, btw. Writer, editor, author-wrangler--she does it all. :)
Yay RIVAL REVENGE and I can't wait to go book stalking.
By: Jessica Burkhart,
on 1/12/2010
Okay, girlies! Here's your spot to chat about all thinks RR. If you read the comments, there MAY be spoilers, so don't read if you don't want to see.
Can't wait to hear what everyone thought! Have fun chatting while I work on CITY SECRETS. :)
By: Jessica Burkhart,
on 1/9/2010
It's soo cool that some of you have already found copies of RIVAL REVENGE. Yaay! I need to get to my local B&N and check to see if it's there. Maybe I could sneak a vlog from inside the store...or end up getting thrown out. LOL. I could try.
Next week, I'll put up a post for you guys to chat about RR if you want.
I'm working all weekend on CITY SECRETS, so happy weekend, girlies! :)
By: Jessica Burkhart,
on 12/26/2009
I think it's time for a post-holiday give away!
Guess what I've got?? Copies of RIVAL REVENGE due out January 26! (Three days before my birthday, which is kinda awesome.)
Sooo...I think it's only fair that I give away THREE signed copies of RR. Leave a comment here or on LiveJournal. Tweet, Facebook, blog, vlog, whatever about the contest and let me know in the comments. It'll give you *two* extra entries. The drawing will be random and I'll only ship to US addresses. You cannot enter on Facebook, Twitter or anywhere else. Gotta comment here. :) The contest closes on January 1st at midnight at Eastern time.
Enter away and good luck!!
PS: Notice the number on the book spine? All future books will be numbered and reprints of previous books will also have numbers. Cool, huh? I love it! :D
PPS: Just so it's clear: Alison's on the spine and on the right front cover next to Julia. Jasmine's on the back. :)
By: Jessica Burkhart,
on 9/1/2009
Blogging is going to be sporadic since I leave Friday morning for the Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, GA. It's going to be so much fun! I will, however, be vlogging and Tweeting from the event. I speak at 2:30pm on the Children's Stage. I'll be talking about all things Canterwood and am trying to make the talk funny/informative.
I'm also turning in RIVAL REVENGE on Thursday, so I'm responding to zero e-mails at this point. I'm not ignoring any of you (readers), I promise! I will e-mail you back as soon as I can. If you snail mailed me, I'll work on that soon too. Thank you so much for all of your notes! I do read and appreciate each one!
Back to editing...I don't want Editor Kate to throw the manuscript at my head. Or shred it into tiny pieces in front of me. Or cross out every page with a red Sharpie. It could happen, you know... ;)
By: Jessica Burkhart,
on 8/3/2009
Today, I'm going to be 
. Substitute that for a pink laptop.
I've got a writing date with Robyn and we're determined to consume lots of 
I have to get my newest 
RIVAL REVENGE written.
Or else EK will send her posse after me. 
No. For reals.
Happy writing!
YES!!!! FIRST TO POST!!!! so anyways, i LOVED rival revenge. it was amazing, as usual. i thought it was really clever how sasha gets jas by filming her confession. honestly, i thought she was gonna get in trouble with mr connor. (again..) but, secretly, i always liked heather, so im kinda glad when she helps sasha. it would have been better if eric was in it more though. I MISS ERIC!!!1 :( oh well. dont like jacob. at all. hes such a backstabber. but really, for all you people who think sasha didnt do the right thing by lying to callie, she kinda did. she might not have lost eric, but maybe idk. cuz callie was mad when eric and jacob fought over her, so she would still be mad at sasha cuz her bf went after her bff. soo anyways, cant wait to hear what everyone else thought!
good luck jess!
ttyl!
So what happened to Eric? Does Callie become friends again, and does Sasha date Jacob. I don't like Jacob. Just leave her alone!!!!!! Also, what does Paige find out?????
how come most people have it, when it has not been released yet???
Hey Madeline--it's has a technical release date, but it's kind of up to book stores if they want to put it out early or not.
Wow, Jessica Burkhart talked to me! That is so cool. You are my idol! Thanks
Omg!!! RR was amazing!! i loved it!! i just wished sasha and eric would gget back together, and i feel like if sasha had told callie the truth, things wouldn't have been so hard, but idk. I'm now waiting anxiously for April 6th, 2010, so i can get HSD!!!!!!! Omg ur so lucky Madelin i wish Jessica Burkhart would talk to me!!!! luck duck lol!!!
So did Sasha go out with Jacob? Did Callie ever learn the truth?????Did Paige????
Madelin- sounds like you haven't read the book yet!! Just a heads up- its AMAZING.
Sasha dosesn't go out with either guy in the 7th book. She doesn't tell Paige anything. Callie doesn't find out the truth.Okay, I think those are the anwsers to ur questions!!:)
I am so calling all the BOOKSTORES in a 70 mile radius, I want RR!!!The book sounds awesome!!
OMG! I sooooo want to read RR! I don't think NE of my bookstores have it, but I really cant wait any longer!
Oh and whover you are that posted first, please tell me where you got your copy!
Hey Jessica:
I wanted to know if you knew any bookstores that had RR out yet. I am so desperate to read it! I did get a little sneak peek and I can't believe J & A didn't cheat! OMG! I don't think I can wait any longer. I lover your books! I am a HUGE fan! So please respond
I cant believe some people got Rival Revenge!! Where are you getting them?
They are getting them from some Barnes and Nobles
Hey Suz, Ya I already got mine 2........... Narnes and Noble! THe thing is that the bookstores get the book early, like Jan. 1st, but then they really aren't suposed to put it on shelves until Jan. 26th, but it's up to the bookstore to when they put it out. My B&N in Corte Madera, CA had it!
Hey Jess! just wanted to know when you were gonna post te interviews w/ the models? Cant wait!
Rival Revenge was so good!!
Hey!! ya jess, same with corbyn, WHEN R U GONNA POST THE INTERVIEW W/ THE MODELS??!!??? sounds soo cool!!
guys, please post something to cheer me up!!! i feel so bad cuz some girls in my school are mad at us cuz they think me and my friends called them losers and we didnt!!!!! and its just cuz we sit at a table were half of its us and the other half guys, so when they try to sit with us theres no room and its not our fault!!!!! ugh! im so mad and plus they went to a teacher and the rumor is that teacher went to the principle about it and me and one of my bffs mite get in trouble!!!! ugh! someone help me!!!!!
i got my copy at the local barnes and noble!!!! i hope everyone gets to read it soon!!!!
I loved Rival Revenge. I thought it was soooo funny how Sasha caught Jas on tape. I almost wanted to slap Callie (Not really) I just feel so bad that she's being mean to Sasha with all that Sasha has done for her!! I almost went into shock. . Sasha and the trio. I like Heather but she mysteriously turned nice. Is she softening up because of her dad/horse issue last year or is she tricking Sasha into an alliance?? The haunting questions.
I really hope Callie finds out the truth and then Jacob becomes everyone's history. I love eric, hopefully he and Sasha get back together. Hey!! Maybe Jacob will transfer to Wellington. I am so excited for Allison(My fave) And Julia. Hopefully they can make YENT now. Charm is such a sweet horse just like my baby(Well technically my horse is older then me but I still call him a baby LOL)
I really hope Sasha decides to tell Paige and works it out and I hope Paige and Ryan get together. They are such a cute couple!! Can't wait to see City Secrets cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, my fingers are cramped now so bye!:)
ok btw, just copy and paste the link into like a blank tab, idk why its not a link you can just click on. sorry!
OK JESS PLEASE DONT BE MAD AT ME BUT I FOUND THEM!!!!! I ACTUALLY FOUND THEM!!!! im not sure if there the final ones, but the i found the cover for city secrets and elite ambition! ah! omigod! so heres the links:
city secrets:
http://books.simonandschuster.com/City-Secrets/Jessica-Burkhart/Canterwood-Crest/9781442403802
elite ambition:
http://books.simonandschuster.com/Elite-Ambition/Jessica-Burkhart/Canterwood-Crest/9781442403826
ok hope you like them!
well i thought they were just okay, but oh well. the books will be AMAZING for sure!
ttyl!
I'm sorry, but I HATED these covers. The covers before were chic, sophisticated, and coordinated. These look like they are a cross between Fantasty Land and horses. Just replace the cute clothes with princess dresses and put horns on the horses' heads and ta-da! perect cover for a princessy fantasty book for 8 year olds. On the upside, the models look great and so do the clothes. But the main covers def look photoshopped and fake. The grass is too green, and the surroundings do not complement the clothes. EVERYTHING ABOUT THESE COVERS LOOKED TOTALLY FAKE. Please tell me these are not the real covers. These are the kind of books with a cover that I'd read inside my binder so other people would not see the cheesy effect.
OMG!!!!! I CAN NOT BELIVE YOU FOUND THE COVERS!!!! They do look kind of fake.
Ino they kind of do look fake......r u guys sure these r the real covers?
City secrets is small! LWL was 240 pages, and that was the smallest of them all, i think. City Secrest is 224 pages
Hey girls! Just jumping in to say that CITY SECRETS will be longer than LITTLE WHITE LIES. Those page counts are just estimates since I'm still writing the book. :)
and city secrest and elite ambition are $1 more than the rest and they are smaller! i think that is unfair
Yes, i can't wait! OMG, after LWL, I can't wait to readd RR. And Jess, I read the first chapter of RR on Simon and Schutcher website and I really like the opening part.
The new books won't be shorter. :)
and I hope Eric gets back with Sasha, and the people learn the lies. I am glad it is so suspenseful, because it makes the book better!
I saw the covers. i really like them.
I am sooo gald City Secrets will be longer than Little White Lies!
well, these are the ones i found, and jessica hasnt said they arent the real ones, so i guess they are. and there not amazing, but that doesnt mean the bookS wont be!
paige looks like an elf to me on city secrets. hehe:)
I love the book!!!! although Jess never emaols me back. I know shes on break and everything but i would love to talk to her!!
She is my idol!!1 I <3 her books. Keep writing Jessica!!
Willing myself to not read any comments. Just got RR and am sitting down to read it....I will post when I'm done.
Hey Jess I didn't get my signed copy of RR yet please email me back. I sent an e-mail about it to you. It is also on Facebook. Please respond!!
Alcia [email protected]
Done with the book. Still trying to process...I mean I liked it but don't really have a lot to say and I am not jumping up and down,screaming, or crying right now like I was at the end of the rest of the books. A few comments though:
1. Like anonymous said I always liked Heather( mostly from respect and just a tad of admiration) so I love that her and Sasha are sort of becoming friends(for lack of a better word)
2. I still like Jacob and Eric and I am extremley torn
3.Don't know what to say about Callie
4. And I wish Sasha would stop being so stupid and tell Paige what happened
Sasha should just tell Paige what happend. Paige wouldn't tell anyone and I just know she'd help Sasha. I really think Sasha is starting to like Jacob again, there are little hints in the book but she never outright says that she likes him. I <3 Eric but Jacob is sooooooooooo cool!!! I also thought Callie was being really stupid because remeber, she was the boyfriend stealer in the first place. Now she knows how it feels! I never really liked Callie. She seems a little, yaknow, sneaky.
I loved the Homecoming element in RR. Here are my predictions-
Ryan, Eric, or Jacob will win for the guys. Probably Jacob or Eric, though.
Paige, Sasha, or Heather will win for the girls. Probably Paige or Sasha, though. I bet Sasha will admit the truth in HSD!!! Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah I love the homecoming thing to. I think Jacob or Eric will win for the guys and either Sasha, Paige, Heather will win for girls....but maybe I'm baised cause those are my favorite characters sooo....but who knows Jess is pretty good at that element of surprise thing I mean who would have thought Sasha would be having sleepovers with the Trio and enjoying it to. But I am not going to lie the only person in the Trio I don't care for much is Julia. She is not that bad though. I truthfully admire them all a little.
ok soo i loved RR! just got it earlier and read it during my sister's bball game.i liked the homecoming, too. I am a hhuge jacob hater, so i was dissapointed that Sasha still likes jacob... and i hope that during homecoming that sasha will tell eric and paige and callie what happened. and i woneder who will become the next member of the YENT team since jas had to leave for wellington. and i never knew heather had it in her to invite sash over for a sleepover. i wish that all the dorm rooms had seperate bedrooms like the ones heather, julia , and alison have. and i miss eric!so bad but sasha doesnt like even want him back! its not fair cuz eric was perfect with her, but sasha is all, likei hurt him to much but eric will understand, right? he is just so nice!and i wonder if he is now dating rachel... i dont like her:( but anyway i am kinda sad that jas is gone because she added tension to the books. and will heather have an excuse for ssha to hang out with the trio anymore, because she was always like saying to intimadate jas, to get sasha away from jas. anyway, these are a few of my thoughts on RR and i CANT wait for HSD!