Another Book Deal!

I'm so excited to announce that I have another book coming out, which will be the 2nd in a series to my first book (out next year). Yay! And i'm double excited to be working with my same fabulous agent and designer.

From Publishers Market Place:

Author/illustrator of the forthcoming GOSSIP FROM THE GIRLS' ROOM, A BLOGTASTIC! novel, Rose Cooper's second title in the series, RUMORS FROM THE BOYS' ROOM, again to Wendy Loggia at Delacorte, for publication in Spring 2012, by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio. rosemary@stimolaliterarystudio.com

Hailey Twitch

Seven-year-old Hailey Twitch knows three things for sure: who she’s the boss of, how to throw a tantrum, and above all, how to get exactly what she wants. But all that changes when Hailey gets paired up with annoying Addie Jokobeck on the class project. No matter what Hailey does, she can’t seem to change her teacher’s mind.



At home, a cranky Hailey is feeling sorry for herself when – poof! -- Maybelle, a magic sprite, comes flying out of Hailey’s dollhouse. Maybelle’s on probation with the Department of Magic, and on a special mission to get Hailey to have fun.

The only problem? The invisible Maybelle starts causing a lot of trouble, and when Hailey’s teacher wants to know who’s to blame, Hailey takes responsibility. After all, Hailey Twitch is not a snitch! Now if only Hailey can convince the Department of Magic that Maybelle has reformed…



You can buy Hailey Twitch from amazon by clicking here, and find out how to win a free book from Lauren by clicking here!

The Cover for GOSSIP FROM THE GIRLS' ROOM

I can officially show off the cover of my book, Gossip from the Girls' Room, A Blogtastic Novel.  It will be out in 2011 (probably January) and I was lucky enough to be able to do all the inside illustrations for this book as well.  I will post a blurb about it soon!!!

Out of Excuses

I've just discovered the best thing ever--I can update my blog from my phone! This is mainly the reason why I Tweet and Facebook so much and why my blog has been lacking in the post department. It's so easy to just text 160 characters to Twitter and it automatically updates to FB and then MySpace (yes, i still  have one of those too). But it takes so much more time to sit down at a computer, go to a specific site, pull up the page and stare at a blank box and figure out what to type now. It can be intimidating because you feel like you have a lot of white space to fill. But really, posts can be short too. So much has been going so I really intend to keep this updated often, and since I can do it by phone now, what excuse do I have, right?

More Later!

Revision Relief!

So I got word for my editor that she loved the revisions. Yay! Looks like we just need a bit more tweaking but overall we're in good shape. And on top of that, I found out who my designer for BLOGTASTIC! will be--Marci Senders. She's the one who designed the covers for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. How awesome is that? I can't wait to get a cover for my book...it makes everything seem that much more real. So for now, I can release the breath i've been holding for the last few weeks and enjoy watching my book take shape.