Friday is a perfect time to celebrate 12 x 12 member successes! All of today’s good news was submitted before August 1st. If you submitted news after August 1st, it will be included in our September post. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good News Post. A link to the Good News form can be found under Important Announcements in the 12 x 12 forum.

Help an author out! Click on the “Click to Tweet” links to share on Twitter and get the word out about these 12 x 12 books. Request your local library carry these books. If you purchase one, please support your local independent bookstore. Write reviews on Amazon, GoodReads, and B&N. Your fellow authors will thank you!

Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Karen Hendriks on the August 7th release of GO AWAY, FOXY FOXY (Daisy Lane Publishing)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Emily Kilgore on the August 25th release of THE WHATIFS (little bee books)! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Carrie Tillotson signed with Tracy Marchini of BookEnds Literary Agency! Woohoo!

Julie Koon signed with Fiona Kenshole of the Transatlantic Agency! Hooray!

Namita Moolani Mehra signed with Naomi Davis of the BookEnds Literary Agency! Congrats!

Sara Ackerman signed with Tricia Lawrence of Erin Murphy Literary Agency! Woohoo!

Thornton Blease signed with Joyce Sweeney of The Seymour Agency! Way to go!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Katrina Moore on the sale of SOMETIMES LOVE (and a second untitled picture book!) to Ellen Cormier at Dial! Joy Hwang Ruiz will illustrate.

Congratulations to Kirsten W. Larson on the sale of A TRUE WONDER: THE SUPERHERO WHO CHANGED EVERYTHING to Jennifer Greene at Clarion! Katy Wu will illustrate.

Congratulations to all our members on seeing their hard work pay off! We are so proud of you!

All of today’s good news was shared prior to August 1st. 12 x 12 members, if you have good news about a new book release, agent signing, book deal, or writing award, share it with us. Please submit your good news by September 1st to be included in our September Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up your hard work!