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January 2019 Good News!

Welcome to the monthly digest of all the great “goings-on” of 12 x 12 members. Congratulations to everyone for their achievements. This month we’re featuring books by 12 x 12 members released in January (and one that came in after our December deadline). All other good news was submitted before January 1st. 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 or in the Facebook group.

On to the celebration! Be sure to click on the links to tweet and share the good news around the web!

Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Barbara Renner on the release of QUINCY THE QUAIL AND THE MYSTERIOUS EGG (Renner Writers) (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Ellen Leventhal on the December 3, 2018 release of LOLA CAN’T LEAP (Clear Fork) (Click to Tweet)

 

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Emily Galle-From signed with Adria Goetz of Martin Literary! Awesome!

Emily Galle-From Agent signing

Rosie Pova signed with Rebecca Angus of Golden Wheat Literary! Hard work pays off!

Rosie Pova agent signing

 

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Katrina Moore on the sale of GRANDPA GRUMPS to Charlie Ilgunas at Little Bee! Hooray!

Katrina Moore_GRANDPA GRUMPS_PW Childrens Bookshelf Announcement

Awards

Congratulations to Natalie Rompella on THE WORLD NEVER SLEEPS being chosen as an Illinois Reads 2019 Book Selection! So cool!

Natalie Rompella Award

 

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

12 x 12 members, if you have good news about a new book, agent signings, book deal, or writing award, share it with us. You’ll find the link to the Good News form in the Important Announcement section of the forum.

Not a member yet? Registration is open until February 28! Click here to join us for 2019.

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  1. Thank you for recognizing my new book, “Quincy the Quail and the Mysterious Egg.” I appreciate all the tweets too. I’m a newbie here and still learning how to navigate around the Forum.

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