First off, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who offered their condolences.  I never expected so much support from my readers—though I should’ve known better because you girls and guys are simply the best.  Your support and understanding during this time was so appreciated.

Not gonna lie.  June has been a tough month.  Life has a way of kicking you when you’re down, and that’s definitely been the case these past weeks.

*Deep breath*

But now, it’s time to make lemonade.

I mean, what else can you do, right?  Real life is over there, chucking all these lemons at your head—the jerk—and do you just sit there and take it?  No.  You stand up, gather the lemons, take the sour/bitter stuff, pour some sugar on it and try to make some freaking lemonade.

Luckily, I have some really sweet things coming up.

Prepare yourself for some truly awesome updates.

1)  I wrote the foreword for a YA romance anthology that comes out June 29, 2018!  It’s called The Art of Taking Chances, features some very talented YA authors–including Kelsie Stelting, who is awesome and orchestrated this whole thing–and you can read more about it here.  If you’re interested, you can also get an Advanced Reader Copy here.  I hope you’ll check it out!  Also, isn’t that cover a beauty? <3

2)  ADORKABLE is being made into an audiobook!!!  Actually, it’s already been made and comes out June 30, 2018!  *Gasp*  I know!  I’ve been wanting to share this exciting news for a long time.  Now, we’ll get to experience Sally and Becks’s story in a whole new format, and that is just incredible!  I’ll have more news on this later, but…yippeeee!  ADORKABLE will soon be available in audio!

3)  After receiving an email from Amazon, for a limited time, ADORKABLE is enrolled in Prime Reading.  I’m somewhat nervous but hoping this will be a good opportunity to reach new readers.  I’ll be sure to let you know how it turns out.

And those are the updates!  There’s a lot of great things happening, and I’m trying to take them all in—even though, like I said, those dang lemons keep coming.

I think I have enough at this point to last a lifetime lol.

But I’ll keep trying to make lemonade, breathing deep and hoping for the best.  How has your summer been so far?  More lemons or lemonade?  Here’s hoping you’ve found a ton of great reads along the way!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman