Category: YA


Mar
2020

Book Birthday Week!

categories: Adorkable, Amazon, doing what you love, Happy Birthday, New Adult, Ninja Girl, Romance, self-publishing, The Best Mistake, The Good Girl's Guide to Being Bad, The Unbelievable Inconceivable Unforeseeable Truth About Ethan Wilder, YA, YA mystery

Happy Book Birthday Week, everyone!!!

Yay, woohoo, hooray!

What is book birthday week, you ask? Well, I didn’t realize it at first, but nearly all my books share a birthday week! In other words, they were released within 7 days of each other, just in different years!

Cool, right? I thought so anyway lol!

ADORKABLE, my debut YA romance and forever book baby #1, was released on this day in 2016. <3 NINJA GIRL, awesome/kickass book baby #2, came out nearly a year later on March 30, 2017. And The Unbelievable, Inconceivable Unforeseeable Truth About Ethan Wilder, mysterious/romantic book baby #3, was released on April 5, 2018.

If that wasn’t cool enough and you’re wondering why The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad, swoony/hilarious book baby #4, is up there when in fact it came out in late April of 2019…

…the answer is: Piszkos Tánc, The Hungarian version of The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad, which actually just came out this week!!! Here’s the lovely cover!

LOL rocks, and I’m so thankful to them for bringing my books and the characters I love so much to the awesome LOL readers in Hungary!!!

So yayyy, this is book birthday week, you guys! It’s something to celebrate, a bit of brightness, and I hope it brings light to your day as well!

I hope you’re all well and safe, readers! Thank you so much for being a part of my publishing journey! No matter if you’ve read one or all four of my books (some of you are probably like, just four lol??? But I’ve tried, and I’m still glad I have that many out ha! Also, my NA sports romance, The Best Mistake, is coming April 23rd, so book baby #5 is on the way!!!), I’m so glad to have your support and thankful for every positive comment/message!

Self-publishing ADORKABLE was the fulfillment of a long-held, long-hoped-for dream, and I made the decision to do it on a day that was (and still is) the anniversary of one of the worst days of my entire life, an effort to take the day back and turn it into something good. Thank you so much for helping me do that, and I hope my books give you even a small amount of happiness!

Hold on to hope, be well, keep celebrating the small things, and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman

P.S. Another awesome thing that made me glad this week was The English Game on Netflix! It was awesome, and soccer-loving Becks and Ash (and all of my characters lol) would’ve loved it! If you need something new to watch, I’d definitely recommend! 😉


Mar
2020

Road Tripping with Entangled Teen!

categories: Adorkable, doing what you love, Entangled Publishing, fun, giveaway, Road Trip, Romance, YA

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone!!! I’ve got something really fun for your guys today!

I’m so glad to be a part of Entangled Teen’s Road Trip (aka blog hop)! Each day there will be a new stop with new authors and giveaways just for you!

Today’s stop is Chariot, North Carolina–the setting for my YA romance ADORKABLE! Chariot is a small fictional town and home to a whole cast of quirky characters–including Sally Spitz who asks her best friend, Becks, to be her fake boyfriend for a month. The problem: She’s been in love with him all her life–and he’s completely clueless :).

Here’s an excerpt from one of my most favorite scenes in the book (get ready to swoon <3):

     Gently, Becks placed his hand on top of mine.

     I didn’t jump this time, but my body was like a live wire, lit up from the inside.

     “Jeez,” Becks said quietly, running the tips of his fingers up and down my arm.  “You’re shaking, Sal.”

     Mortified, I looked down to see that he was right.  Every time his fingers passed a certain place on my skin, gooseflesh appeared first followed by a tiny quiver.

     “Sorry,” I said, completely at a loss.

     As much as I tried, I couldn’t command myself to not react. Why was my body betraying me like this?  Didn’t it realize that if Becks saw how much I loved his touch, how much it moved me, he would know?

     Just as I feared it might already be too late, he said, “This isn’t working.”  Removing his hand, he sat back, shaking his head.  “I don’t know why I freak you out so much, but we need to try something different.”

     I was a lot of things, but “freaked out” was definitely not one of them.

“Here,” he said, moving a bit closer.  “You do me.”

—ADORKABLE by Cookie O’Gorman

Gah, I really do love that scene and Sally & Becks *sigh*!!!

ADORKABLE is such a fun, romantic, happy, dorky and swoon-worthy story! If you decide to check it out, I truly hope it brightens your day!

Here is the complete schedule for the road trip–and don’t forget to check out the next stop with author Lindsey Duga!

March 16 – Jus Accardo
March 16- AK Wilder
March 17- Cookie O’Gorman — You are here! 🙂
March 17- Lindsey Duga
March 18- Katie Delahanty
March 18- T.H. Hernandez 
March 19- Chris Cannon
March 19- Barb Han
March 20- Lisa Brown Roberts
March 20- Marlene Perez
March 21- Pintip Dunn
March 22- Brenda Drake 
March 23- Kelly Anne Blount
March 24- Emily McKay
March 25- Entangled Teen Facebook Event at 6 pm PST/9 pm EST

The road trip culminates on March 25th @ 6 pm PST/9 pm EST with a big party on the Entangled Teen Facebook page! I’ll be giving away a $10 Amazon gift card, yay! Hope to see you there!

Again, bookworms, I hope you’re all doing well and staying safe! This is a very scary and uncertain time for so many. May you live long and prosper. May the odds be ever in your favor. May COVID-19 stay far, far away from you. I wish you all the best–the best health, the best books, and the best times with those you love!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman


Mar
2020

Hello, My Name Is Cookie O’Gorman

categories: Adorkable, doing what you love, Entangled Publishing, fun, kindness, nice surprise, Romance, Target, writing, YA

If you read the title, and immediately thought of The Princess Bride, awesome! We are part of the same dorky/geek-ish tribe lol.

Bonus points if you heard Mandy Patinkin AKA Inigo Montoya saying the iconic lines ;).

Anyway, hello, everyone! I wanted to share some cool things with you guys.

I went to an author event almost 2 weeks ago, and it was a lot of fun—despite my awkward.

Yes, that’s me LOL! The name tag was given to us courtesy of the bookstore (which I love!) that hosted the event. The freaked out/hilarious expression? Well, that’s all me ha!

This is what happens when you put an introvert in a room full of authors (who mostly already know each other argh) and expect them to just talk to people/have fun/mingle. Le sigh.

My mom, who was my wingman for the night, pointed out this book because she’s 1) a smart aleck and 2) hilarious!

She also told me, in all seriousness, that I did a great job and am actually good at talking to talking to people (gah, I love her and her pretty lies lol!).

Oh and did you notice her sleeve? We accidentally twinned that day—which my mom claimed we were not doing…but which was of course pointed out by the lady at Starbucks, who right when we walked in asked if we’d “matched on purpose.” *mental headslap*

No, Starbucks lady. No we did not match on purpose. We just both really like plaid/gingham LOL!

Pre-event, we went to dinner, and our lovely server brought us complimentary champagne to celebrate my first book being in the bookstore <3. I don’t drink, but it was such a nice, kind and unexpected surprise!

Another awesome surprise was actually seeing ADORKABLE on the shelves!!!! <333 Yay!

We also got to see ADORKABLE on the shelves at Target for the first time ever, and that was just too much amazingness for one day!!!

Recently, I’ve been trying to outline my new book, yay, and emailing my cover designer about what will hopefully be my next release, hooray!

I’ll post more about that soon; there’s a lot to say lol, and I’m so excited (and nervous) to share! 🙂

I’ve also received some awesome messages from readers, and I just have to say: Thank you so much!!!! I absolutely love hearing from you! You have no idea how much your kind words and support means to me! It really lifts my spirits and pushes me to keep writing, so again: Thank you!!!

I hope you’re all well, bookworms, and have an awesome weekend!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman


Feb
2020

Happy Paperback Release Day!!!

categories: doing what you love, Release Day, Romance, self-publishing, The Good Girl's Guide to Being Bad, YA

Happy Release Day, everyone!!!

Ahh, it’s here, it’s here! The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad is now available in paperback! You can finally add Sadie & Colton to your shelves, YAYYY!!!!!

Oh, I’m SO excited! 😀

I absolutely love Sadie and Colton *sigh*, and I hope this new format will allow their story to reach even more wonderful readers! If you love YA romance, enemies-to-lovers, lists, bets and dance, I hope you’ll check it out! I hope you laugh, swoon, see yourself in Sadie and fall head-over-heels in love with Colton! <333

Happy late Valentine’s Day, everyone! I hope each and every one of your days is filled with love, good people and great books!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman

P.S. Once more with feeling: The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad is now available in paperback, woohoo!!!


Feb
2020

Happy V-Day!!!

categories: cover love, Romance, self-publishing, The Good Girl's Guide to Being Bad, YA

Hi everyone, and Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

I know it’s all about the candy, cards and cute stuffed animals…but I got some awesome bookmail this week and wanted to share! See pic below, and prepare yourself for the pretty *__*.

That’s right, you guys!

The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad is coming to paperback next Monday (February 17th)!!!

Hooray! And it’s just in time (almost lol) for Valentine’s Day! <3

Love and romance are in the air, and I’m thinking of watching one of my favorite romcoms (speaking of which, check out this cool post I did a while ago for the Entangled blog on my Top 5 Teen Romance Movies <3). Also, maybe it’s because I’m a self-confessed bookworm, but it just seems like the perfect time to pick up a swoon-worthy romance :).

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman

P.S. Sadie & Colton’s story is going to be in paperback, yayyy!!!! I can’t wait! <333


Jan
2020

WIP Complete!!!

categories: Adorkable, Goodreads, Instagram, Ninja Girl, Romance, The Good Girl's Guide to Being Bad, The Unbelievable Inconceivable Unforeseeable Truth About Ethan Wilder, WIP, writing, YA

Okay, so technically, I should’ve posted this over two weeks ago lol.

But I completed my WIP, you guys! 😀 It has about 1,000 more words now because of edits–and I still have a bit more to do on that front–but WOOHOO!!!! It’s done, you guys!

And I love, love, love it so much! <3

There are a few things that I wanted to ask you, so I may do a poll later or something.

But for right now, I just wanted to tell you it’s complete–and I took this pic after lol–and once it’s ready, I cannot wait for you to read!!!

Also, I have some updates on my other book babies :).

The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad reached 500 ratings on Goodreads!  Woohoo, yay, hooray!!!! I will have to do a giveaway to celebrate soon!

Someone wrote a one-star review of NINJA GIRL and tagged me in it…ugh (about the tagging, not the bad review.  Honestly, one-stars hurt like a dagger to the chest, but everyone has their own opinion.  I still absolutely love Snow and Ash and their story  <3.  Plus, someone else wrote a really awesome review, so it evens out I guess).

The Unbelievable, Inconceivable, Unforeseeable Truth About Ethan Wilder has recently gotten a few wonderful reviews as well!  That was awesome to see!

Oh yes, and ADORKABLE got a very nice review from Kirkus!  My first trade review, you guys!  Want to know my initial reaction?  “I’m so glad they didn’t hate it” LOL!!!!! 🙂 But seriously…I’m so glad they didn’t hate it!

I hope you’re all doing well, accomplishing your goals for 2020 and reading wonderful books!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman


Jan
2020

Hello 2020

categories: Adorkable, author takeover, Barnes and Noble, doing what you love, Entangled Publishing, Instagram, Ninja Girl, Romance, Target, The Good Girl's Guide to Being Bad, The Unbelievable Inconceivable Unforeseeable Truth About Ethan Wilder, writing, YA

Hi everyone, and hello 2020!!!

I hope you’re having a wonderful year so far!

This post is a bit late (how is it already Jan. 14th???). But I’m taking a look back at 2019 to see how I did on reaching my goals! My Hello 2019 post should make it easier–and I hope it’s not too boring lol. 🙂

Okay, so here we go! Bookish/writing goals achieved last year: I published my 4th book baby, The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad, yay!!!; NINJA GIRL and The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad came out as audiobooks; I started a newsletter and created an Instagram account (still figuring these out, ha!); I tried a few different promo/marketing things like newsletter promo sites, swaps, and ads (ugggh, the confusion LOL); ADORKABLE came out in paperback with new exclusive bonus content from Entangled (Hooray!!!) and because of this I got to see ADORKABLE on shelves at Barnes & Noble, Target and Books-A-Million!!! 😀

Ahhh, OMG, huzzah!!!!!!!

I also got to do my first ever book signing(s), Instagram takeover and FB group takeovers! They were a bit stressful (just bc I’d never done them, didn’t want to mess up etc.) but also a ton of fun :).

Also got to attend a writers conference with my family, learned a lot, was inspired and enjoyed it immensely!

The one thing I didn’t do was finish the book I was working on :/. BUT! I did that last Saturday, so it’s all good, right? 😀

So, I reached most of my goals in 2019…and even had one dream come true that I never thought would: I got to see ADORKABLE on the shelf in actual stores. *Sigh* I’m so so so thankful to Entangled & all the people there for taking a chance on my little book, and I’m over-the-moon grateful to all of you for supporting me and my books throughout this publishing journey! This would’ve never been possible without YOU! So again: Thank you so much!!!

My publishing/writing goals for 2020 are: Publish a book. Learn how to balance everything (blog, newsletter, FB, Instagram etc.), and don’t be afraid to post. Write another book (or several, crossing my fingers on this!). Write more, better & consistently. Learn more about marketing/promo/ads. Attend another conference or book festival.

As always, I have personal goals as well (be a better person; get healthy; do more to help others). My main goal is to be a positive influence. To know that I’ve made life a little easier, happier, better for someone else.

Back to books!

I’ll let you know more about my brand new book soon, yay!!! I’m very excited to share it with you, and I hope you’ll love it! Will also be posting book updates, giveaways, and news about all the ups and downs of 2020.

Hoping for more ups than downs for you and for me, my lovely readers :). Wishing you all the best in 2020!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman


Dec
2019

Merry Christmas, everyone!

categories: Adorkable, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Ninja Girl, Romance, The Good Girl's Guide to Being Bad, The Unbelievable Inconceivable Unforeseeable Truth About Ethan Wilder, YA

Merry Christmas, everyone!

This was my attempt at a book tree, and I think it turned out pretty…ADORKABLE <3 ;). 

May you have the best times with family & friends, and may ALL the books be under your tree! I truly hope today (and every day) is wonderful for you! <3 <3 <3

Happy reading (and happy holidays),

Cookie O’Gorman


Dec
2019

Good Girls & Giveaways!

categories: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway, Adorkable, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Cookie’s Favorite Book of 2019 Giveaway, doing what you love, giveaway, Happy Holidays, Kindle Countdown Deal, Merry Christmas, Romance, Target, The Good Girl's Guide to Being Bad, YA

Hi bookworms! How is everyone? Are you ready for Christmas in *gasp* four days? Have you been feeling the holiday spirit? Witnessed any awesome acts of kindness?

Please let me know about any or all of those! I’d love to hear from you—and let’s face it; we could all use a little more kindness.

Because it’s Christmas, and in hopes of giving you some holiday cheer, I’m doing a Kindle Countdown Deal! My latest release, The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad, is available now for just $0.99!!!

Yes, you read that right! For a limited time, from now until December 26th, The Good Girl’s Guide to Being Bad is just $0.99! Here are the links for Amazon and Amazon UK.

I hope you love Sadie & Colton *sigh*!!!!!

Also, there are a couple of giveaways going on now! If you’re subscribed to my newsletter, you already know about them :).

The 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway is a collaboration between a bunch of wonderful authors and myself! There will be three winners and each will get a $40 Amazon Gift card! Yay!!! Here’s the rafflecopter to enter!

Annnd I’m doing my own personal giveaway for a paperback copy of The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (aka my favorite book of 2019)!!! It’s really amazing, you guys! You can enter to win here!

Good luck, everyone! I hope you’re doing well, and I hope your holidays are filled with only the best things!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman

P.S. ADORKABLE (the paperback version that came out on Dec. 3rd and is available in Target, Barnes & Noble etc.) is a #1 New Release in one of its categories!!!!! Ahhhh, it was so cool to see that!

P.P.S. Book signing #2 is today, gah! If you’re feeling extra kind, cross your fingers for me, you guys!


Dec
2019

Happy Release Day ADORKABLE!

categories: Adorkable, Barnes and Noble, doing what you love, Entangled Publishing, Release Day, Romance, Target, YA

Today is the big day, you guys!

ADORKABLE comes out in print today, ahhh!!! Full disclosure: I will probably be shouting this from the rooftops everywhere lol. It’s exciting and awesome, and I just want to share it with everyone!

Oh, and did I mention the paperback will be in Barnes & Noble, Target and other wonderful stores??? Now, I can finally use this cool graphic created by the awesome people at Entangled :).

And maybe I’ll get to see ADORKABLE on another shelf besides my own–though they do look gorgeous up there *sigh*

There are so many great things happening (several giveaways on the way, too, so please be on the lookout! There are a couple going on now on Instagram to celebrate the print release if you’re interested! :)). Entangled and so many wonderful people have done a lot to make this day and this release an awesome one, and I’m so thankful to all of them!

I’ll definitely let you know how everything turns out. But for now, again, let me just say:

Happy Release Day ADORKABLE!!!

I hope readers love you and that you bring them a bit of happiness and lots of laughter <3. Hope you all have an amazing day!

Happy reading,

Cookie O’Gorman