Prickle Forrest Chronicles September 2021

PRICKLE FORREST CHRONICLES

By Chrissy Hartmann

September 2021

“We went to the animal fair. The birds and the bees were there. The big baboon by the light of the moon was combing his auburn hair. You should have seen the monk. He sat on the elephants trunk. The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees, so what became of the monk? The monk?”

Didn’t you love that? Used to sing it all the time growing up when fair time neared and yes, it’s almost time for the fair. Can’t wait to enjoy the fair fries, pumpkin funnel cakes, Lerch’s doughnuts, and steak on a stick. Oh boy! Plus got to get my fill of some real sheep. It’s too bad the fair rolls into town for a week. Not enough time to eat to my heart’s content. Hopefully mother nature will be good to the fair goers and not rain any days out. Don’t mind throwing on some boots, jeans, and a hoody though. The cooler the weather, the better. Taking notes this year. Will have to incorporate a fair into one of the novels. Hmm? A circus is like a fair, right? Maybe my Banzoff clowns in book 2 will have it up in running? Or maybe will just look for a book to read set at one. But whatever, September should be fun!

THE TOP FIVE

1. Pumpkin fair funnel cakes loaded with pumpkin cream cheese. Oh boy!

2. The tractor pull.

3. Football is in full swing. Go Browns! Go Buckeyes!

4. Pumpkin season is officially here.

5. Hoodies, jeans, and boots.

WIP IT… WIP IT GOOD…

After much ado and the fantastic help by author Max Willi Fischer and author Darrell Newton, finally managed to get Rescuing Whiskey’s Salvation ready to publish. Woohoo! Book cover created by Angelica Hagman. Shooting for October 1st to get it out on Kindle, then Google, Apple, Barns and Noble, etc. Found website designer who specializes in author websites. PromoWarriors now scheduled to start soon on the website. Hope to have it up and running by the end of October if not before. Book 2, the sequel is waiting in the wings for NaNoWriMo. Would like to work on it sooner, but must finish gathering stuff for the website. Can’t wait, it’s all coming together. Woohoo! Woohoo!

QUERYING…

Not even thinking about this right now. Maybe will try querying all my short stories. After all, two of them have won contests. Must mean something. Right?

THE CRAFT

This month’s writing tip…

Find yourself a group of writers who have the same goal as you do.. To get published!

This way you can all push yourselves to reach that goal. And share all pertinent info with your new group of friends with regards to the writing craft and publishing. Not everyone finds the same info. You’ll never know what may and may not be useful until you share.

THE HOLIDAYS:

Not many this month. Worked Labor Day unfortunately. Curious though, does the week of the fair count as one? How about the first harvest of pumpkins? Would love it if either became national holidays. Definitely would celebrate the pumpkin one. But maybe October is for pumpkins? It’s possible the dreaming of pumpkin funnel cake has lured the brain to all the pumpkins. Hmm? Do want to give out a big shout out to Dad. A birthday at the age of 82 is something to celebrate!

THE BOOKSHELF:

1. Bad Blood by Marilyn Todd

2. How To Write Clean Yet Scintillating Romance by Mary Gray

3. How To Outline A Cozy Mystery by Sara Rosett

SEASONAL FAVORITES:

SEASON: Fall. Woohoo! It’s finally here!

SPORTS: Love football. But not in favor of jabs to play.

COLOR: Dark Brown, orange, gold, and red. Fall colors of course!

CAUSE: The Seeing Eye Ruff! Ruff!

SONG: Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden Love it! Never gets old.

FOOD: Pumpkin funnel cake with cream cheese icing. Yummy!

HOT DRINK: Apple caramel latte. Yeah baby!

FLOWER: Daisies and roses…better yet…both!

DID YOU KNOW…

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PRICKLERS OF THE MONTH…

• Schools being wishy washy on masks.

• Media lies.

• Lazy people who collect unemployment.

• People who won’t follow the science.

• Data manipulators.

THEY SAID…

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a folly.

— Benjamin Franklin

HOMETOWN UPDATE…

• Wayne County Schools Career Center buckled. Masks required by all students and staff.

• Ace Hardware taking over the Everything Rubbermaid store.

• Downtown Woo talking about a Halloween bar crawl.

• Wayne County Fair opening to the public and no mask required.

INQUISITIVE MINDS…

The Muses want to know… Do you prefer

White pages with black print or cream pages with black print?

Please leave your comment below. Thanks!

GOOSING OFF…

Goosie & Gander

Our fowl friends celebrated the month with a trip to the fair and earning a blue ribbon. They also celebrated with a couple of football games. They ended the month with a night at homecoming. I believe the theme was A Night In Paris. Oo La-La!