PRICKLE FORREST CHRONICLES

CHRISSY HARTMANN

April 2023

Dear Pricklers:

Holy smokes! Where did April go? Apologies for the tardiness of this newsletter, but when did April not have 31 days in it? And don’t worry, there will be a separate May newsletter. Lots going on this month and as you can already see in April too.

I’m going on tour. Woohoo! Woohoo! Silver Dagger Tours is promoting my books this month. There’s a lot to do to set up one of these tours, but we got it done. And really can’t figure out how I managed to “not” realize May started this week. Probably brain overload. I’ve met a ton of wonderful book bloggers setting up for this and will have a number of bloggers reviewing my books and hosting a number of other things in the upcoming months. I’m so excited!

Here’s me getting ready to go to the post office to send out some hard copies of my books for two of the bloggers/reviewers.

Figure 1Chrissy off to the post office to send out her novels.

Cute, huh? And I am talking about the books and how I packaged them, not me, silly!

But I’ll admit, I do have a great pair of kicka$$ boots on. Probably my favorites… until I find another pair, which reminds me, I need to schedule a day in the fall to go boot shopping. And for your information only… “I don’t like the summer because I’ve not yet found a pair of boots that look good with shorts.” Maybe, I’ll just have to wear skirts instead. That would look fantastic, right?

Big big thanks to my new subscribers! I hope you’ll enjoy the newsletter. So welcome, Marcy, Mark, Rita, Jon, Wendy, Kim, Heather, Beth, Lori, and David!

Almost done with my reader magnet. Just need to write probably one or two more paragraphs. Then it will be on to the editors. I’ll be glad to get that over with it. But I I’ll admit writing this magnet has made me want to expand this story and make it into another novella, which could be lots of fun. And yes, our mischievous clowns are in it… Well sort of… Okay, maybe a brief cameo. But you’ll have to read it to figure it out. And for those of you who are already on the mailing list, don’t worry, I’ll send you a copy of it. When it goes live, I’ll let you know so that way you can inform me if you’d like it too. Still trying to decide on a book cover for it. Not sure if everyone puts a book cover with them or not. I’ll have to refer to the experts. But wouldn’t it be nice if you opened the PDF and found a beautiful book cover as the first page? I’d love it.

I had hoped to inform you all that I would be attending the Columbus Book Festival this year, but due to some unfortunate circumstances I had to decline their offer to join them. Maybe next year. But I do plan to be out at different events later this year especially to the local libraries since they are always such a hoot. And if I can get my schedule coordinated with a very popular author/radio host who does a national show on Friday nights I’ll be on their too. Hoping to chat it up with him in the fall. That would be exciting… you know getting to talk one-on-one with a best seller.

And speaking of interviews, a new blogger site is coming out soon. They are going to be adding me to their lineup to do some guest hosting. I’ll sometimes do a romance book review for them, the Prickle Forrest Books blog. They are a new blog service coming online in June. They are going to do author interviews of all genres, author shout outs, book reviews, beta reading, and sensitivity reading for mostly Indie Authors. The goal is to help Indie Authors get the best work out there for readers. And I agree. Lots of fabulous Indie Authors who don’t get credit for the stuff that they write.

Concentration will be primarily on Romance (of course), Sci-Fi, History, YA, and Paranormal/Fantasy genres. Reviews will be going up on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google, Apple, Kobo, the Prickle Forrest Books blog, et cetera.

Look for them on Instagram, Facebook, Amazon, GoodReads, Twitter, and more.

Figure 2The Prickle Forrest Books logo

Okay, Pricklers, thanks for bearing with me. Don’t hesitate to let me know what you’re thinking. And if you’d like to help me out with my reader magnet, help me come up with a name for Josiah’s plane. It’s silver with black trim. I went with the obvious, “Silver,” but it’s just not working for me. Reminds me too much of the Lone Ranger’s horse. And yes, I know I write western romances, but would like something a little more original.

So, please, “help!”

Send me your ideas either on FB, Twitter, Instagram or email them to me at https://chrissyhartmann.com/contact And if your reading this on the Prickle Forrest Chronicles blog post, you can comment below.

Don’t forget, Cherishing Whiskey’s Salvation will be off Kindle Unlimited starting May 17th because we’ll be going wide so those who don’t use KDP can read it. And if you don’t use Kindle unlimited, May 11th to the 15th the E-book will be free. Please check it out and leave a review. Your reviews really do matter to us.

Figure 3Rescuing Whiskey’s Salvation by Chrissy Hartmann From the Whiskey Salvation Series

Rescuing Whiskey’s Salvation

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737928817

And don’t forget about…

Figure 4Cherishing Whiskey’s Salvation by Chrissy Hartmann A Whiskey Salvation Novella

Cherishing Whiskey’s Salvation

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTBLC6T5

“Thanks!”

Love to you all and thanks for reading!

Chrissy Hartmann

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