Prickle Forrest Chronicles

October 2023

Chrissy Hartmann

Dear Pricklers,

Ever have one of those months when you just want to crawl under the electric blanket and wait for the next month to appear on your calendar? No? Yeah, me neither.

Well, sort of, but the ghosties and ghoulies made the month worth while. But, hey, that’s just our little secret. Right? Mums the word!

Read on to see what’s kept me busy or should I say painfully busy. Hahaha!

The Past …

‡. Met the owner of Walls of Books from Parma OH who inquired about stocking her bookshelves with the Whiskey Salvation Series novels.

Holy smokes, heck yeah, Stock those shelves. Woohoo!

Crash course on publishing to IngramSpark learned in a matter of days. Ugh!

‡ Cruising along with book 3 of the Whiskey Salvation Series… Until supply of Oreos ran out. Muses didn’t appreciate all the weight loss from the past 3 months of working out and now on Strike. Negotiations not yet worked out. Management wants Nutter Butters and Muses want Oreos.

‡ Had to post this pic. Here is a blast from the past. It’s me dressed up as the “cat in the Hat” for Halloween 2022. Didn’t dress up this year, but will explain that soon.

The Present …

‡ Signed up to be an election poll worker. And yes, got hired! Woohoo! Woohoo!

Believe it or not, blind people can help with election day… and they don’t just have to pass out “I voted” stickers either. Lots to do… But the instruction manual is huge! Luckily it’s available on PDF.

Tested out the skills needed and this author is good to go. Boy howdy!

‡ Carpeted cement floor is just as hard to fall on as cemented floor. Yep, that’s right. Got the x-rays to prove it. Dislocated the pelvis and aggravated the already compressed vertebra at the T12, L1, and L2 levels. How’d it happen? Tripped over the Puppygirl. No worries , though she’s fine. Lucky dog!

‡ A certain 2006 Cadillac finally drove itself to the salvage yard. Well, not really, it had help since the starter finally died, not to mention other things on it…

October is “National find a really-really cheap used car month,“ right?

‡ Is confiscating a hot tub a misdemeanor or a felony? Asking for a friend of course.

But it’s a fantastic question after celebrating the 25th “silver” wedding anniversary with the hubby at the Hidden Valley Cabin here in Ohio. They had a lovely hot tub that worked wonders on the pelvis and back injuries, not to mention the pain meds too.

Roosevelt Glamping rocks!

‡ Now seriously behind on everything due to the accident. Ugh! But I will say I’ve made a new best friend. My electric blanket. He’s been supportive, warm, loves to snuggle, and doesn’t mind my moaning and groaning when I roll over, sit up, or even stand. His name is Red P. Flannel. Because of him, I’ve only spent maybe half the month hiding away recovering like a good girl.

He’s awesome!

And another positive note, the Hubby found a new car. A 2014 Subaru Forester. Woohoo!

‡ Working on 4 possibly 5 books at the moment…

What? Yep, definitely crazy here.

No need to worry though, “Treasuring Whiskey’s Salvation” is priority one on the list. And still on schedule. Sort of!

The Future …

‡ NaNoWriMo starts in a few days. Ready? Hahaha! Not going to answer that until December.

‡ Book Festivals galore coming up. Woohoo!

Massillon Public Library Book Festival (November 11, 2023), Orrville Public Library Book Festival (March 2, 2024), Akron Book Festival (March 9, 2024,) and Ohioana Book Festival (April 2024).

‡ Going to have a few giveaways in November and December And yes, even on the last day here for Halloween. But Follow along on Facebook for the details. Just find the Halloween post and like and post a picture in your Halloween costume to win a chance to receive a digital copy of the anthology of short stories. You’ll be treated to one if not two award winning stories.

Tales From the Prickle Forrest will be out in 2024. Watch for it!

Okay, so maybe only spent half the month under the electric blanket… And now the hour of sitting here at the computer is about up, but also wanted to give a big shout-out to those who signed up for the Prickle Forrest Chronicles newsletter via BookSweeps. Thanks for subscribing!

Don’t hesitate to send in some comments, they are much appreciated!

And for those of you who have asked, I love trick-or-treating and my favorite candy , well, that’s easy… ALL OF THEM! Oh wait, no licorice. None of that stuff. Yuck!

Happy Halloween!

Stay prickly my friends!

Chrissy Hartmann

Prickle Forrest LLC

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