Easter Newsletter

Happy Easter, everyone. Here's hoping the sun is shining where you are, and that flowers are blooming. Gary has the garden worked up (in between rains) and we're champing at the bit, ready to start gardening. We're planting three kinds of spuds this year, Yukon Gold, Red Norland, and purple (I forgot the variety). Seems forever since I had really good produce. Over the last three horrible winters, many of my roses died, so I'm having to replace those, too. Gads! Has anyone noticed how expensive roses from Jackson & Perkins have gotten? I've had to go for bare root oldies from Lowes, I'm afraid. A lot has happened in my writing life since my last newsletter. Two Feet Below has now been released by Oak Tree Press, and my Kindle edition of Three Stories From the Northwest, (Western stories, Aldy Neal's Ghost, Henderson's Horse Deal, and Ask Parrot) has gone live on Amazon.com. I'm currently busy formatting Three Stories and The Winning Hand to publish on Smashwords.com for e-readers other than Kindle. I'm also shopping around an apocalyptic novel, and the fifth entry in the Boothenay Irons--Gunsmith series. This is the nerve-wracking part. Are either of them any good? Will a publisher want to take a chance on publishing them? Erk! Please cross your fingers for me. I've set up a blog page for China Bohannon, my bookkeeper turned sleuth from One Foot on the Edge and Two Feet Below. I try to add posts on this'n that now and again. Check it out for the photos of Bedlington terriers that owners of the breed were kind enough to send me. China has a Bedlington, you know, who has earned a place in the stories. The link to the blog is below. Meanwhile, to promote my new release, I've been appearing on various blogs. That's always fun. And I need to do a launch party forTwo Feet Below although I'm not quite sure how to go about it. The first real sale day set up so far (I plan on lots more) is at the Rathdrum Farmer's Market on May 7 at the Rathdrum, Idaho city park. Hope it doesn't rain. Rain and books don't fit well together, aside from the fact I'm easily frozen. If anyone needs a speaker for a group, please let me know. This coming Tuesday, April 26, I'll be at Auntie's Bookstore in downtown Spokane with several other authors. Our stories are in the new mystery anthology from Dark City Books and we'll be reading from our work. The book's title is Spokane Is Still Deader Than Dead; my story is The Whereabouts of Miss Nellie Thistlewaite.The reading is from 7 - 9 p.m. Hope to see some of you there. Here's hoping the Easter bunny brings you lots of chocolate this Sunday. Don't know if you want jelly beans. According to the new movie, HOP, the bunny poops those out in flavors like watermelon. Who knew bunnies were so talented? Best of the season. Carol www.ckcrigger.com TWO FEET BELOW (2nd China Bohannon western suspense)