Chaos and Other Fun

April has been exciting! I’ve been doing a lot of writing. I traveled to a bookstore, and, hmm, what else, ah, Pack came out! I want to thank you all for all your support. Pack has been in the top 100 for Teen and Young Adult LGBTQ+ Fiction on Amazon since it came out on April 14th.

There are some big name book in that category, so bopping around the top 100 is fantastic! I’ve even, as of this post, picked up 14 ratings and 1 review. If you’ve read the book and would be willing to give it a review, that would warm my heart! Help convince me to try to get Battlefield out sooner than August 17th.

Last month, Battlefield was submitted to my critique group. They gave me some great ideas to make the book better. I’ll be reading through the book and making changes next week and hopefully getting the manuscript to my editor the following week.

My cats seem to enjoy my sitting on the computer getting these books written and cleaned up.

I’ve joined a website that is doing a HUGE giveaway.

Jae – a big author in the industry, has gathered 36 authors who are part of this giveaway. That is a LOT of opportunity to win. Just click here, and you enter to win!

If you’re all caught up with the Jade Stone Chronicles, why not check out one of these fantastic reads?

Wild Spirit – Victoria Wren

Struck down with a mystery illness, sixteen-year-old Win Adler’s life in Boston is shattered. Once a high achieving student, Win’s illness forces her to become withdrawn, losing many friends along the way. When doctors can’t find a cure, her father’s last hope of recovery is to take her home to Hickory House, her mother’s ancestral home in the woods in the old colonial town of Cedar Wood. A fresh start in a new town, a new school where no one knows her past, plus a cute neighbor across the woods…life should get better, right? Living with her Grandpa and older sister in a quaint town should be ideal, but Win soon discovers she lives at the heart of an old town ghost story, a tale of witchcraft and tragedy. And Win learns that her family is unusual, and have some rather interesting secrets.
Someone is watching the house, a mysterious hunter, someone who knows her family’s dark secrets, and as Win starts to change in more ways than one, she must uncover the truth about this man, and what he wants from her. She is getting stronger and faster as she learns more about her family’s strange curse. All Win wants to do is settle into her new life, but on the night of Luke Fraser’s bonfire, the party quickly gets out of control, and Win must use her new talents to help her friends and get them to safety. She must unearth the secrets of her past to survive the fight of her life before she runs out of time.

Wolf Summoned – Michelle Areaux

It only took one moment to change my life forever.

After being shipped off to spend my entire summer with my great aunt, I am finally returning to my home in small-town, Nicholasville. I’ve missed my best friend, Maddox, like crazy and have dreamed of having my normal life back. Only, my return wasn’t as welcome as I had expected—or normal.

Fate seems to have a strange sense of humor. Not only am I dealing with becoming a shifter, but ow, a beautiful, dark-haired boy with almost supernatural-like qualities is drawing me in against my own will and causing me to question everything I’ve ever known.

Cole.

No matter how hard we try to fight it, there is this uncanny connection between us. I fear he may learn my secret that not only am I a shifter, but that I’m caught in the middle of an ages-old war between shifters and hunters.
Someone wants me dead, and the closer I get to saving my own kind, the more destruction seems to spark around me. Maddox senses it, too, and wants me to chose between Cole and my loyalty with my pack.

How can I be forced to choose between my best friend and boyfriend? How can I solve the destruction of shifters?

Wyldling Snare – A.R. Grimes

He’s determined to reconcile his duty with his dreams. But will a secret destiny ensnare him first?

Apprentice knight Enoch Northward isn’t ready to lead. But when he returns home to find his mentor dead and the heir-apparent missing, he knows he must rise to the challenge.

But the horrifying truth of his guardian’s death and disappearance of his friends leaves the grieving knight with no time to mourn. In search of answers, he ventures into the forbidden forest. There he discovers a portal leading to another world – and a girl who shares his faith and dreams.

The realm hangs in the balance as a mysterious enemy schemes to destroy it, but not all peril comes from the outside. Enoch himself harbors a secret that could destroy all he loves…

If you enjoy portal fantasy and adventure, then you’ll love Wyldling Snare, the first installment of the Wyldling Dream series – a coming of age story with underlying themes of faith, friendship, and found family.

On A Wing

It takes a dragon to find a dragon. Fellow author, A.R. Grimes and I, climbed onto the back of our trusted green dragon and flew far east and north in Menomonie, Wisconsin to visit Dragon Tale Book, a new bookstore near UW-Stout.

On the way up, hunger overtook us, and we stopped at a Monday’s Café and Deli where waitress Kamryn assured our trip was fun, beautiful, as well as delicious!

Kamryn

Chief Dragon-rider Ann Vogl met us as the bookstore and showed us around a main room with a large dragon tail overseeing the books. The store is welcoming. It had a steady stream of people coming in, including several regulars. The store has more than books, it displays local art, hosts book clubs, as well as other events. It’s a gem that I heard at least one family said was a reason they’d select UW-Stout as their college of choice!

After setting up, A.R. Grimes and I even found a few hidden notes around the bookstore, a scavenger hunt they’ve provided for even more fun!

This bookstore is absolutely a place you should visit!!

In personal news, Pack topped the Amazon Teen & Young Adult LGBTQ+ Fiction New Release for three days. I was over the moon. It’s still in the top three five days later! I thank you all for making my book so successful!

There are, as of writing the newsletter, nine ratings. I’m so excited to see the first few reviews come in! I’m wondering what y’all have to say about my book!

I’m working on Book 6, Battlefield. It’s scheduled to come out in August, but if I can, I will get it out early. I just got the cover in, and I’ll show you now what the artists created. It’s fantastic!

If you’ve read books 1 – 5, and need a recommendation, I have a few (as always). Here you go!

Here is a list of free books, if you’ll sign up for a newsletter: https://books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyheroines/7uc35okd31

Here is a list of paranormal romances. I don’t have a book in this list, but if you want to branch out, here you go! https://books.bookfunnel.com/pnrandfantasyinku/peldbmtgtp

If you want a single book suggestion, here it is! https://buy.bookfunnel.com/k0njs1x4ua?tid=sbbup4qwps

I hope you are having an excellent Wednesday!

Huckle Rahr

Countdown!

Hi everyone! Pack comes out in two days. Are you as excited as I am? I hope you are. If you haven’t caught up with the first four books, don’t forget, you can get signed copies from the website, get paperbacks almost anywhere, just request them, read any of them on kindle unlimited, or buy them eBooks from Amazon.

My son’s best friend snagged one of my paperbacks I got in the mail last weekend. He said that Pack is devastating, hilarious, and the best book yet!

Now, if two days is TOO long to wait, check this book out! It’s a vampire romp! You know I’m always looking out for you, finding great books for you to read.

Cheers!

Huckle

Marketing Madness!

I recently had a friend over and we went mad for marketing! We created calendars and timelines… it was insanity! I even created a TikTok on my particular brand of marketing… (echo… echo…) You can find it here!

The moral is, you need to start getting your content out early and often, and focus on what works for you.

So my friend, A. R. Grimes, is publishing her first book on September 10th and I couldn’t be more excited for her. She has helped and supported me from the beginning, more than any other person… or cat. You can go and check out her website here and see what she’s up to.

Over the next few months she’ll be telling her story of going from amazing writer to spectacular author. You could even hire her to be your ghost writer! You can follow her on her website, Instagram, or TikTok.

Cheers!

Huckle

And the Winner Is…

Well, no one yet, it isn’t May 26th!

This is my reminder of the flash fiction available to everyone on my website. The image is below and your submission can be submitted to the comments here.

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So far I’ve received two submission, both 500 words or less, so you don’t have to stress about length, this is really just for fun!

As a reminder, this is free, if you were worried. A way for us all to connect and get a few words written about something different and new.

Happy writing!

Huckle

Epsilon is Available Now!

Book 2 in the Jade Stone Chronicles is available now at mybook.to/Epsilon. I am so excited for you to check it out.

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The third book, Alphas, is in with the best editor I know. They are truly amazing. You can read some of my other newsletters to learn about how a manuscript becomes a book, but once they are done, I’ll get beta readers, and then back to them.

I am right on track to get two more of Jade’s adventures out to you before the end of 2022. She is getting into all sorts of hijinks with Bevin, Sarah, José, and Owen.

I am also on TikTok. http://www.tiktok/@huckleberryrahr

Epsilon Cover Reveal

Hi all! The day has finally come; I’m revealing the cover! The road to this reveal has been longer than I thought it would be, but I’m happy with the final product. 

Along with the new cover, we have a new winner of a signed copy of book two in The Jade Stone Chronicles. Conveniently, a visiting friend kindly generated a random number on his magical phone, and … (drum roll please) … Trish Kay is our winner! Unfortunately, I haven’t made any fudge to pay him for his efforts.

Come check out the cover and read some back stories. Epsilon comes out April 2nd. That’s just around the corner … so stay tuned!

Huckle

March On My Friends!

It’s March 4th, March fourth! My new book comes out in just under a month. Sorry I have been so silent, but it has been a crazy beginning of the year. I have been editing and writing. Epsilon will be out on April 2nd, 2022. AND, Alphas, book 3, will be out on July 21st, 2022. That’s right, we have more dates set. The dates for the other books will have to wait for a later…date!

The cover will be revealed soon, maybe next week…or the week after. March 13th sounds good to me! 

Get it signed!

If you can have a friend join this web page and comment on THIS post PRIOR to March 13th, 2022, with who convinced them to join the page, you both will be eligible for a free signed copy of Epsilon, mailed within the continental US. Yes, you can get your name in the pot more than once!

Huckleberry

The Book Is Available!!

Today is the day! Can you believe it? I can’t! The book is live. If you have ordered it already, I am truly thankful and hope you enjoy it as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it. If not, it is never too late!

I hope you’re enjoying the day of palindrome 12-3-21 and the day of Wolf Healer!