CABIN ON PINTO CREEK Free on Amazon Oct 23-24, 2013

CABIN ON PINTO CREEK, Book One of the Cedar Ridge Chronicles, is FREE on Amazon/Kindle Oct 23 and 24, 2013. Go download a copy and tell your friends. Why is it free? As a way to thank readers of my books and blog and as a way of showing gratitude for the blessings that God gives me. Giving a gift always comes back ten fold when we least expect it.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Elisha Evans is out of luck. By the age of twenty-five, he’d planned to have his own ranch. Instead, he’s forced to beg for a job, destroying his dreams of having a family he can provide for and protect. Betrayal and loss bring him to a cabin on Pinto Creek in the high Colorado Rockies. Just before winter hits, he finds a broken-down wagon in the snow with precious cargo inside. Perhaps, his luck is about to change. 
Susana Jamison doesn't feel so lucky. Despite being rescued by Elisha, she is challenged to the limit of her strength, both physically and spiritually, when faced with the brutal conditions of frontier living and the dangers she encounters. Can she hold on to her faith in the midst of this desperate situation, especially when she’s forced to marry a man she doesn't love? 
An inspirational historical western romance, Cabin On Pinto Creek is the first in the Cedar Ridge Chronicles. 

ASH CORN CAKE

This is a pioneer bread using corn meal, salt and either cold or warm water to create a batter.

Pour the batter on a hot hearth or if outside on a hot rock. Spread ashes on the top.
When the bread is brown, brush off the ashes.
Some ashes will penetrate the batter.
Early settlers thought it only served to enhance the flavor!

For more information about corn cake go to practicalprimative.com

A J Hawke ~ COLORADO MORNING SKY ~ Book Giveaway

COLORADO MORNING SKY is my third entry in the Cedar Ridge Chronicles. The story starts a couple of years after JOE STORM NO LONGER A COWBOY. The hero finds himself in a difficult situation and one can only wonder how God is going to work in his life.
Here is the book description.
Swift Justice in the American West.
At age 16, a guilty verdict hurls Jeremiah Rebourn across a hot Arizona desert in a prison wagon on his way to Yuma Territorial Prison. The year is 1876. Left for dead after an Apache attack on the wagon, Jeremiah alone survives. He wakes to find himself blindfolded, shackled, and enslaved to a cruel, mute taskmaster. 

Author As Seller, How are you doing?

Going to Conference, a book expo, or a book signing? Angela L Ackerman's post on her observations of authors and readers at a Writing Conference are helpful. Her comments helped give me another way of thinking about potential buyers and my role as the author in selling. Most authors that I know are not sells people. We are much more comfortable alone in front of a computer writing our stories than trying to sell those stories. Although Angela is giving her thoughts on hands on selling, I wonder if her comments also apply to sitting at dinner at a conference or waiting for a speaker to begin as we interface with those around us. Am I so eager to tell my story that I forget to listen to others?
Hand-Selling Your Book: How Savvy Are You?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 On The Bookshelf Muse by Angela Ackerman

JOE STORM NO LONGER A COWBOY with Book Giveaway

Book 2, which is the second Inspirational Western Historical Romance in the Cedar Ridge Chronicles series is now available.
BOOK DESCRIPTION: If a cowhand can’t ride, what can he do? 
Joe Storm can no longer ride a horse—and that hurts a lot more than his injured hip. Swallowing his pride, he takes a job as cook’s helper on a trail drive. There he meets the daughter of the owner of the trail herd. In spite of the opposition of her father, Sara befriends Joe. 

When the herd is sold to a rancher in Colorado Joe wonders if there will be a place on the ranch for a man who can't ride. And he watches as Sara and her father head for California and out of his life. 

Facing life without the woman he has come to love, Joe must also confront his past when his father, whom he hasn't seen in twelve years, arrives at the ranch. As Joe struggles to build a place for himself on the ranch, he longs to go to Sara in search of a happy forever. Only with the help of God and friends will Joe be able to achieve his dream.

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