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Chautona Havig

Chautona Havig

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Coming in 2012!

Keep Away (Final book in the Aggie Series): I have a lot coming in this book.  There's the long-awaited proposal, wedding plans, their first Christmas, the anniversary of the accident, and the wedding, of course.  There is also a HUGE shocker coming!  I hope my readers forgive me.  My goal is to Continue Reading

Feeling Resolutionary:

On my message board, we did 36 things in 366 days.  We've got them broken down into smaller bites and such to make them doable.  On there, I have a few writing things, but I thought I'd make some resolutions for here too.  There'll be overlap, of course, but I can handle that. 1.  Finish, edit, Continue Reading

If you received an email…

Regarding shipment of books and a problem with them, please disregard.  The problem has been corrected and all books will be shipped tomorrow! Prizes are still forthcoming, but I'm getting there! Continue Reading

Ok, so… Questions?

I need 'em for the Facebook party.  What do you want to know?  Ask here, and I'll answer there.  Just about ten days to go now... Continue Reading

Annals of Wynnewood Take Two?

In the last post, I gave a hint about something possibly in the works.  Well, I'm not sure I'm done with the characters of Wynnewood.  There was so much I wanted to add to the third book-- or the fourth-- but it would have been like the difference between the third Harry Potter book and the fourth.  Continue Reading

Adventures in Ye Olde Englishe

Note: That's totally inaccurate there and I don't really care. It made me smile. So, when writing Wynnewood, I'm always enjoying a little fun in the Old English to Modern English dictionary I found online. Some are interesting.  For example: ability: cræft  (Doesn't that look an awful lot like Continue Reading

I Have Arrived~

I have come full circle.  I know that my books have been on Paperback Swap, but this is the real deal.  My friend Teresa (Book signing gal) found Ready or Not at a garage sale... AND BOUGHT IT for her daughter-in-law.  Crystal claims to have liked it. Continue Reading

It Does An Author’s Heart

GOOD Continue Reading

Questions from Readers: Part 3

This post has been updated!  The original was for a contest that is long gone, but I thought you might enjoy the questions and answers.  Original post date was Independence Day of 2010!!! Susan K-  Who edits your books and how does that work? Well, that is a complicated question.  Originally, I Continue Reading

Readers Ask Questions: Part 2

This post has been updated!  The original was for a contest that is long gone, but I thought you might enjoy the questions and answers.  Original post date was Independence Day of 2010!!! Nathan (Susan K) - Why are there so many weird words (In Wynnewood)? I wanted to preserve a little of Continue Reading

Feelin’ the Love

So, one of the most amazing things about writing is seeing other people get wrapped up in your work.  I love it when I get a ding from a friend online and read, "Hey, got any more ___" (fill in the blank).  It's just the most amazing thing  to see others not just willing to read what you wrote, but Continue Reading

Book Signing~

Every time I publish a book, friends and I go out to lunch for a "Book Signing."  This time, I came prepared. My friends!  From left to right.  Lupe, Glenda (her husband is where I got the name Verily for Noble Pursuits),  Teresa (my partner in so many "crimes") and me. Signing Lupe's Continue Reading

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When Mom makes pepper jack bread and you butter an When Mom makes pepper jack bread and you butter and fry it. Yum.
With 45,000 words "on the page," it’s time to cele With 45,000 words "on the page," it’s time to celebrate with Box #3! 🎁☕

I am officially halfway through writing my upcoming historical Christmas novel, Dear Uncle Nick! Writing this story—which centers around a cozy, small-town advice column in a 1934 farming community—has been such an encouragement even to me!
To keep my momentum going so this book is ready for you by Black Friday, I’m treating myself to a little joy: opening a beautiful @ArcherandOlive Advent Box "gift" every time I complete 5,000 words. 45K means Box 3 is officially MINE! But now how to use this amazing journal? HELP!
Because this book releases on Black Friday without a preorder, I’d love for you to follow along here so you don’t miss the release day announcement. Your prayers and encouragement mean so much to me (and to Eddie Morten--I'm sure of it!)
#DearUncleNick #HistoricalFiction #ChristianFiction #ChristmasNovels #InspirationalFiction #AmWriting #CozyReads #BlackFridayRelease #HistoricalChristmas #AuthorLife #ArcherAndOlive
Dear Uncle Nick, Our town has a lot of people in n Dear Uncle Nick,
Our town has a lot of people in need—no mistake about that.
We can’t meet them all, but we can do what we can to help.
Everyone loves a good box social, but that can be expensive, especially this time of year.
I propose a “dessert social.” We apply the same premise, but the boxes only hold enough dessert for two. Penny bids can be augmented by work or other goods. Folks can even buy the “augments.”
What do you think?
Hungry for cinnamon rolls!

Ever heard of a box social? 📦✨ In 1934, during the height of the Great Depression, communities had to get creative to help neighbors in need.
This "unprinted letter" from the archives of my upcoming historical Christmas novel, Dear Uncle Nick, shows the exact heartbeat of a small farming town trying to survive winter with a little sweetness and a lot of grit.
✍️ The Question: If you were bidding on a dessert box for two tonight... what dessert would you hope is inside? Let me know in the comments!
#HistoricalFiction #AuthorLife #DearUncleNick #FountainPen #1930s #ChristmasNovel #ChristFic #HistoricalRomance #BookReels
Awesome movie. Don't remember a single foul word, Awesome movie. Don't remember a single foul word,  despite rough subjects and scenes. Well done.
#jimmymovie
Writing with white gel ink on kraft paper just hit Writing with white gel ink on kraft paper just hits different. 🖊️🤎
I’m currently sitting at 42k+ words for Dear Uncle Nick, plotting a storyline that is giving me all the feels.
Meet our Banker dude. He can handle the town's finances under the pressure of the Great Depression, but put him in a social setting and he completely freezes up. He is incredibly shy. But winter is coming, and he's being pressured into a marriage of convenience to save his late friend's daughter from the freezing 1934 streets. ❄️💍
Despite his quiet, protective pining and our main couple's semi-secret admirer flirting through the newspaper columns, this book is more than just romance. It's a huge found family of cast that I'm loving.
Only a few thousand words left until the 45k milestone and Box #3! Let’s go! ⌨️✨
#archerandolive #writinggoals #historicalromance #blackfridayrelease #writingprocess #cozyvibes #stationery
From the unpublished archives of "Ask Uncle Nick". From the unpublished archives of "Ask Uncle Nick"...
Dear Uncle Nick,
Do you remember last year when the water main burst and flooded the picnic grounds near the town square? Everyone had so much fun skating on it once it froze over.
Why can't we do that again, but deliberately this time?
I enjoyed watching the little ones learning to skate and knowing there was something wholesome for the young folks to do on their "dates."
How can we make this happen again, (without costly pipe repairs)?

Be sure to leave your answers for "Hopeful" and stay tuned. I got to open another box today!
A Hopeful Citizen
#DearUncleNick
#ChristFic
#HistoricalFiction #ChristianFiction #ChristmasBooks #Bookstagram #WritingCommunity #BookLaunch #CozyReads #ItsAWonderfulLife
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