Life Got Wild Last Week, And I Wasn't Ready 🔧⚙️

With an email title like that, I'd better dive straight into the madness my husband and I faced last week.First off, yes, we do own our house. And yes, it's a little shack built in the 1940s. Which means we end up having to attempt some wild repairs...

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Aug 05, 2025
Last Reminder About This Week's Book Bundle 📚

Sending a super quick (we hope) email this afternoon/evening/morning/whatever it is in your neck of the woods. 🌳 It's one last reminder about the bookish events happening in the month of July. If it's already August where you are, then hang tight fo...

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Jul 30, 2025
Bookish Bundles 📚 and Cat Pictures 🐱

In my last email I said I'd talk to you again in a week, but here I am yapping into the cyber void of readers 2 weeks later. Typical. 🥴In case you forget who I am—does anyone even know?—I'm C.L. Carhart, the weirdo indie author who writes mystical r...

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Jul 25, 2025
An Author Ventures Into Another Social Media.... 🧐

Today's update should be another quick one (we hope). I've recently crawled back into my writing cave to find out just where Helena and Konstantin's love story will lead us next. Heads up that there might be just a teeny bit of drama in their forthco...

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Jul 11, 2025
Mystical Stories, Holidays, And Wanderings 🌳

Yep, here I go emailing you on 4th of July 🧨, so happy Independence Day to those who celebrate! (And a belated happy Canada Day to those in the north.) I'm actually hiking through the mountains of western North Carolina right now, but luckily the cy...

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Jul 04, 2025
One Last Peek Into June's Garden 🌻

By the time this newsletter spirals into your inbox, you might have already entered the month of July. But for those of us in the 'delayed' times zones of the earth, today's our last chance to peer into a handful of book fairs preparing to sail off i...

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Jun 30, 2025
Are You A Bookworm 🐛 Or A Book Dragon? 🐉

No matter how you identify—I for one think 'book dragon' sounds more thrilling than 'bookworm,' because dragons would fiercely protect their hoard of books—today is your moment. It's the solstice, and multiple bookish events are happening right now t...

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Jun 20, 2025
📚 Paperbacks Officially Exist! 📚

Yep, I know it's been 'awfully quiet on the C.L. Carhart front' for the past two weeks, but today I'm popping back into your inbox to announce that paperbacks for Claimed by the Undead are available on Amazon! 🥳My cover artist, J. L. Wilson Designs,...

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Jun 11, 2025
✨ Just 99 Pennies For One More Day ✨

We've made it to the end of another weird week, and if you haven't gotten a chance to grab Claimed by the Undead yet, now's the time to do it. At midnight on Saturday, I'll be sneaking into my dashboards for each major retailer and knocking the eBook...

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May 30, 2025
It's Official—Konstantin Is Everyone's Favorite 🖤

How is this week treating you so far? We're getting buckets of rain dumped on us in my neck of the woods, which is nice because that means I don't have to water my garden. At some point I should give an update on what's happening in the Carhart Garde...

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May 27, 2025