Hello Happy Readers!

Welcome to the second edition of the newsletter for C.K. Brandywine Publishing. I hope by now that you have found me on Kindle Vella and are getting spooked, shocked, or spelled by my stories. I'm so excited week after week to watch these stories grow, and I can't wait to see where they are headed. Please take this journey with me!

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You saw in my first edition that I plan to have three sections in each newsletter. I will continue that today, but I also welcome any feedback from anyone about other things they would like to see here. Reach out on social media and let me know your thoughts.

What I'm Writing

I am continuing my work on the five stories I have previously outlined, The Seasoned Witch, The Haunting of Ellory May, The Seer, Spellbound: Tales of Myst Haven, and The S.P.I.R.I.T. Adventures.

Each story is at a really exciting stage, and I'm just as thrilled as you are - hopefully - to see what happens with each of them. I began each story with only a loose idea of where I wanted each one to go, so I'm actually surprising myself as I write them. The characters are evolving on the page right in front of me, and I love getting to know them.

Please head over to Kindle Vella and follow these stories so you can get notified of each episode as it's released. I sincerely hope you have as much fun reading them as I'm having writing them.

**Coming Soon**

I'm also pleased to announce that I have another story that I'm working on that I will be publishing soon. This time I will be reaching down into my southern roots and cooking up a little southern gothic horror with a werewolf twist. The general story idea I have so far is about a werewolf pack living in the southern part of the Appalachian trail who are in constant conflict with the human society surrouding them. I'm planning for it to be a sort of political parallel to the prejudices that are still occuring in our society today. It will be something of a classic slasher horror with a political twist, served deep fried with a side of gravy.

What I'm Reading

I just started reading The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman. If you haven't heard of Tony Hillerman, I highly recommend reading his books. I read a number of his books years ago, but it's been a while, to the point that I don't remember all of the details and it's like reading them anew. His novels are supernatural mysteries set in Navajo country, and are now being made into a television series called Dark Winds on AMC. I saw the first episode and I was immediately hooked.

I have a bit of Native American blood myself. My grandfather's grandmother was Cherokee and most of my family members still live on the same land where her tribe lived at the base of the Appalachian trail in Alabama, so I am utterly fascinated with Native American culture. There is an inherent mysticism in everything they do and the belief in magic and spirits and forces beyond our world permeate every aspect of their culture.

There's a funny side effect of growing up on Native American land. You hear so many tales of ghosts and spirits and the afterlife that you become unafraid of them. I guess that's why I like writing about them so much. And reading about them, of course.

What You're Writing

And now it's your turn to write. I'll get you started. The rest is up to you. Please reach out on social media with whatever you come up with. I would love to hear from you!

And that's it! I hope you've enjoyed the second edition of my newsletter. Happy reading!

May your world be filled with dragons and butterfies,

C.K.

June 15, 2022