HAPPY 250th BIRTHDAY

AMERICA

Hello from Beautiful
Mentone Alabama

I hope you are enjoying your summer and the Independence Day celebrations! 🇺🇸

📕And reading your favorite books while you are relaxing!! 😉

And since this is a writer's newsletter, let's talk books!! Are you on my socials? There was a big cover reveal yesterday!

💃🏻The REVEAL🕺🏼

Last month I mentioned (complete with eye candy😉) the newest short story that was coming out. Well, it's live as of yesterday!

AND IT'S ON SALE! $1.00 and "free" on KU

That's right! You heard it here! All shorts are $1 for a while. The newest, Derrick and Bella, included! Derrick and Bella is a 🔥🔥🔥🔥 story. It's the first "virginal" story I have written. If you follow me at all, you know I write mostly Later in Life stories. Well, Derrick is Buck's best friend. In Buck and Ruby, you see that Derrick's wife is mentioned, but that is about all. So, he needed a little attention, and Derrick and Bella is that attention. I fell in love with them both while they were revealing themselves to me through this keyboard! I think you will love them too! You can get it on Amazon (click here).

The graphic artist who did these for me is a very gifted artist. I am indebted to her. Find her at: https://bronwynsbookcovers.carrd.co/

So...uh, real quick, may I ask a favor from the three people who are following, reading this newsletter and reading my books?

Would you mind leaving a review if you read anything? That would be AWESOME!! 🤟 You can go here to do that:

It doesn't take much to make an author happy! That is one of the cheapest and easiest gifts you can give us!!

❤️THANK YOU and LOVE YOU!❤️

In the meantime ...

WHAT'S COMING? Well, next month, you will be the first to see the cover reveal for my second novel --

📖 Raynor and Rose 📖

-- I am just beside myself

The work of our second graphic artist, who is working hard for this second book, is AMAZING! I'll reveal him, too, with the cover art in next month's newsletter.

And speaking of Raynor and Rose, the release date has been set for October 1. More about that in the following newsletters, along with the places I will be signing this new book as well!

Phew! Busy, busy, busy! ✍️

You're almost done...

Useless Trivia! 🌞

Well, not USELESS, but fun! I didn't know these! (Well, mostly!)

Things More American Than Apple Pie

(Spoiler: Apple Pie Isn't One of Them)

• 🥧 Apple pie? Originally European.
• 🥡 Fortune cookies? Invented in California.
• 🌭 Hot dogs? German roots.
• 🎆 Fireworks? China.
• ☕ The Fourth of July? Purely American

There you have it!

🎉 HAPPY Independence Day! 🎉

Enjoy July and I'll see you in August!

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming....🎶

Peace✌️

Alys

www.AlysLocke.com