Forty-Nine Free Thrillers!

May 23, 2018 AnneLeave a comment

pexels-photo-267684 Do you take advantage of giveaways? If you don’t, today is the day to begin 🙂 I’ve just joined Bookfunnel, and let me say this — I LOVE IT. Via Bookfunnel, you can find your next favorite author for free.

Why do authors list their books for free?

A lot of work goes into writing a novel. If it’s free, apparently it’s not worth reading.

NOT TRUE!

We offer our books for free to find new audiences who might just love us. Word-of-mouth is still the best form of advertising, after all. And while not all authors subscribe to this theory, some of us still do.

Also, I just like making people happy 🙂

I discovered one of my favorite authors in this way. I was broke but fiending for something to read, so I perused the free section on my Kindle. Low and behold, there was an intriguing offering up from Scott William Carter, called The Gray and Guilty Sea. I downloaded it, loved it, and now I buy all his Oregon Coast Mysteries. His book is still running free if you like curmudgeonly detectives and gorgeous, moody settings. (YOU MUST, YOU MUST!) Here’s the link: The Gray and Guilty Sea.

My own book, Ashkettle Crazy, is running free today on Bookfunnel. You can pick it up here: Thrillers That Thrill. You can pick up 48 other mesmerizing thrillers at that link as well. Opting in for the free book nets you entrance to the individual author’s newsletter, where you’ll get the chance to follow the ones who become your favorites.

And if you download a book you don’t like? You’re not stuck receiving emails from that author forever. Unsubscribing is as easy as clicking a button 🙂

I hope you’ll stop in and see what’s up for grabs. I’ve downloaded a ton since the giveaway started, stocking up for this summer when I have a free moment, a blanket, and my favorite pine tree to linger beneath. His name is Piney, and he lives in our backyard. When my daughter was little, she had a friendship necklace that was two necklaces — each one side of a heart. She wore one and hung the other around Piney’s lowest branch.

Yes, we’re just that crazy about pine trees here 🙂

We’re that crazy about free books too.

Are you?

Happy reading!

Oh, and one final word? If you read a book and love it, please review it on Amazon. We’ll heart you forever!

Hi Guys!

March 7, 2018May 11, 2018 AnneLeave a comment

pexels-photo-366013 Welcome to the official website of the Ashkettle Boys Book Series. I’m A.M. Goetz, author, but you can call me Anne.

If this is your first time visiting, let me first say thanks for stopping by. We’re just getting things up and running over here, and there’s still a bit of construction going on, so be aware of low overhangs and loose bricks.

And watch where you step.

Words have been known to teeter off edges around here, and you never know when a loose one could tip over and catch you right in the heart.

At least, that’s the plan 🙂

The gorgeous photo above was taken by Alecia Follett. It reminds me of Pop’s cabin in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. That cabin is featured prominently throughout the Ashkettle Boys Series because it’s where the boys initially found each other again after their desperate run through the wilderness, and it’s where they finally found refuge and safety from Merle.

If you’d like to find out more about the Ashkettle Boys, Visit the About Us page.

Happy Reading!

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Update on Ashkettle Boys: Book 4

January 27, 2018January 29, 2018 Anne2 Comments

This week’s theme is Pop’s cabin. If you’ve read the books, you’ve probably envisioned the refuge that Sonny, Bo and Dack call home, but it’s always fun when you spot a setting or a character in real life! That’s one of the most engaging features of world-building, and it’s one of the things I enjoy the most. I was in a mini-mart one chilly day in October, and in walked the embodiment of Dack Ashkettle. He was alone, no brothers, and he bought a newspaper, just like Dack would have. He was wearing flannel, just like Dack would have, and he had all the mannerisms I’d envisioned in my character.

Surreal!

As he walked away, I wondered if he was on his way to Hege’s house, or if he might be heading back to Sonny’s bar, and I desperately hoped Merle or those evil McAllister brothers weren’t waiting to waylay him.

It what writers do 🙂

The lovely image above was taken by Adriaan Greyling for Pexels, and could easily be a variation of the cabin that Sonny made into a house specifically to house his brothers in comfort.

But on another note …

Ashkettle Boys: Book 4 is finally in the works. Hopefully, at least a brave few of you have been anticipating this announcement. Stay close for cover art reveals. I’m sure there’ll be at least two or three before the book actually releases sometime this spring. Covers are my Kryptonite, you know, and I’d love your help in choosing one that isn’t completely hideous. (and if you’ve seen the first edition of my first book, you’ll understand.)

Book 4 will pick up where the short story prequel, “Downers” leaves off. Read that one, and you’ll have an idea of what’s coming. There’s a big plot twist in “Downers,” that I admit was fun to write. Even I didn’t see it coming until it happened.

Those Ashkettle boys are tricky that way.

Book 4 will deal with addiction as well as life after trauma. Dack will find it difficult to function socially, he’ll struggle with dependence on both drugs and alcohol, and he’ll work to come to terms with the devastating revelation that took place in the prequel.

But, as always, his big brothers will be there to help him through it all.

Enough spoilers to pique your interest? I hope so!

More when I have it!

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