LONE STAR INDIE REVIEW
The River Runs: Stories by Thomas Ray Garcia
“Thomas Ray Garcia expertly captures the reader’s imagination by highlighting the differences and the sameness along the Texas-Mexico border.”
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LONE STAR INDIE REVIEW
Rescuing Crockett by David Z. Pyke
Mystery, intrigue, gunplay–and the launch of a promising new historical action series
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SUBMISSIONS OPEN
Kids’ Summer Reads 2023
Our annual Kids’ Summer Reads, launching Saturday, June 17, 2023, is always a highlight of the year and gives our Texas children’s book authors & illustrators a chance to shine. (And because we just can’t help ourselves, it’s offered with pay-what-you-can pricing so EVERYONE can afford to participate.)
We’re now accepting submissions of children’s, middle-grade, and young adult titles with a Texas connection (by book content or author). Any pub date welcome!
Want your book added to the feature?
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TEXAS READS
Romance
Maida Malby shares contemporary diverse romance that celebrates love and acceptance in all colors, shapes, or forms.
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TEXAS WRITES
with DiAnn Mills
Does your character have integrity? Will the protagonist continue their high-principled lifestyle, or will they choose the easy path of selfishness and become an antagonist?
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BOOKISH TEXAS
June 10 – June 18, 2023
The only weekly, statewide calendar of Texas book events. SERIOUSLY.
We’re sharing over 175 events, special events, and exhibitions (plus story times) this week, like we do every week, just fer grins.
Please help keep us and LSLL readers in the loop by sending forthcoming events to us at: Events@LoneStarLiterary.com.
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LONE STAR BOOK BLOG TOURS
ON TOUR THIS WEEK
Our Lone Star Book Blog Tours reach more than 100,000 visitors every month with author interviews, book reviews, giveaways, promotions, guest posts, book trailers, and more.
UPCOMING TOUR
Magical Elements of the Periodic Table by Sybrina Durant. Starts June 13, 2023.
VISIT THE TOUR PAGES FOR SCHEDULES, LINKS, & FREE BOOKS
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
LONE STAR LIT
JUNE ’23 TEXAS BOOKS PREVIEW
Languorous days await. Find a fire ant-free patch of grass, sip some lemonade, and peruse our June Texas Books Preview, where you can take a journey back through time—or through Texas, face the thrill of adventure, dive into a mystery, and of course, find romance. Lone Star Lit is here to help you ramp up your summer reading!
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COMING JULY 1, 2023
The July 2023 Texas Books Preview
Have a Texas-connected title publishing in July, 2023? Be sure to let us know by EOB Monday, June 26, 2023 so we can include your book. Email Publicity@LoneStarLiterary.com.
Listings are always free, but you can Boost your title to get even more coverage for as little as $10.
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ALWAYS ON OUR WEBSITE
— Our Writers’ Groups, Texas Bookstores, and Book Clubs in Texas pages list hundreds of writers’ groups, writers’ organizations, booksellers, and book clubs hyperlinked to their websites, and conveniently listed by city. You’re welcome! (Your group or bookstore missing? Email us at Info@LoneStarLiterary.com and we’ll get your group added.)
DID YOU KNOW
We’re on Goodreads, where you can check out our READ and TO-READ shelves.
Lone Star’s Proof & Polish Shop is taking submissions.
We’re booking 2023 Lone Star Book Blog Tours for select October dates and later.
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