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Finally! Book Five: The Way Out is now available on Amazon. This is the final book of Change of Leads. I am now going to start on the critiquing process for the second story arc. As you know, this process takes about a year to complete. In the mean time, I have a free novel on my webpage about Jack and Leon's early years. Please read The Way Out before you read the freebee. Enjoy! The paperback should be available now, and the e-book will be available in 72 hours. This is what Amazon is saying, but we all know how that can go array. I found it by typing A. K. Brauneis The Navarre Link Chronicles in the search bar. If it doesn't come up, the ISBN: 978-1-7335920-6-2 ASIN: 1733592067 Good luck! 
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Two and a half weeks since my surgery, and things are healing up nicely.
The stitches came out a couple of days ago, and I'm walking around the house just fine, except one leg is longer than the other. This will be rectified with the second surgery. The doctor is getting the paperwork, etc., in order for that so we can set the date. It'll likely happen late summer. I should be able to start driving again next week, which will be nice. I still need help at the barn though, as I don't feel confident enough yet to get Monty out of the pasture. The last thing I need now is to turn an ankle or have a fall. All is going well, and everyone is pleased with my progress. I went in for hip replacement surgery last Tuesday, and it went very well.
Recovery is also doing well. The exercises are getting easier and improving each time. I'm also off the narcotics and just using Tylenol for pain management. Even at that, the pain isn't bad. This is easy compared to what my husband went through with his knee replacement, and what I went through with the rib fractures and consequent hematoma. The main thing now is to keep moving and ward off any infection. It's still going to be two months before I can drive. I'm hoping I'll be able to continue with my writing soon. I certainly have the time right now, just not the focus. It'll come. The fifth and final book in this story arch is almost ready for the printers! Thank you all for your patience. I'll post the link here when it's available for sale.  I am pleased to announce that my book Change of Leads: The Lost Shoe has won second place in the BookFest competition. I have a sticker and everything,  I hope everyone had a good year. It sure went by fast enough. 2024 is going to offer some challenges for me. I expect I'm going to need hip replacement surgery on both hips. I haven't been able to ride my horse for two months now, and that's very frustrating for me. I am working with him at liberty now, so at least we have something to keep us busy through the winter. But still, he is going to have some time off which I'm sure he won't mind at all. Other than that, things are going well. The final book of this story arc is coming along. I've got a good start on the cover design and will be starting the interior illustrations early in the New Year. I hope to have the book out this winter, but surgery might put it back a bit. Here is a quick sketch I did for my Christmas card. It's meant to be a 'feel good' card, rather than a focus on details. I hope you like it.  Departures is now available on Amazon. Type in A.K. Brauneis books, and it should take you to it. If not, try ISBN: 978-1-7335920-5-5.  The Kindle e-book is now available! Go to Amazon, type A.K. Brauneis books in the search bar, and it should take you right to it. The paperback has been submitted and I am awaiting the author's copy. Once it arrives, I will go through it and make sure everything is how I want it then okay it for publication. Finally! I know this one took a lot longer than the previous books, and I thank you for your patience.  Finally! No, it's not quite ready yet, but the critique process is complete and now I am working on formatting the paperback. This is the most frustrating part of self-publishing. The tried and true method starts out well, then out of the blue, everything goes haywire and I have to start all over again. But it is coming! I will keep you all posted. Have a Merry Christmas everyone. And stay warm. We all seem to be experiencing a much colder winter than usual.  |
"The Navarre Link" book cover
"Change of Leads" book 1
"Change of Leads" book 2
"Ice" book cover
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