Faith Hunter

Nov-04-26 Spilling the Tea

News from Faith, Spilling the Tea with Faith Hunter

Whoohoo! Book tea to spill!

Junkyard Ambush, (book six [6] of the Junkyard Cats Series) is up for preorder at Amazon, B&N, and Kobo. Currently up for preorder is Audible and e-Book. The trade paperback should be up soon. Release day? December 15! December 15!!!I am so excited!To repeat and then update a bit from last newsletter:

Repeat part—FaceBook has changed its algorithms, preventing me from putting up any outside links, book covers, blurbs, etc.. Their plan is to take this further and make sure that people who use FaceBook will ONLY use FaceBook (and other META platforms) and that META makes big bucks from their combined platforms. It creates a pay-to-play platform. This plan would cut out any mention of books for sale, books upcoming, and videos that mention books unless I play huge fees. That’s the old stuff.

UPDATE part—There has been fierce pushback from people on FaceBook. The plan as has been put on hold for a month and there is so much pushback that Meta is considering backing away from the plan. Well. Good for them coming to their senses.However.I don’t like to be threatened. I am violently averse to being abused and put down and put away. I will stay on FaceBook for a while, and put personal things up there. I will use it but not depend on it for book news and character info. Because of the threat, am putting my PR plans into the following non-threat platform.My new PR model is to put things up on the new website as it gets built, and use the newsletter to send people links.What do we do? You can subscribe to the website! The subscribe spot is on the bottom of the main front blog page. All the way to the bottom. If you want to get the newsletter it will work if you have gmail, though not .aol., .rr, .yahoo, .anything old. I will be posting the newsletter on the website within 24 hours after the newsletter goes out. You will be able to get it one way or another.

Personal news—I am getting better. I am off meds, and while I am still sleeping in a neck brace, and wearing the hip brace by day, I am moving with ease and walking (albeit not as far yet) and feeling great. Life is good. Prayer and meditation (and stopping doom scrolling) has brought me peace of mind. I am hoping you all can find peace in this difficult time of political chaos and world unrest. Hey! Here’s an idea! Preorder a book! LOLThat’s all the tea in the pot!

October Spilling the Tea

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Collection of book covers for the Junkyard series by Faith Hunter, featuring titles: Junkyard Cats, Junkyard Bargain, Junkyard War, Junkyard Riders, and Junkyard Roadhouse, with a 'Coming Soon!' announcement for Junkyard Ambush.

I have a very exciting pot of tea to spill. Whoot!JUNKYARD AMBUSH will go up for preorder in the next week or so. Drop date? December 15. Just in time for a pre-Christmas, Chanukah, Saturnalia, and Yule!The cover is fabulous (Mud did a cover reveal, but for you who missed it, see below) designed by the even more fabulous Rebecca Frank of Bewitching Book Covers. Rebecca has done all the Junkyard book covers, and I was worried this fast timeline would mean she couldn’t slide me in. She is usually booked out forever but, WHOOT! It worked out! As always, she listened to what I felt the cover needed, offered suggestions, and she even did a different version of the Audible cover so some elements of the regular cover show up better. Audible LOVED the different version. I’ll see if Mud can put it below. (She of little Faith—Mud). For any writers out there, Rebecca comes HIGHLY recommended! Rebecca is very dependable, artistic, truly a professional, and fortunately for me, she is timely.YES. Before you ask, Khristine Hvam is narrating the book. I am thrilled!

Book cover for 'Junkyard Ambush' by Faith Hunter, featuring a woman in a futuristic outfit riding a motorcycle, with three cats positioned on the bike.

Above is for paper and e-book. Below is for Audible

A female character in a futuristic outfit stands beside a motorcycle, holding a gun. Two cats are present at the motorcycle's wheels. The background features a desolate, junkyard-like environment, with the title 'Junkyard Ambush' and author name 'Faith Hunter' displayed prominently.

JUNKYARD AMBUSH is
Book 6 in the Junkyard Cats series. Shining Smith decimated the mercenary group working with military leaders of a traitorous cabal. She’d hoped her battles were over. But the deeply entrenched, treacherous politicos have infiltrated the Gov. at the highest levels. To complete their coup, the cabal is searching for U.S. space tech and alien tech—both hidden at the junkyard, and closing in on Shining and her people. But that’s just the beginning. The alien in her basement may not be as dead as it appeared; Jolene and CAIT (the original AI on the crashed U.S. spaceship) have gone to war, locked in a battle of code and their own programed agendas; and the human prisoner on her land may be an infiltrator or decoy. Or worse. Shining can’t stop the AIs’ battle, nor can she expect help from either of them. All she can do is ambush the enemy on territory she can control—plotting an offensive to save her people and throw the Gov. off the scent of the alien Bug and the ships on her land. But Shining’s plan goes awry, and her people fall into enemy hands. What will Shining risk to save the junkyard, the roadhouse, her people, and the alien coming to life? Is that cool or what?

In personal news, I’ve been in severe pain. I have been x-rayed (my computer wanted to write that as spayed) and scanned until I probably glow. Not from kayaking. Not from swimming over rapids or slamming into Jesus (read last month’s newsletter if this sounds weird). Not from gardening. NooOOoo. Not me. I got out of bed wrong. Literally. I got out of bed wrong. However, as of today, I think my new chiro and I have figured out a way to get me back into shape and right now, I am mostly pain-free. YIPPEE! I think I’ll make tea!Love you all!Faith

Mud’s Corner
You have to love doctors with a sense of humor. Tall Dude and I are heading to the Grand Canyon next week, and the dogs are going to hunt camp. Which is more fun than being with me. Just trying to get as many plants out of possible frost zones as possible without hauling them all in. If anyone is in the Milwaukee area, many of my plants are looking for new homes, contact me.

Also, you may have noticed the new masthead. I am looking for a new graphic without AI. If you are interested, just reply to this addy, and we can discuss your ideas. Money is…well, negligible. Faith really needs to get to number one on the NYT’s list to get bells and whistles. Which is why she is stuck with me.
Happy Samhain!
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More Tea to Spill 09-29-2026

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I have a small pot of tea to spill. Three items:
One –We have the FINAL cover copy for Second Chances and Flying Goats. (Yes, they kept the title!)A woman on the run from her ex-fiancé and a magic-using mob-boss seeks safety with her quirky and paranormally gifted aunt in the Appalachian Mountains, in this brand-new novel from New York Times bestselling author Faith Hunter.Clementine Bozwell isn’t exactly living it up. When she discovers her fiancé has been involved in illegal financial and paranormal activities in New York City, she flees back home to the mountains of South Carolina, where she knows her Aunt Mable will help her lie low.But life with Aunt Mable isn’t the simple refuge Clemmy hoped for. For one thing, her aunt has an unpredictable power: she turns normal animals into dragons and bestows wings on creatures that . . . really shouldn’t have them. For another, Mable is part of a detective agency, with a big new case.Just when it seems like Clemmy might be finding safety, she realizes her ex’s associates may have found her sooner than expected. Now she’ll have to decide how far she’s willing to go to protect the new life she didn’t know she wanted.
Two –The publisher and I have chosen a cover artist (I just approved; I didn’t search). I can’t say who yet, but I like their work a LOT!
Three –I am working on three shorts, and I may do some readings on reels just for funzies.
Four –I miscounted
Five –I preordered a new iPhone so I can make better reels.
Six –Junkyard Ambush MAY be out in December. Say a prayer!!!
Seven –The website has finally been purged of evil spirits (a mega virus or evil hacker got into it and we were screwed) and put on a new hosting system and is being rebuilt as a FAVOR to me by RJ Blain. SHE IS THE BEST! I am sending her prezzies in thanks. You can participate in my appreciation by buying her books and reading them! Check out her site at www.thesneakykittycritic.com
Eight –I am bruised all over from one day on the water. First, a kid was carrying a boat on his shoulder while sitting inside a kayak and ferrying across Entrance Exam (a four-foot drop). We did not see one another until the last minute. I did manage to turn my boat to the side so I didn’t take out his ribs, but when we hit side to side, he dropped the boat on me. It landed on my right shoulder and stretched my shoulder saddle muscles, hit my head, and knocked my spine whacky. So that was incident number one. Second, I swam at Biscuits and Gravy when Biscuits was haystack-ing BIG and Gravy was a deep hole. I had my boat and gear in each hand, was floating along, so no biggie, right? Nope. The current was extra fast and was taking everything to Jesus Rock that day. Jesus Rock is a pile of flat-topped rocks that usually sit just below the water and you can stand on them. You know. Like Jesus walking on the water. Sunday, it was about four inches underwater thanks to rain storms. The current shoved me against Jesus, rolled me over Jesus, and shoved me off the other side. I am bruised. The lesson I am taking from this is—I met Jesus. He told me to stop for the day. So, I stopped for the day. Always listen when Jesus is standing in your way. (Nods head.)
Cheers!
Faith

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