Blue Handle Publishing

06/27/2025

So awesome to see JONES POINT by Sean Hagerty featured in a Chanticleer Clue Award Round Up article celebrating the most recent First Place Winners on their website!! And soon it will be sent out in their newsletter. Sean and his protagonist, Dane Cooper, are in some great company with this collection of suspense and thriller authors!

Book 2 in the Dane Cooper series, CABAL, was released earlier this year: https://www.amazon.com/Cabal-Cooper-Novel-Sean-Hagerty-ebook/dp/B0F815PCQN

https://www.chantireviews.com/2025/06/18/the-clue-book-awards-for-thriller-suspense-first-place-round-up-from-2024/

Thank you for joining us to celebrate the 2024 Clue First Place Winners! Here are the Clue First Place Winners for Thriller/Suspense, just as we close the Clue Awards for 2025

06/25/2025

There’s nothing like seeing a new book in print for the first time! The beautiful cover for this incredible novel by Darlene P. Campos, Writer, was illustrated by Felipe Campos and we are blown away by how it looks in person 😍

THE CENTER OF THE EARTH—a wonderfully touching historical middle grade novel—is available for preorder online at major book retailers such as Bookshop.org, at the cool indie store Blue Willow Bookshop, and is set for release on September 9!

Blue Willow Bookshop: https://bluewillowbookshop.com/book/9781955058285

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/94473/9781955058285

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-center-of-the-earth-darlene-p-campos/1147493966?ean=9781955058285

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Center-Earth-Darlene-P-Campos-ebook/dp/B0FBSQ4X61

06/23/2025

A final roundup of our favorite photos from the convention last week!!

06/21/2025

A couple of our favorite photos from Day 2 at the convention! There was an incredible costume component, and our good friend stopped by again to say hi to !!

Today’s the last day!!

06/20/2025

As we get ready for Day 2 of the Western Writers of America Convention with , here’s a couple of our favorite photos from Thursday (featuring )!!!

06/20/2025

📚✨ Big things are happening behind the scenes at Blue Handle Publishing…

From bestselling authors to rising voices and the editors who help shape it all — many of us are now sharing our thoughts, stories, and behind-the-scenes insights on Substack.

Follow along to get writing tips, publishing advice, personal stories, and a look into the creative minds behind the books you love.

👉 Discover and subscribe here: [Insert Substack link]
Join the conversation — the story's just getting started.



https://substack.com/
https://substack.com/
https://substack.com/

Writer, actor, and film / TV producer. After a career in daily journalism, Rick wrote several award-winning and Amazon bestselling novels. He also co-starred in an indie TV series and is producing short films, a feature, and docuseries.

06/19/2025

We are so, SO excited to have author here at the convention!!!! She’s signing copies of her beautiful historical literary novel BEFORE WE TURN TO DUST and her nonfiction account of the Sneed-Boyce feud, BECAUSE THIS IS TEXAS, dramatized in the novel!!

06/17/2025

Wishing a happy publication day to Clara Sneed!!! Her nonfiction book BECAUSE THIS IS TEXAS has finally been released to the public!!! This true crime epic is an account of the same dramatic story told in Sneed’s historical novel BEFORE WE TURN TO DUST (2024), a shocking and colloquial piece of literary Americana.

You can purchase online now at major book retailers, including:

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/because-this-is-texas-an-account-of-the-sneed-boyce-feud/614adcdc700d1239?ean=9781955058308

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/because-this-is-texas-clara-sneed/1147403195?ean=9781955058308

Amazon (Kindle and paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Because-This-Texas-Account-Sneed-Boyce/dp/195505830X

An Account of the Sneed-Boyce Feud

06/12/2025

Check out Darlene P. Campos, author of the forthcoming novel THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, on The Jewish Lens podcast! Darlene is joined by survivor Pete Phillips, as they discuss Darlene's book, how Ecuador took in Jewish refugees during the Holocaust, how Pete's family sought shelter there, Darlene's conversion to Judaism, and much more!

The book will be released Sept. 9 and is available for pre-order online!

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-center-of-the-earth/c881e03047102d8f?ean=9781955058285

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-center-of-the-earth-darlene-p-campos/1147493966?ean=9781955058285

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Center-Earth-Darlene-P-Campos-ebook/dp/B0FBSQ4X61

Join author Jonathan Rosen, as he chats with the author of The Center of the Earth, Darlene Campos!Darlene is joined by survivor Pete Phillips, as they discuss Darlene's book The Center of the Earth, how Ecuador took in Jewish refugees during the ...

06/12/2025

This interview of author Leslie Liautaud (BUTTERFLY PINNED, BLACK BEAR LAKE) by Pual Zeidman for the Creative Writing Life podcast is excellent! Highly recommended watch!

BUTTERFLY PINNED author Leslie Liautaud talks about the benefits of a 5-year break, getting out of your adult brain, how a good book needs a good editor, and...

06/11/2025

BECAUSE THIS IS TEXAS, Clara Sneed's historical nonfiction account of one of Texas’ most notorious crimes, releases in less than a week!!!!!

This TRUE CRIME story—available in book form for the first time—is up for preorder online at major retailers, and Clara will be signing copies at the Western Writers of America Convention in Amarillo June 19-21!!

An Account of the Sneed-Boyce Feud

06/10/2025

🚨🚨🚨We are so proud to present the cover and trailer for Darlene P. Campos, Writer's upcoming novel THE CENTER OF THE EARTH!!!

Also, pre-orders for the book are officially live!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Center-Earth-Darlene-P-Campos-ebook/dp/B0FBSQ4X61

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/94473/9781955058285

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-center-of-the-earth-darlene-p-campos/1147493966