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As the holiday shopping frenzy is upon us, we hope

As the holiday shopping frenzy is upon us, we hope you'll consider grabbing the 2025 @friendsandfiction Subscription Box from @oebookstore!

When you purchase by Dec. 10th, you'll receive the following bonus items which make this subscription an ideal holiday gift for the bookworms on your list:
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This subscription includes 3 separate shipments:
📦MARCH 18: A hardcover, signed, 1st edition of #thestorysheleftbehind by @pattichenry w/ an exclusive F&F friendship bracelet & car magnet
📦MAY 27: A hardcover, signed, 1st edition of #beachhouserules by @kristywharvey!
📦JUNE 17: A hardcover, signed, 1st edition of #thestolenlifeofcolettemarceau by @kristinharmel!
*📦Optional add-on: A signed paperback of #summersatthesaint by @marykayandrews (coming June 3)!

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COMING UP ON DECEMBER 4th! Join us live this Wedn

Here’s @ucrosspop25 on his genre-bending writing

Here’s @ucrosspop25 on his genre-bending writing style in the Longmire series and how he writes primarily westerns and mysteries, but sometimes adds elements of action, adventure, noir, political thrillers, sports, and even the supernatural. We loved the crow metaphor and how Craig travels the world and brings all the shiny objects back to the nest of his writing. To hear more, watch or listen to this full episode of #thefriendsandfictionshow hosted by @kristywharvey & @marykayandrews on F&F’s Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN on our podcast, all linked in our bio.

For our newsletter, we asked this week’s guest @

For our newsletter, we asked this week’s guest @ucrosspop25 for a bit of writing advice. Thanks for sharing these insights, Craig! Subscribe to our newsletter at the link in our bio so you never miss great tidbits like this from all of our weekly guests all year long. We send a free issue every Wednesday. This week’s paid issue features a bonus Q&A with Craig Johnson. Tune in now to WATCH this week’s episode hosted by @kristywharvey & @marykayandrews on F&F’s Facebook or YouTube or LISTEN on our podcast, all also linked in our bio.

Here’s what @ucrosspop25 had to say when @kristy

Here’s what @ucrosspop25 had to say when @kristywharvey & @marykayandrews asked him about where the original spark of the idea for his character Walt Longmire came from. We loved hearing about how Craig devised Walt's strengths and character flaws to make him more lovable and relatable. And good news for us that Craig feels he has yet to have plumbed the depths of this beloved character! You'll have to tune in for this full episode of #thefriendsandfictionshow to hear more! WATCH it on F&F’s Facebook or YouTube, or LISTEN on our podcast, all linked in our bio.

Have you ordered your copies of @ucrosspop25’s n

Have you ordered your copies of @ucrosspop25’s new novel, #toothandclaw yet? Once you tune in for this week’s episode hosted by @kristywharvey & @marykayandrews, we know you’ll want to snap up Craig’s new short novel in his wildly popular #longmire series, in which a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off in the Alaskan tundra with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want. Get your copies of Craig’s new book which adds another indelible chapter to the great story of Walt Longmire, the basis for the hit Netflix series — now at a discount in the F&F Shop on @bookshop_org where your purchases support our guests, our show, and indie bookstores nationwide. WATCH this interview on Facebook & YouTube now or LISTEN Fri 11/29 on our podcast. Links to all in our bio!

REMINDER! Tune in TONIGHT at 7pm ET on F&F’s Fac

REMINDER! Tune in TONIGHT at 7pm ET on F&F’s Facebook & YouTube as @kristywharvey & @marykayandrews welcome NYT-bestselling author Craig Johnson @ucrosspop25 to discuss #toothandclaw, the new short novel in his wildly popular #longmire series, in which a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off in the Alaskan tundra with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want. Watch this episode as it airs tonight (or listen on our podcast Fri 11/29) to hear about TOOTH AND CLAW, which adds another indelible chapter to the great story of Walt Longmire, the basis for the hit Netflix series. Meanwhile, order Craig’s new book at a discount from the F&F Shop on @bookshop_org where your purchases support our show, our guests, and indie bookstores nationwide! See you TONIGHT!

Hear ye! Hear ye! The Fab Four of #friendsandficti

Hear ye! Hear ye! The Fab Four of #friendsandfiction are hosting an exclusive Ugly Sweater Party on Wednesday, December 18th at 5pm Eastern!

This event is open ONLY to our PAID subscribers on @substack. All attendees who submit pics of their ugly sweaters in advance will be entered to win prizes. Each of our four host authors — @marykayandrews, @kristinharmel, @kristywharvey & @pattichenry — will choose one winner. Each host will award their pick with a bookish prize live on the Zoom. That's four lucky winners! You must be present on the Zoom to win and claim your prize!

Good news! We are currently running a 20% off sale when you upgrade to paid status for our Substack. This means that for just $4/month you will get access not only to this fabulous private virtual event, but you'll also start receiving all of our extra bonus content including in-depth Q&A's with our weekly guests, exclusive green room footage, and roundtable chats with us and our author friends about all sorts of things like what makes a beach read, why readers like to be scared, what libraries mean to us, and why we are drawn to WWII stories.

Sign up for our paid Substack by Fri 12/13. All paid subscribers will be sent the Zoom link in advance of the Wed 12/18 live session. And the exclusive live Ugly Sweater Party will kick off at 5pm ET, before our 12/18 7pm live episode with guests Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb.
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Just in time for holiday gifting—for yourself or

Just in time for holiday gifting—for yourself or someone else—the @friendsandfiction Substack (fancy name for our paid email subscription!) is on SALE. For only $4 per month get access to special behind-the-scenes sneak peeks, author interviews, roundtable discussions with @marykayandrews, @kristinharmel, @pattichenry, @kristywharvey and select author guests. AND get access to the upcoming Dec 18 private Ask Me Anything Zoom session with the Fab Four before our special holiday office party where we will have an ugly sweater contest complete with the chance to win prizes! You can always start with our free newsletter and upgrade! This 20% offer is on now thru 12/13! Thanks so much for all your support!

COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 27th! Join us Wed Nov 27 at

COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 27th!

Join us Wed Nov 27 at 7pm ET on F&’s Facebook & YouTube as @kristywharvey & @marykayandrews welcome NYT-bestselling author Craig Johnson @ucrosspop25 to discuss #toothandclaw, the new short novel in his wildly popular #longmire series, in which a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off in the Alaskan tundra with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want. Craig Johnson is the NYT-bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is a two-time recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, was the first One Book Wyoming selection, and has received the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association’s Reading the West Book Award for fiction. Craig joins us from his home in Ucross, Wyoming (population 26), to discuss his new pulse-pounding, bone-chilling novel of extreme adventure, TOOTH AND CLAW, which adds another indelible chapter to the great story of Walt Longmire. Kirkus Reviews has called it “a chilling novel with all the ingredients needed to keep readers turning pages, ”and we can’t wait to talk to Craig all about it.

Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 11/27 or catch the audio version on our podcast Fri 11/29.

Meanwhile, order Craig’s new book at a discount from the F&F Shop on @bookshop_org (linked in our bio) where your purchases support our show, our guests, and indie bookstores nationwide.

See you on the 27th!

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