Howdy! This week in Wyoming we cel­e­brate our state­hood. Wyoming is 122 years old this month! We like to cel­e­brate this with car­ni­vals, street dances, and of course–rodeos! It’s a buck­le bun­ny’s par­adise here. This pic­ture was tak­en by my young niece as she sat in the stands at the Laramie Jubilee Days Rodeo two years ago. Good, huh?

Favorite Song of the Week ~ Lady­smith Black Mam­bazo, made famous via Paul Simon in the 80s cameoed on Sesame Street as mup­pets, but their sound is intact. The alpha­bet nev­er sound­ed so cool:

Work in Progress News ~ Thanks to some Twit­ter prod­ding, I joined in a #1K1hr. And while I did­n’t get to a K, I did get some words down on Dean for the first time in what feels like for­ev­er. I’m also still work­ing on my gal­leys for Wyoming Solace. When does school start again?

Back­list News ~ I noticed that my book Com­pa­ny Ink is sit­ting all lone­ly on Ama­zon with­out any reviews. So I’m offer­ing it up to any­one who’d like to read it in exchange for an hon­est review post­ed on Ama­zon or any­where else. Holler if you want to give it a try! olivia @ oliviabrynn.com

Indus­try News ~ Ok, it’s stretch­ing a bit to use this as indus­try news, but what could I do with this tech­nol­o­gy and a romance cov­er? Wheels are turning…

 Search Term of the week aka How Peo­ple Found My Web­sites ~ I did­n’t catch this one in time to find out where this term took this Googler: “coco lip lock”

What I’m read­ing ~ I woke up way too ear­ly one day, and could­n’t bring myself to get out of bed. I found this book close by, so I re-read parts. End­ed up spend­ing much too long read­ing with­out my con­tacts in. It’s worth it. Lin­da Howard is in my top five fave authors, and this his­tor­i­cal west­ern is one rea­son why. Dra­ma, romance, and great characters.

Hero Quote ~ from Tyler in At Ease:

“I can’t get enough of you, girl. Did you dab some crack behind your ears or something?”

Have a great week­end, everyone!