This past Saturday, September 30th, we participated in the Art on the Island Arts Festival on Blannahassett Island in beautiful Marshall, NC. This is the only town I am aware of that has an island in the middle of its downtown area, and it is just gorgeous. The weather couldn’t have been better with sunny skies and mild 
temperatures. And talk about ambience! Fantastic live music (was that Santana I heard?), great food from the Sweet Monkey Cafe, artisans selling their wares, and even a blacksmith in the midst demonstrating his art. And dogs, my favorite animal, galore. I tried to get a picture of Cyndi at our booth but she ducked just before I clicked. If you look closely, you can see her trying to hide behind the mum. Gotcha, Gik!
Although this is the smallest festival we’ve attended yet, we were thrilled to break another record while meeting new and past readers. Georgeann at Penland Department Store in Marshall told us she had sold out of all books but one in the Appalachian Journey series so placed an order for more books as well as book 1 of the Brown Mountain Lights series. We were 
asked to do an interview on a live radio show around Halloween and are really looking forward to that. And met a couple who lived on Brown Mountain and were more than willing to share their fascinating recollections of seeing the Brown Mountain lights on “many” occasions. Both admitted to now being firm believers that there is something mysterious and unexplained about these lights.
Next up: the Mars Hill Heritage Festival in Mars Hill, North Carolina. They’ve placed us close to the bookstore, which is exactly where we wanted to be. This is a really fun festival in this 
small college town, with close to a hundred booths including diverse and talented artisans and vendors, live music, activities for children, and food and drink. If you’re in the area, we hope you’ll drop by and say hello. So far, it looks like the weather will be perfect and what better way to spend your day than participating in a fall festival in the mountains of North Carolina?
CTHodges
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January 11, 2018 at 7:36 pm
Evelyn R.
After reading the first in the Brown Mtn. series, I checked several times for the second book and was disappointed that it was not out yet. I cannot tell you two how much I have enjoyed your lovely books. Seeing the book covers, I realize I have read all of your books except the foreign language ones. Thanks so much for the hours of pleasure your have given me! May you continue to be prolific.
January 12, 2018 at 10:09 am
christytilleryfrench
Hi, Evelyn. It is out as an ebook on Amazon. Just search for Seeking the Brown Mountain Lights or CC Tillery and it should come up. We plan to release the paperback within the next couple of weeks. Thank you so much for your very kind comments. We are thrilled you have read all of the books and have derived pleasure from them. We couldn’t ask for a better compliment than this! We appreciate more than we can ever express readers like you who continue to inspire us. We are blessed to count you as part of our family and glad you’re sharing this journey with us.