Wrapping Up the WordCrafter “The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder” Book Blog Tour
Posted: May 15, 2026 Filed under: Blog Tour, Book Release, Books, Fiction, Guest Post, Romantic Comedy, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: Lindsey Martin-Bowen, Romantic Comedy, The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press 3 Comments
Thank you all for joining us for the final stop on the WordCrafter The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder Book Blog Tour, where we’re celebrating the release of this zany rom-com, by Lindsey Martin-Bowen. Today, the author shares a post about “The Dark Horse”, the blue-eyed black stallion which makes multiple appearances in the adventures of divorcee, Charli Erickson.
Tour Schedule
Mon. 5/11 – “Inspirational backgrounds for The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder”
Post –Poetry by Mich, Hotel by Masticadores, Masticadores Phillipines
Tues. 5/12 – “Phase Two – Sunny-Side Up” Reading –Roberta Writes
Wed. 5/13 – “Charli’s Character” Post – Carla Loves to Read
Thurs. 5/14 – “Phase Fourteen – Let Me Know the Way” Reading – Patty’s Worlds
Fri. 5/15 – “About the Dark Horse (the black stallion with blue eyes)” Post – Writing to be Read
The Giveaway
We’re giving away three digital copies of
The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder
In a random giveaway.
Leave a comment to enter.
Opportunity for an entry at every stop.
Short Book Trailer
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About The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder
Recently divorced Charli Erickson arrives in Boulder, Colorado during the 1970s—a wild time for that city—where she hopes to develop her “rock poet” talent and find the perfect mate. Instead, she links up with the imperfect Ched Lyons, a Boulder native who leads her in a multitude of adventures, including scaling a mountain and a 1,200-mile motorcycle ride to southeastern Utah. While she intermittently envisions a black stallion with blue eyes, who puzzles and enchants her, she also strives to make sense of its appearance.
Through Charli’s snarky humor recounting her tales, readers will enjoy this Rom-Com doubling as a woman’s adventure story and may relate to scenes from the wild, zany era that followed the serious, revolutionary 1960s.
Purchase Link: https://books2read.com/The-Dark-Horse-Waits-in-Boulder
About the Dark Horse (the black stallion with blue eyes)
I didn’t create the elusive—perhaps imaginary Black Stallion until this year. After reading and reviewing numerous “other worldly” short-story collections, I considered interweaving an image within this tale that would serve as one more metaphor. Initially, the title included “Dark Horse” as an allusion to the stereotypical racehorse who appears to be a loser—but then takes first place at the end of the run.
Thus, might the Dark Horse be an image of the Boulder environment in the late 1970s? At that time, the city had grown from the college town hosting many 1960s demonstrations, some violent, wherein radicals damaged stores on The Hill. Yet a decade later, this once “dark” town had grown and progressed into a winning environment. (It continues to do so. Last year (2025), it was voted by a majority as the most desirable location to live in the U.S.)
Further, the novel’s characters gather regularly at The Horse, a bar that’s more a three-story entertainment center than the standard western bar. The Horse is especially Ched’s hangout. Because Charli leaves the small city before Ched does, he could be the Dark Horse waiting in Boulder.
Then, the fantasy (or is it?) of the Black, blue-eyed Stallion adds another level of meaning—Charli’s vision of a world beyond our material reality. It’s significant, too, that Ched, like many persons, doesn’t believe blue-eyed stallions exit. O but they do—albeit rarely. And considering that Charli sees herself as a loser of a wife at the novel's onset—then later in her relationship with Ched, might she be the Dark Horse who wins in the end?
About Author Lindsey Martin-Bowen
On Halloween 2023, redbat books released Lindsey Martin-Bowen’s 7th poetry collection, CASHING CHECKS with Jim Morrison. Her 4 th collection, Where Water Meets the Rock, was nominated for a Pulitzer; her 3rd, CROSSING KANSAS with Jim Morrison was a finalist in the QuillsEdge Press 2015-2016 Contest. In 2017, it won the Kansas Writers Assn award, “Looks Like a Million.” Writer’s Digest gave her “Vegetable Linguistics” an Honorable Mention in its 85th Annual (2017) Contest. Her Inside Virgil’s Garage (Chatter House Press 2013) was a runner-up in the 2015 Nelson Poetry Book Award. McClatchy Newspapers named her Standing on the Edge of the World (Woodley Press/Washburn University) was one of the Ten Top Poetry Books of 2008. It was nominated for a Pen Award.
That wraps up today’s stop and the WordCrafter The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder Book Blog Tour. You can follow the tour schedule above and leave comments at each stop for additional chances to win in the giveaway. The winners will be posted in a separate post on Sunday, so watch for it to see if you are one of three lucky winners of a digital copy of this wild women’s adventure.
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Day 4 of the WordCrafter “The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder” Book Blog Tour
Posted: May 14, 2026 Filed under: Adventure, Audio Excerpt, Book Promotion, Book Release, Books, Fiction, Giveaways, Romantic Comedy, Women's Fiction, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: Adventure, Blog Tour, Book Tour, Excerpt Reading, Giveaway, Lindsey Martin-Bowen, Romantic Comedy, RomCom, The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press 3 CommentsIt’s Day 4 of the WordCrafter “The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder” Book Blog Tour, and we’re over at Patty’s Worlds, where author Lindsey Martin-Bowen shares an excerpt reading from the book. Join us in sending off this fantastic new RomCom Adventure and get in on the giveaway for a free digital copy.
Day 4 – The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder #BookBlogTour, #BookRelease – Patty’s Worlds
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Day 3 of the WordCrafter “The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder” Book Blog Tour
Posted: May 13, 2026 Filed under: Adventure, Book Promotion, Book Release, Book Review, Books, Fiction, Giveaways, Guest Post, Romantic Comedy, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: BookReview, Giveaway, Lindsey Martin-Bowen, Rom-Com, Romantic Comedy, The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press 1 CommentIt’s Day 3 of the WordCrafter The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder Book Blog Tour. Today, we’re over at Carla Loves to Read, where author, Lindsey Martin-Bowen shares a guest post about the main character, Charlie Erickson, and Carla shares a lovely review of the book. Join us in sending this new rom-com women’s adventure off and get in on the giveaway, for one of three free digital copies of the book.
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Day 2 of WordCrafter “The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder” Book Blog Tour
Posted: May 12, 2026 Filed under: Audio Excerpt, Blog Tour, Book Promotion, Book Release, Books, Fiction, Giveaways, Romantic Comedy, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: Excerpt Reading, Giveaway, Lindsey Martin-Bowen, The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press 2 CommentsJoin us over at Roberta Writes for Day 2 of The WordCrafter The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder Book Blog Tour, where we have a reading by author Lindsey Martin-Bowen. It’s release day! Help us celebrate and send this zany new rom-com women’s adventure off right.
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WordCrafter News: Winners of the “Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons” Tour Giveaway, May Release – “The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder”, Spring Book Sale & Approaching Submission Deadline
Posted: April 27, 2026 Filed under: Book Sales, Books, Children's Books, Fiction, Giveaways, Relationships, Romantic Comedy, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter News, WordCrafter Press | Tags: A Dark Horse Waits in Boulder, Book Release, Giveaway Winners, Lindsey Martin-Bowen, My Backyard Friends series, Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons, Spring Book Sale, WordCrafter News, WordCrafter Press 2 Comments
Winners of the WordCrafter “Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons” Book Blog Tour Giveaway
We had a great tour last week to celebrate the release of Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons. guest posts and poetry readings from the contributors, as well as learning fun facts about them and catching reviews of their latest releases. We had All those who followed the tour, or just dropped in a left a comment were entered in a random drawing to win one of five digital copies of the poetry anthology. (I think I originally said three, but we had so many wonderful commenters on this tour, I felt the need to give away five.) Now it’s time to reveal and congratulate the winners of the Giveaway, and here they are:
And the winners are:
(Drumroll please)
- Beth
- Teagan Genevienne
- T.W. Dittmer
- Beetlypete
- Lauren Scott Author
If your name is on the above list and you have not heard from me, please contact me at KLBWordCrafter@gmail to get your volume of Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons.
May Release: The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder, by Lindsey Martin-Bowen
WordCrafter Press is pleased to announce the upcoming release of award winning author Lindsey Martin-Bowen’s romantic comedy novel, The Dark Horse Waits in Boulder. Scheduled for release on May 12, 2026, you won’t want to miss this zany rom-com and the quirky Charli Erickson, who is full of surprises that will keep you chuckling through to the last page.
Recently divorced Charli Erickson arrives in Boulder, Colorado during the 1970s—a wild time for that city—where she hopes to develop her “rock poet” talent and find the perfect mate. Instead, she links up with the imperfect Ched Lyons, a Boulder native who leads her in a multitude of adventures, including scaling a mountain and a 1,200-mile motorcycle ride to southeastern Utah. While she intermittently envisions a black stallion with blue eyes, who puzzles and enchants her, she also strives to make sense of its appearance.
Through Charli’s snarky humor recounting her tales, readers will enjoy this Rom-Com doubling as a woman’s adventure story and may relate to scenes from the wild, zany era that followed the serious, revolutionary 1960s.
WordCrafter Spring Book Sale
April showers bring May flowers, and great prices on the My Backyard Friends Kid’s Book Series.
During the month of May, (May 1-31), all volumes of the My Backyard Friends will be priced at $2.50 each at the links below:
Heather Hummingbird Makes a New Friend
Timothy Turtle Discovers Jelly Beans
Charlie Chickadee Gets a New Home
But that’s not all! You can get an even better deal by purchasing here on site. You can get all 3 for $6.
Available only on the My Backyard Friends Kid’s Book Series page, right here on the WordCrafter Press site.
Approaching Deadline for 2026 WordCrafter Dark Fiction Contest/Midnight Madness Anthology
Reminder: Only three days left until the deadline for submissions, (April 30), for the 2026 WordCrafter Dark Fiction Contest, and a chance to have your story included in the Midnight Madness anthology from WordCrafter Press. You can find submission guidelines, submission portal and instructions here.
Time is growing short. So, get those stories in before the deadline comes round.
About Kaye Lynne Booth
For Kaye Lynne Booth, writing is a passion. Kaye Lynne is an author with published short fiction and poetry, both online and in print, including her short story collection, Last Call and Other Short Fiction; and her paranormal mystery novella, Hidden Secrets; Books 1 & 2 of her Women in the West adventure series, Delilah and Sarah, and Book 1 in her Time-Travel Adventure series, The Rock Star & The Outlaw, as well as her poetry collection, Small Wonders.
Kaye holds a dual M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing with emphasis in genre fiction and screenwriting, and an M.A. in publishing. Kaye Lynne is the founder of WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services and WordCrafter Press, where she edits and publishes two short fiction anthologies and one poetry anthology every year amidst her many writing projects. She also maintains an authors’ blog and website, Writing to be Read, where she publishes content of interest in the literary world.
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This post is sponsored by Small Wonders: Reflective Poems, by Kaye Lynne Booth and WordCrafter Press.
The world is filled with amazing things, if we will just stop a moment and take notice. In this vast universe, we are but tiny individuals, filled with awe and amazement. From reflections on first love, to reflections on growing old. The poems within these pages express a lifetime of unique reflections in Small Wonders.
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Day 5 of the WordCrafter “Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons” Book Blog Tour
Posted: April 24, 2026 Filed under: Anthology, Blog Tour, Book Release, Books, Giveaways, Guest Post, Poetry, Poetry Readings, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: Giveaway, Marsha Ingrao, Michelle Ayon Navajas, Poetry Anthology, Poetry Readings, Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press 1 Comment
It’s Day 5 of the WordCrafter Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons Book Blog Tour, and we’re over at the Prior House Blog, Yvette Prior is hosting, with readings from contributors Michelle Ayon Navajas and Marsha Ingrao. Join us in sending off this fabulous poetry anthology and enter to win a free digital copy.
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Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons” Book Blog Tour
Posted: April 23, 2026 Filed under: Anthology, Blog Tour, Book Release, Books, Giveaways, Poetry, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours | Tags: Joy Neal Kidney, Poetry Anthology, Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press, Yvette Prior 3 CommentsWe’re over at Robbie’s Inspiration for Day 4 of the WordCrafter Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons Book Blog Tour with contributor guests Joy Neal Kidney and Yvette Prior. Join us in celebrating the release of this wonderful poetry anthology and enter the giveaway for a chance for a free digital copy.
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Day 3 of the WordCrafter “Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons” Book Blog Tour
Posted: April 22, 2026 Filed under: Anthology, Blog Tour, Book Release, Books, Giveaways, Poetry, Poetry Readings, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours | Tags: Freya Pickard, Poetry, Poetry Anthology, Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons, V.M. Sang, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press 1 CommentDay 3 of the WordCrafter “Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons” Book Blog Tour finds us over at Joy Neal Kidney’s blog site with fun facts and a poetry reading by V.M. Sang, and an introduction to Freya Pickard. Join us in celebrating the release of this amazing poetry anthology and enter the giveaway for a chance at a free digital copy of the book.
Day 3 of the WordCrafter “Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons” Book Blog Tour – Joy Neal Kidney
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Day 2 of the WordCrafter “Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons” Book Blog Tour
Posted: April 21, 2026 Filed under: Anthology, Blog Tour, Book Release, Book Review, Books, Giveaways, Poetry, Poetry Readings, Review, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: Colleen Chesebro, Dragons Rule, Jean-Jacques Fournier, Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons, V.M. Sang, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press 4 CommentsIt’s Day 2 of the WordCrafter Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons Book Blog Tour, and we’re over at Dragons Rule with host and contributor V.M. Sang and contributor guests, Jean-Jacques Fournier and Colleen Chesebro. Join us in celebrating the release of this fabulous poetry anthology and get to know the contributors with fun facts, guest posts, poetry readings and reviews of their works. Leave a comment for a chance at a free digital copy of Seasons in our Giveaway.
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Celebrating National Poetry Month with Poetry Sales
Posted: April 7, 2026 Filed under: Anthology, Book Sales, Collection, Poetry, WordCrafter Press | Tags: #Poetrycommunity, Arthur Rosch, Behind Closed Doors, Book Sale, Feral Tenderness, Kaye Lynne Booth, Poetry Sale, Poetry Treasures Series, PoetryCollections, Robbie Cheadle, WordCrafter Press 6 Comments
Exclusive on WordCrafter Press during the month of April.
Purchase the 5 for $5 bundle on the Poetry Treasures Series page.
In celebration of National Poetry Month, WordCrafter Press is offering the first five Poetry Treasures volumes for $5 only at the link above. And I’ve dropped the price on all individual WordCrafter poetry collections all month, as well.
All WordCrafter Poetry Collections – $1 off
Small Wonders: Reflective Poems, by Kaye Lynne Booth – $2.99
Behind Closed Doors: A Collection of Unusual Poems, by Robbie Cheadle – $2.99
Feral Tenderness: Poetry and Photography, by Arthur Rosch – $2.99
Grab your copies while you can!
