Just to keep the records straight!
Hey Minnesota folks…Just a HEADS UP:
I have just scheduled a location to do a meet & greet for a book signing of my newest novel, The Spirit Tree Deceptions, and having time to visit, too. This will be my only public signing this trip.
We will meet up at Davanni’s in Coon Rapids between 1-3 p.m. on Saturday the 23rd. Address is: 3430 129th Ave. NW, Coon Rapids, MN.
I have reserved the community room and you can order what you wish and visit a bit. (Their hot hoagies are our favorite, but pizza and calzones are also great!)
Just give me a heads up if you’ll be there. Looking forward to having time to visit and share my book!
You’re certainly welcome to join us even if you don’t want a book! It’ll be a Christmas treat to see everyone.
   It’s time to complete your Christmas list …
with a book or two!
Choose a book for the grandkids
one for a friend, one for a family member, and one for yourself.
All on Amazon. You’ll get them in time for Christmas.
OR see me at one of my scheduled December signings:
Wishing Spring Gallery, Bella Vista, Saturday, December 9, 12-4
Mockingbird Coffee, Jane, MO, by Co
mmunity Bank,
December 15, 12:30 pm -2:30 pm
I have my books in hand and I’m really pleased with how great they look. I’m busy setting up a signing schedule and replying to requests for signed copies. Paper back and eBook copies of The Spirit Tree Deceptions are already going fast on Amazon. View all my Deception books at Amazon.com under Gail Lee Cowdin. Leave a review if you’ve already read it and loved it.
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t Last It’s Here! I’m excited to introduce you to Butterfly Silverfeather. She’s an amazing woman with an interesting past.
Get your copy at Amazon.com
The Spirit Tree Deceptions will be available on Kindle eBook 11/20/23
The Spirit Tree Deceptions paperback will be available beginning on 11/21/23
The Spirit Tree Deceptions hard back will be available beginning on 11/23/23
I will be setting up a book talk and signing schedule soon and will post it here and on my Facebook and Instagram pages.
Gail Lee Cowdin continues her popular detective crime novels with the fourth novel in the Deception series with a riveting coming-of-age story. The Spirit Tree Deceptions: A Quay Thompson and Butterfly Silverfeather Novel journey begins with the Spirit Tree, an ancient cedar tree, on the shores of the great Gitch-Gumi and one young Anishinabee woman who realizes she is capable of making a transformative impact on the world she knows. When twelve-year-old Grace Memengwaa Byrd is introduced to the five-hundred-year-old The Spirit Tree, she is overpowered by cries, pleas, and unfamiliar voices calling out to her from the tree. It is her awakening.The story of her new life as Butterfly Silverfeather begins in northern Minnesota and continues to Northwest Arkansas. It is a tale filled with trauma, beauty, suspense, and a look into the beautiful culture and resilience of the Indigenous people. Â Butterfly Silverfeather’s story is an exciting, action-filled, powerful journey spanning twenty years. This is a tale of kidnapping, greed, murder, power-plays, and numerous deceptions that propel one woman forward with her strong beliefs and perseverance toward a surprising, gratifying conclusion.
By the way, in addition to the story I’ve written, you will be purchasing a piece of art. The cover for The Spirit Tree Deceptions is the work of artist Rosie Floyd who did the painting and her husband Dave Floyd who “tweaked it” to make the picture represent my plot by matching the tree to the photographs of the Spirit Tree and adding the ribbon skirt on the young girl. I’m thrilled to collaborate with them and share their art and with my written work.
Down to the final chapters…always in doubt…listening to my characters…bringing it to a close.
âWhen you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage.â Chief White Eagle, Ponca
âThings which do not change and grow are dead things,â Louise Erdrich
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âI promised myself a long time ago that I would lead an interesting life,â Sacheen Littlefeather
Busy writing on this rainy day. Found this gem recently. It perfectly describes my lead character in the next book. She is Grace Memengwaa Weber. Memengwaa is the Ojibwe word for butterfly. Grace goes through a metamorphosis to find her freedom. She also hears many wishes…
An American Indian Legend If anyone desires a wish to come true they must first capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it. As a butterfly can make no sound, the butterfly cannot reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all. In gratitude for giving the beautiful butterfly freedom, the Great Spirit will always grant the wish. So, according to legend, by making a wish and giving the butterfly its freedom, the wish will be taken to the heavens to be granted.