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PRESS RELEASE – November 29, 2010

Kristy Tallman Kicks off Spirit of The Wolf Tour Early for Hometown

On December 17, 2010 at 8:00 pm Kristy Tallman, Chesterfield’s own award winning Psychological Thriller/Horror and Suspense author has chosen to kick off her Spirit of the Wolf Tour – Loyalty to the Tribes in Chester, VA at The Wild Rose Café. For her upcoming novel Widow’s Blood based on native American folklore and tradition she has chosen to donate 10 percent of all her sales prior to the sponsorship and donations of all five of her titles to the Native American Ways/Traditions, Language and Education programs to ensure they continue to thrive.

“It’s a bit early but with the tour we have prepared ahead of us I don’t know when we will get a chance to get back home for a signing, also we need to start preparing for the future of the tour and spreading awareness of our need for sponsorship throughout the year.” says Kristy Tallman, “It’s also a great chance to get together with all our home-grown friends and have a nice Christmas celebration.”

The tour Tallman has planned stretches across the nation and even into the United Kingdom for 2011. She’s not just going to be doing conventions but will be visiting reservations for motivational speeches and donating  copies of all her books to the Native American libraries both reservation libraries and for the over 30 Native American colleges. The monetary funds are planned to go to the Native Ways Federation.

Tallman has four bands of Native American in her family and has always wanted to do something to ensure that the tribes are given the same opportunities as the rest of the nation. With the knowledge that much of their traditions are fading and their languages are getting lost the Native Ways Foundation was formed in 2006. Being a young organization they need help and Tallman wants to be part of that in the only way she can; through her touring and sponsors.

Tallman has been a figure on the Virginia literary scene for years, native born and serving in the writing industry since 1996. She has taken part in several benefit programs such as her role in a benefit poetry collection, “Nox: Dark Poets Against Abuse”, the proceeds from which were donated to CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse) of St. Petersburg, a safe haven organization for women and children in the Tampa Bay area and she offers a portion of her proceeds for every copy sold of The All-Soul’s Faire to one of the Blue Knights Chapters in her surrounding town of Chester. In 2008 she also donated all her sales to “Bikers Against Hunger” an east coast organization that feeds the hungry here at home in our country.

“To make money just for writing is a dream come true but to be able to turn around and give back to the people or for the people who make it possible to me is what one should do just because it’s right.” says Tallman. I truly have high hopes for this tour and am excited to kick it off right here at home. We have many Native American tribes right in the area that will benefit from this as well.”

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For more information on Kristy Tallman’s “Spirit of the Wolf – “Loyalty to the Tribes” tour, press kits

or for the upcoming release of Widow’s Blood in February 2011 please contact:

Paul Carmichael, Media Relations Email: media.relations @ ashphoenixbooks.com

804-814-6125    Ash Phoenix Books

Information on Kristy Tallman: www.kristytallman.com & www.facebook.com/kristytallman

For Interviews please contact media relations

For the evening of Friday Dec. 17, I’ll be at the Wild Rose Cafe @ 8 pm to ? – it’s a bit of book signing bit of a hanging out kind of evening! But most important; it’s the beginning of the Sponsorship Drive/Spirit of the Wolf Tour! Please review this post to find out more about the 2011 tour and our Sponsorship Drive!

Don’t worry if you don’t drink – it’s not required I’ll have my share of sweet tea for a spell at least! If you’re not into crowds then come early and if you’re into music and hanging out come in whenever. I’m told the place starts jumpin’ @ 10 – so you know I’ll be there till at least 11-Midnight?

Also will be passing out one of Cecil’s mountain recipes for a drink that will make you float on cloud 9 – It’s not often we share them mountain recipes especially when Cecil’s stirring because it’s almost time for the Faire to begin again!

I’ve been needing a night out and our host The Wild Rose Cafe has extended their place for us to hang out and have a great evening of fun! Hope you can make it! To RSVP to this event please visit the Facebook Event page to let us know if you are dropping in – we would really like to have a good headcount to held the owners of the WR to have enough goodies on hand for the folks who come!

Much Love & Christmas Cheer!

Kristy

Hi Everyone,

We’re gearing up for our 2011 release of Widow’s Blood in February and the long awaited release of Hell’s Hollow, the sequel of The All-Soul’s Faire and book 2 in the series of Haunts in the Hollow. With that in mind – Let the sponsorship drive and the touring begin!

My 2011 tour is entitled “2011 Spirit of the Wolf, “Loyalty to the Tribes Tour“” – right now we are beginning our sponsorship drive which we will post more about once we get certain permissions from the Charities that will benefit from this tour. At the same time I am making my wish list for the places I would like to go so that we can budget out the tour in a way that will allow us to go far and wide across the United States and possibly the UK this year coming.

My Spirit of the Wolf tour is geared towards the Native American Nations nationwide and my mission is to raise as much money and awareness for the preservation of their languages, traditions and educational goals on the reservations. I will have sponsorship from businesses right through to fan sponsorships that will allow for me to carry out this tour and donate proceeds of my profits to the Native American Organization that is best suited to achieve these goals. Our top donors will be placed on all our advertisements, press releases, media outlets/interviews, tour products such as t-shirts and other misc. items and literature that is put out at every event as well as receive top advertisement on this site and my many other places of exposure. Also for those who donate prior to the printing of the novel in February (by Jan 31, 2011) will also be listed in the book on a special page set forth to convey my gratitude for your help.

With or without sponsorship I will be donating 10% of my proceeds to the organization chosen and will donate books for their libraries. With your help I can go further, attend more events and up the 10% as we get more and more events under our belt and sponsors gathered. I need your help to achieve this. I do plan when invited to attend the reservations to do motivational talks with the kids as well as the adults, there is no limit to what I will do for this cause.

Why the Native Americans? Well to start I have four nations of Native American blood running through my veins, my heart beats to the drum of my ancestors and their ways have always been a part of life and belief system. Secondly, my book upcoming, Widow’s Blood is based on a Native American nation and its folklore/mythology, so to me it’s only befitting to name the tour after one of my main characters. And last but most important to me is because this is something that needs to be done. Tribes are losing their ability to keep their traditions alive and thriving – their languages are getting lost as their elders pass over to be with Grandfather and the children of the tribes are suffering due to the lack of this rich, rich history being lost. It’s also just as important for all children to be given the same amount of exposure to the Native American History of this country as it is a vital part of how our country was forged both through the good and bad aspects of how their lives became as they are today.

As an author and public figure I feel that it is not just my responsibility to run around the United States selling books but it’s also my responsibility as a person and part Native American to give back to those I can. I hope in doing this to also set in the minds of other authors to do the same when they tour. Giving is part of receiving – taking is just a way of hording that which was given to you as a gift and not returning back the favor of the talents God/Grandfather gave you.

I hope you will join me in this cause and help as the sponsorship drive and donations begin and will continue to carry through the entire year. I will not just be donating proceeds of my sales of Widow’s Blood but too it will include all of my books, The All-Soul’s Faire, Crows on the Cross, Whispered Words and Timeless Souls (Out of Print but I have many copies to sell) and too the release of Hell’s Hollow mid to late Spring, 2011. Donations will also be made from the many tour products we design for the tour as well.

I am truly looking forward to this tour and your help in ensuring a vital part of the heritage of our nation is kept intact and thriving. I’ll be putting up the Sponsorship page soon so stay tuned for updates! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. There are so many ways you will be able to help that it’s almost impossible to find reason not to.

Sincerely,

Kristy Tallman
Member of Native American Rights Fund

Sample of ways that you will be able to help:

• monetary donations to the tour
• event invitations
• lodging
• purchasing books
• purchasing tour merchandise
• travel/transportation
• printing services