Ornery Owl Ventures
Welcome to Ornery Owl Ventures! Please read below for a description of our services.
Hello, and welcome to Ornery Owl Ventures. I'm your hostess with the mostest. Please allow me to introduce myself.
During the daylight hours, I'm Mild-Mannered Cara Hartley, a friendly, if sometimes cheeky, editor who wants to help authors make their stories the best they can be. Editing can be expensive, but I offer lots of discounts to keep my services affordable.
However, you may have heard whispers of my secret identity. Those rumors are true. At night, I become The Terrible Old Woman, a writer who edits on the side. I also mismanage my very own private publishing company.
Naughty Netherworld Press promotes the nonfiction works and poetry of Cara H/Ornery Owl, the dark fantasy and sweet romances of C. L. Hart, and the spicy romantic comedies and sci-fi farces of Lil DeVille.
My book blog, Readers Roost, promotes books by indie & small press authors. I always welcome guest posts.
Write what you want to read, not what's trending.
Updates
Jun 3
https://buff.ly/6eMbUNP Pre-order Soul Cleanse, the new poetry anthology from Dragon Soul Press. Features poems by Yours Truly. Release date is June 23, 2026.
Jun 3
http://books2read.com/DSPCleanse Pre-order Soul Cleanse, the newest poetry anthology from Dragon Soul Press. Includes poems by yours truly.
Jun 1
https://buff.ly/LQmzBr0 Want to know how the energies are moving in the coming two weeks? Check out my Blue Moon reading! Goofy faces are free extra.
Nov 26 2025
Trying to restart my stalled Substack with no help from Substack. Boo hiss on their lack of support.
Jun 23 2025
https://buff.ly/YRnsLdO If you love poetry, check out Soul Chaser, the latest anthology from Dragon Soul Press.