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
Oct 24
https://buff.ly/KvYxX0u My first YouTube video this October. The transcript can be found on my Substack. https://buff.ly/JPy0T51
Sep 4
https://buff.ly/bi5jHj8 New Terrible Old Woman divination video available now.
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.