Equestrian Author Spotlight Podcast

• About First Past the Post, the first book in Garland's The American Heiress Series, and why she placed horses and a woman stud farm owner at the center of her new book set in Victorian times.

• About Elizabeth's experiences as an equine veterinarian. Over the course of her 35+ year career, she went from her father’s equine practice in Sonoma County, CA to establishing her own practice in Australia.

• How to work with a graphic designer, including steps an author can take to save money and make the design process easier.

• About Karen's thoughts on aging as an author, how she's handled rejection in her writing career, and what inspired her horse book Beautiful Horseflesh.

• About Reagan's successful career in the entertainment industry, and what inspired her to start a dialogue about changing the culture of grief by adding "author" to her long list of accomplishments. 

• How writing for television and film, frequent contributions to magazines and newspapers, and serving as features editor for The Blood-Horse magazine prepared Lenny for the writing of his books.

Episode 87: Welcome to the Equestrian Author Spotlight podcast! In each episode, you’ll hear inspirational stories from horse book authors including writing advice and marketing tips to help you write your own horse book. If you are an author, aspire to be an author, or simply love horse books, then you are in the right place!

• About Diana's horses — Stevie & Harley — and the book series they inspired. They are Gypsy Vanner horses, originally from the UK. The breed is known in the UK as Gypsy Cobs.

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Episode 86: Welcome to the Equestrian Author Spotlight podcast! In each episode, you’ll hear inspirational stories from horse book authors including writing advice and marketing tips to help you write your own horse book. If you are an author, aspire to be an author, or simply love horse books, then you are in the right place!

• What compelled Jamie to write about Thoroughbred racing. He is the author of numerous books including The Kentucky Derby: How the Run for the Roses Became America’s Premier Sporting Event, Never Say Die: A Kentucky Colt, the Epsom Derby, and the Rise of the Modern Thoroughbred Industry, The Notorious John Morrissey: How a Bare-Knuckle Brawler Became a Congressman and Founded Saratoga Race Course. His newest book is Racing for America: The Horse Race of the Century and the Redemption of a Sport.

• What inspired Nikki to write her book The Conscious Communicator and how writing the book led her to start her own business as an Equestrian Mindset Coach.