The Beautiful Room: Cats Protection

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Friday, 16 November 2018

Short story in Christmas issue of Your Cat magazine!

Today you will find my heartwarming short story Will it snow this Christmas? on pages 58-9 of Your Cat magazine! I was so thrilled it is featured in their special December issue.

Don't forget, if you love cats, you will enjoy my novel Coming Home - available from Amazon!

I donate all royalties to the charity Cats Protection.

Tuesday, 2 June 2015

"A must for cat lovers."

I can hardly believe it is now more than 18 months since I made a book trailer (my only one so far) for my cat charity book Coming Home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aweX0y3lvL4&feature=youtu.be

I wrote a blog post about it which has received nearly 500 views, so hopefully it has proved useful for other writers! Anyway, I've had lovely feedback on the trailer, which is a bit of a tearjerker! I hope you enjoy it and feel inspired to take a look at the book - all my royalties are donated to charity Cats Protection.

From the many Amazon 5 star reviews:

"Wonderful story"

"A must for cat lovers"

"Couldn't put the book down. Make sure you have time to read it right through before you pick it up. A lovely story."

"A touching tale for all ages"

"This book is a very good read for cat lovers of any age. I downloaded it today and could not stop reading it until I reached the end.."

Buy book link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coming-Home-ebook/dp/B00AGZV9WM/ and http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Home-journey-special-cats-ebook/dp/B00AGZV9WM and also in all Amazon territories.

Related post: http://janeayres.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/making-book-trailer-20-steps-i-took.html

Sunday, 19 October 2014

Cats Coming Home for Charity

I haven't posted for a while. Lots happening. In the meantime, here are some more pics of the totally adorable Sita and Steve, the Norwegian Forest cats who inspired my novel Coming Home, which has so far raised over £350 for Cats Protection, with 18 Five Star reviews. I donate all my royalties to the charity, so please download a copy from Amazon - you will be helping cats in need. Thanks.

eating biscuits together

Monday, 30 June 2014

Writing from the heart

It is always lovely to get nice reviews, and to know that a reader has really enjoyed reading one of your stories. So when I read a recent review on Amazon.com for my cat charity book, Coming Home, it made me feel quite emotional.

This book, about two Norwegian Forest cats who are lost, and their owner's frantic search for them to be reunited, is a special book for me, so when the reader commented,
The author writes from the heart and gives from the heart

I was both delighted and grateful, and very happy.

Thank you, Barbara, for your lovely words.

You can read the full review here
http://bamauthor.me/2014/06/18/captivating-cats/

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Cats cuddling!

Today I'm catching up on lots of things writing related, with exciting plans ahead. In the meantime, here's a pic of the totally gorgeous Sita and Steve, the Norwegian Forest cats who are the inspiration for my novel Coming Home, currently raising funds for Cats Protection. Enjoy!

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Book trailer for Coming Home!!

So here it is at last! My first ever book trailer! I'm really excited - it was a first for myself (I wrote the words and chose the images), the designer and the composer and I'm so pleased with the result.

It is to promote my cat story Coming Home and has original music specially composed.

All royalties from the book sales go to the charity Cats Protection. Thanks if you are able to share!

Click the link to view:
http://youtu.be/aweX0y3lvL4

Saturday, 1 June 2013

Furry Fluffy Felines!

I'm currently researching producing a book trailer for my e-book Coming Home which will doubtless include some pics (and maybe film) of the wonderful felines who inspired the story, Sita and Steve. So here's a pic of these adorable Norwegian Forest cats snoozing and cuddling (with Steve using Sita as a pillow!) and a reminder to cat lovers that all my royalties are being donated to the charity Cats Protection - and I want to raise as much as possible for them. Thanks!

Here are the links:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coming-Home-journey-special-ebook/dp/B00AGZV9WM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363020617&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Home-journey-special-ebook/dp/B00AGZV9WM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369845255&sr=8-1&keywords=coming+home+jane+ayres

Related posts:
http://janeayres.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/cats-and-book-reviews.html
http://janeayres.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/lessons-in-indie-publishing-free-books.html
http://janeayres.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/inspiration-for-coming-home-norwegian.html
http://janeayres.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/coming-home-my-new-book-for-cat-lovers.html
http://janeayres.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/running-cats-and-writers-block.html

If you are a cat lover you might also enjoy:
http://janeayres.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/johnny-depp-kylie-and-truth-about-cats.html

Friday, 12 April 2013

Cats and book reviews

Book reviews are hard to come by, so when I get positive reviews I’m always very grateful. It shows, I hope, that I am connecting with readers in the way that I intended. I’ve been lucky so far, and some of the comments for Coming Home, my story about two special cats separated from their young owner, Kira, were so lovely it made me feel quite emotional. Maybe it was because the book was such a labour of love. I hope you enjoy it too – and every penny and cent of the royalties are going to the charity Cats Protection.

Some comments about Coming Home on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

“It is a lovely little book, and a nice easy read. Any cat lover will enjoy the story and relate to the descriptions of the cats.”

“The characters work well, and the story is just the right length. It is well edited and produced and the front cover is evocative of the story itself.”

“I think most cat lovers would enjoy this story of hope and determination. I enjoyed it very much!”

“A tender story about the love of a young girl for her two cats and the love they share with her and with each other. Their persistence in trying to become reunited and the difficulties they faced in this pursuit were so suspenseful that I kept reading. It also brought tears to my eyes at times. You could just feel the emotions of the characters throughout the story. I loved the way in which the author tied together all the different characters and events. This is a wonderful story that even adults will enjoy. Read it - discover what happened; I highly recommend it.”

Related posts:
http://janeayres.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/inspiration-for-coming-home-norwegian.html
http://janeayres.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/coming-home-my-new-book-for-cat-lovers.html
http://janeayres.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/running-cats-and-writers-block.html

Monday, 11 March 2013

Cat Lovers: FREE e-book until March 13th!

My e-book Coming Home is available to download FREE until midnight March 13th (my birthday!). Here is the link:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coming-Home-journey-special-ebook/dp/B00AGZV9WM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363020617&sr=8-1

This is the first time this title has been part of Amazon's free promotion, since all my royalties are being donated to the charity Cats Protection. However, sales are slower than I had hoped and the free promo has helped previous titles so I am hoping it will do the same for this one, since the ultimate aim is to raise funds for Cats Protection from sales of the book.

It is, amazingly, currently No.1 on Amazon.com in the top 100 free e-books under the children's e-books/animals/cats category which is exciting, (but there are only actually 8 titles in this category!). It is also 23 in Literature and Fiction/Children's Fiction/Animals category. In the UK, it is currently ranked as follows:

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,784 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)