To celebrate the run-up to Christmas, I will be giving away FREE e-books of 5 of my most popular pony titles, some for the first time ever, from 1st December up to, and including, Christmas Day!
These are:
1st - 5th December MATTY AND THE MOONLIGHT HORSE
6th - 10th December THE HORSE ON THE BALCONY
11th - 15th December FOREVER HORSE
16th - 20th December TRICK RIDERS
21st - 25th December THE PERFECT HORSE
Keep an eye out on my Amazon author page to download your free copy!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jane-Ayres/e/B004MWCTD8/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Friday, 29 November 2019
Monday, 11 November 2019
Sharing the Spotlight in Writers' Forum
I'm really thrilled to have an article published in the latest issue of Writers' Forum magazine which is all about being a speaker earlier this year at the Faversham Literary Festival with fellow pony book author Amanda Wills. Lots of useful info for any writers thinking about getting involved in a local lit fest - go to page 48!
Related post: https://janeayres.blogspot.com/2019/02/talking-pony-books-author-event-at.html
Friday, 11 October 2019
A spooky page turner for Halloween....
Related post:
https://janeayres.blogspot.com/2018/10/5-star-review-for-spooky-pony-mystery.html
Thursday, 22 August 2019
The Horse in my Heart - FREE read for the Bank Holiday!!!!
FREE e-book to download from 23rd August for 5 whole days!!!! (in all Amazon territories)
Saturday, 10 August 2019
THE PERFECT HORSE is FREE from 11-15th August!!
FREE e-book to download from 11th August for 5 whole days!!!! (in all Amazon territories)
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
THE HORSE WHO DREAMED OF HOME - FREE to download for 5 days!!!
FREE e-book to download from 6th August for 5 whole days!!!! (in all Amazon territories)
click here: https://amzn.to/2GQryEh
Related post: https://janeayres.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-horse-who-dreamed-of-home-in.html
Monday, 5 August 2019
Sunshine and flowers
In 2015, I published a post called Japanese wisdom for writers about an article in a writing magazine that quoted a Japanese saying about the power of quietly repeating the same activity. I have been exploring a number of Japanese concepts, including ikebana, haiku and the concept of ma (more in a future post) so thought it seemed a good time to repost...…...
継続は力なり
Continuance is strength
It got me thinking about how daunting many tasks and projects can seem, to the extent that we can become so overwhelmed we don't actually start, or give up halfway through. I've been working on some really big, ambitious projects over the past few years - mostly non-writing related - and this saying really hit home. Of course, as the author of the article, Robert Paul Weston, points out, feeling overwhelmed can be especially relevant for writers embarking on a novel.
"Typing that last sentence can feel so far away, you may as well be trying to scratch it out in the sands of Mars. As such, dwelling on that ultimate goal can become an intolerable distraction, perhaps intolerable enough for you to give up. If you believe in this old saying, however, the only thing to do is forget that the end even exists. Just keep going."A profound insight, and one that we should apply to life itself.
Article: Japanese Wisdom for Writers by Robert Paul Weston in Writing in Education, issue 65, Spring 2015
http://www.nawe.co.uk/DB/wie-editions/articles/japanese-wisdom-for-writers.html
http://www.nawe.co.uk/DB/wie-editions/editions/nawe-conference-collection-2014.html
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