Episode 67: On Equestrian Fine Art, Off-Track Thoroughbreds & Advanced Readers with Linda Shantz

Episode 67: 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!

In this week's episode, you'll meet Linda Shantz. She's an artist of fine equestrian art and the author of the Good Things Come book series. You'll learn ...

• About Linda's career working with racehorses on the track, which led her to become an artist of fine equestrian art working in oil, oil pastel and pencil, striving to capture not only accurate anatomy, but the spirit of the horse as well.
• Why she decided to add "author' to her list of accomplishments and how Thoroughbreds inspired her novel Good Things Come, which hit the Amazon #1 New Release slot when it debuted.
• Why providing advanced copies of your book to early readers is a strong strategy that enables you to hit the ground running on a book's release day.
• And MUCH more!

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