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July 23, 2017
Only 8 days left
[image error]Only 8 days left to get your free e-copy of One Frosty Christmas. Frosty has been an Amazon best seller in various years, since its release in 2002. The penning of the tale was a journey of love for me – for my family and the horses in my life. Hope you enjoy the story. https://runninglproductions.com/getyourfree-book/
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July 1, 2017
Happy Canada Day & Independence Day
Wishing all of my Canadian friends and readers a Happy 150th Anniversary today and a Happy Independence Day to my American friends on July 4th. Stay safe. Stay strong. Be free. Wear sunscreen.
[image error]And to one of my Beta Readers, thanks for joining the adventure, Deb Nicol.
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October 18, 2014
Peter Pan Wears Steel Toes
Thanks, Mum, for keeping that old manuscript I gave you in 1983. I know you were with me in spirit as I re-wrote the story.
Peter Pan Wears Steel Toes is funnier than a barrel of monkeys and just as audacious. From funny escapades with skunks to terrifying encounters with bears, this non-fiction novel will have you peeing your pants.
Read an excerpt on my blog at: http://runninglproductions.wordpress....
or visit Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Pan-Wears...Laura Hesse
Peter Pan Wears Steel Toes is funnier than a barrel of monkeys and just as audacious. From funny escapades with skunks to terrifying encounters with bears, this non-fiction novel will have you peeing your pants.
Read an excerpt on my blog at: http://runninglproductions.wordpress....
or visit Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Pan-Wears...Laura Hesse
November 7, 2013
One Frosty Christmas celebrates 10 years.
Any obstacle can be overcome. It's all about attitude and never, ever, giving up. Not every story is broadcast on the evening news. Most heroes are every-day people. That is who I write about. That is what thrills me.
On this the 10th Anniversary of the release of my first story, One Frosty Christmas, I decided to make the e-book FREE until December 31, 2013 at all of my on-line retailers. Just visit my blog site.
Thanks to all my fans and supportersOne Frosty Christmas
On this the 10th Anniversary of the release of my first story, One Frosty Christmas, I decided to make the e-book FREE until December 31, 2013 at all of my on-line retailers. Just visit my blog site.
Thanks to all my fans and supportersOne Frosty Christmas
August 30, 2011
A Filly Called Easter Kindle edition
Who says that you can't sell a holiday book outside of the holiday season?
"A Filly Called Easter" is now #8 in the Amazon Kindle store in children's Easter books. A huge hug to all my readers.
This is my only novel that is loosely based on a true story. I call it my 50/50 book. Everything that happens to the filly called Easter during her pregnancy and through the birth of her foal is based on a real filly whose name was Chick. The action/adventure part of the story is strictly fiction.
A big thank-you too goes out to Susan Johnston of Select Services Films who has the option to this novel as well as "One Frosty Christmas". It feels great when someone of Susan's stature in the film industry believes in your work!
"A Filly Called Easter" is now #8 in the Amazon Kindle store in children's Easter books. A huge hug to all my readers.
This is my only novel that is loosely based on a true story. I call it my 50/50 book. Everything that happens to the filly called Easter during her pregnancy and through the birth of her foal is based on a real filly whose name was Chick. The action/adventure part of the story is strictly fiction.
A big thank-you too goes out to Susan Johnston of Select Services Films who has the option to this novel as well as "One Frosty Christmas". It feels great when someone of Susan's stature in the film industry believes in your work!
August 25, 2011
On Writing the Equine Story
The number one question that I get asked at book signing events or author readings is: where do you get your ideas? So here’s how “One Frosty Christmas” began.
The old mustang in the story, Frosty, is based on an actual pony called “Frosted Tip”. This little fellow was delivered to Thunderbird in Vancouver several years ago en route from Wyoming to northern BC. A friend of mine was working at the horse show when the scruffy white pony with frostbitten ears was dropped off. The horse transporter asked if she would mind looking after the pony until he was picked up by his new owner? She was delighted. “Frosty”, as my friend aptly named him, was the cutest, if not homeliest, pony she had ever seen. She hoped to meet his new owner, but her responsibilities kept her as busy in the show ring as they did in the barn, and he was gone before dinner the next day.
I was so taken with the story of Frosted Tip...How did he lose the tips of his ears? What adventures had he lived through? Why buy a frostbitten pony in Wyoming and ship him to northern BC? What made this pony so special? I just couldn’t stop thinking about it. It must have been frightening for the pony to travel all that distance in the care of total strangers. Before I knew it, my imagination took hold and the concept behind “One Frosty Christmas” was born.
The human characters were a little harder to bring to life. The character of Hannah Storey developed out of time spent working as a volunteer with a couple of therapeutic riding associations and by growing up around numerous WWII vets including my Uncle Mac, who was an amputee. Johnny Joe is a composite of several people - my father, a gentle and peaceful man with a great sense of humour and determination, a native boy from Port Alberni who quietly offered to “sing” for my father’s spirit along with his grandmother and aunt’s on their passing, and Walter, one of the camp cooks I worked with while stationed at Fort McKay, Alberta.
Each character, whether the character be a person, a dog, or a pony, has a life of its own.
To write, one must ask questions, lots of them. The first step begins with a thought or an event, like a frostbitten old mustang traveling from Wyoming to northern BC, the rest is up to the writer.
The old mustang in the story, Frosty, is based on an actual pony called “Frosted Tip”. This little fellow was delivered to Thunderbird in Vancouver several years ago en route from Wyoming to northern BC. A friend of mine was working at the horse show when the scruffy white pony with frostbitten ears was dropped off. The horse transporter asked if she would mind looking after the pony until he was picked up by his new owner? She was delighted. “Frosty”, as my friend aptly named him, was the cutest, if not homeliest, pony she had ever seen. She hoped to meet his new owner, but her responsibilities kept her as busy in the show ring as they did in the barn, and he was gone before dinner the next day.
I was so taken with the story of Frosted Tip...How did he lose the tips of his ears? What adventures had he lived through? Why buy a frostbitten pony in Wyoming and ship him to northern BC? What made this pony so special? I just couldn’t stop thinking about it. It must have been frightening for the pony to travel all that distance in the care of total strangers. Before I knew it, my imagination took hold and the concept behind “One Frosty Christmas” was born.
The human characters were a little harder to bring to life. The character of Hannah Storey developed out of time spent working as a volunteer with a couple of therapeutic riding associations and by growing up around numerous WWII vets including my Uncle Mac, who was an amputee. Johnny Joe is a composite of several people - my father, a gentle and peaceful man with a great sense of humour and determination, a native boy from Port Alberni who quietly offered to “sing” for my father’s spirit along with his grandmother and aunt’s on their passing, and Walter, one of the camp cooks I worked with while stationed at Fort McKay, Alberta.
Each character, whether the character be a person, a dog, or a pony, has a life of its own.
To write, one must ask questions, lots of them. The first step begins with a thought or an event, like a frostbitten old mustang traveling from Wyoming to northern BC, the rest is up to the writer.
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