Lizzi Tremayne's Blog, page 20
March 27, 2015
A Great Show at Farmlands HOYS 2015!
We had a great show at Horse of the Year Show last weekend in Hastings, New Zealand! We spoke with HEAPS of people (not correct, but a Kiwism… ;) ) about their horses, their kids and our books. We all had a great time!
We sold and signed quite a few books in our own stall and in the Horse & Pony Bookshop as well! It was wonderful to talk to so many interesting people!
While walking around the trade stalls, we were pleased to add FIVE new stockists to our growing
list of stores
carrying A Long Trail Rolling! The managers of several more booths were rather busy on Sunday afternoon and requested that I send more information.
And Heeeeaarrrrr they are!
Horse & Pony Bookshop invited me to sign books they were selling in their stall!
Horselands immediately said they’d take ten, as soon as I showed it to them!
Champions Equestrian was keen to have some books!
The Kiwi Care Team is carrying my books (via their website) and we’re making a donation to the team from every book sold.
Steed Health & Saddlery wanted a handful too! They are the new owners of the business and they’re doing a great job!
HorseTackNZ Saddlery liked the look of them and took some home as well!
Of particular interest to many of these horse shops now carrying our product was a book I’ll be writing while wearing my veterinarian hat as
Elizabeth Thompson, DVM, MANZCVS, GradDipTeach.
(yes, in between the other books in the series…. :) ) about equine dentistry for horse owners. Watch this space! :)
Very exciting was receiving news of a review, which was commissioned by BooksellersNZ! See it here! Made my day!
Back to work now, hope you like the new look with clickable buttons! Thanks very much to Tracey Alvarez, a writer of contemporary romance, for the great inspiration!
Have a great weekend, all, I’m WRITING, in my lovely home in beautiful Aotearoa!
L-
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Many New Stockists!
Just wanted to let you know where you can find A Long Trail Rolling in real-time! They’re listed on our Store page, but I thought the store logos might be nice!
Chapter Books was our first!
Waihi Paper Plus followed!
Wheelers, not even approached, found us via Neilsen’s!
Paper Plus Katikati decided they liked the look of the book next…
Then Paper Plus Waitakururu had to have some copies, and posters, for the horsey people down there!
(I contacted PaperPlus head office yesterday… seemed a good idea… :) )
McLeods of Rotorua now has their own copies.
The ArtMarket in Waihi loves to carry local art and books!
Unity Books, Auckland, will be carrying our books after 1 April!
So, for links to these, go on over to our Store page!
Thanks All!
Stores will be added as they come on board! Watch this space!
Thanks for visiting,
Regards,
Lizzi
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March 13, 2015
Horse of the Year Show, Hastings NZ… and we’ll be there with A Long Trail Rolling!
What is it, you say?
Farmlands Horse of the Year Show is the largest equestrian event in the Southern Hemisphere hosted annually at the Hawke’s Bay A&P Showgrounds in March, which has been held for 16 years.Equestrians from 17 Equestrian Disciplines compete for the title of Farmlands Horse of the Year within their Section. Both equestrian and non-equestrian people can come and experience the excitement of the Showjumping and Eventing competitions with the beauty of the Showing and Dressage classes, the delicacy of the Miniatures with the might of the gentle giants, the Clydesdales. There are over 200 trade sites to satisfy all of your retail therapy needs from saddlery and farm equipment to clothing and jewellery, and there are fri/sat night shows to entertain the crowd with tough competition and action and displays very rarely seen in such a setting.
We will be there in the Stallion Marquee, letter H on their map, from Thursday through Sunday, in the Blue Mist Publishing/ The Long Trail Rolling booth!
We plan to spend plenty of time speaking with people about A Long Trail Rolling, the next three books in The Long Trails series, and writing and publishing in general! If people want books signed, we can do that as well.
If we’re not in our booth, I’ll be signing books at the Horse & Pony Bookshop booth at the Dressage Arena!
Still awaiting confirmation: If it works out, I’ll also be doing some equine veterinary dentistry talks while we’re down there. Keep an eye out at the booth in H!
Looking forward to seeing you!
(It shouldn’t be hard to find you… there will only be 85,000 other people there over the six days of the show! Big show for a little country, indeed! )
It will be easier to go this time… Last time, I was driving the 22 Tonne horse truck with Shemaya and his Glinkowski carriage in the back and a young master Elliot beside me, as my groom for the carriage driving competitions! This time in a little MG and boxes and boxes of books!
Until then!
Have a lovely day!
Lizzi
The driving horses.. The one on the left went to HOYS a few years ago with his carriage. :)
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March 11, 2015
Great interview on SONZA (Spotlight in New Zealand Arts)!
Hello All,
Hop on over to SONZA’s site http://sonza.co.nz/book-launch-giveaw... for a Zee’s interview of me and her report on my NZ Book Launch!
Enjoy!
Regards,
Lizzi
NZ Launch of A Long Trail Rolling, Waihi Library, Waihi. Thanks very much to Zee for the photo!
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NZ Launch of A Long Trail Rollling
Hello All!
I’ve been head-down, bum-up with distributing A Long Trail Rolling, its NZ Launch, and getting The Hills of Gold Unchanging back on track for its debut in May!
NZ Launch of A Long Trail Rolling, Waihi Library, Waihi. Thanks very much to Zee for the photo!
I’ve revamped the website and I think it’s better, but then I would, wouldn’t I?
Let me know how you find it, please.
Take good care, back to work!
Kindest regards,
Lizzi
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March 3, 2015
Lizzi Tremayne Interview on Books, Chocolate and Wine
It’s at http://bookschocolateandwine.com
Hop on over and check it out, all! Just click on my pic to get the interview!
Cover for A Long Trail Rolling
Thanks for visiting, and take care, all!
Hope to see some of you at the NZ Launch of A Long Trail Rolling!
This Saturday, 7 March at 10:00 am at the Waihi Public Library!
Regards,
Lizzi
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March 2, 2015
Kobo Standings!
Wow!
Just went onto my Kobo dashboard, and what a surprise!
it reads:
A Long Trail Rolling
by Lizzi Tremayne
The Long Trails (Book #1)
#1 in Fiction & Literature, Action Suspense
#1 in Fiction & Literature, Westerns
#1 in Kids & Teens, Teen, Love and Romance
Long may it continue!
Hope to see you at the NZ Book Launch for A Long Trail Rolling at the Waihi Public Library on Rosemont Road, Waihi, at 10 am this Saturday 7 March!
‘Night!
L
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January 20, 2015
What a book launch!
Thank you for coming along to the launch at Smith Flat House in Placerville, CA, on the 14 of January, 2015!
A Long Trail Rolling is finally rolling!
BUY LINKS:
For those of you who have asked, here are the best buy links!
Softcover: CreateSpace
Ebooks: Smashwords
Ebooks and paper: Amazon
We are planning a book signing tour around New Zealand right now! Please let me know if you have a great venue and a crowd to go with it!
I’ll post the video from the launch party as soon as it’s available!
We gave away a few paper copies of A Long Trail Rolling and Cover Posters on the night, and we nearly sold out of a whole box of books!
I spoke about what history means to me, historicals, my thoughts on the process of my writing, and read two excerpts.
Prize draws of paper copies of A Long Trail Rolling and posters of the cover were enthusiastically welcomed!
People especially liked hearing about how I wrote the story, and why, which was a bit surprising to me! They were also interested to hear about the current opportunities in self publishing. I think a few people might just progress the writing they started in the past… and were afraid to pursue!
Thanks to everybody, once again, for coming along! Can’t wait to catch up with the rest of you!
Just as an aside…The book launch ‘happened’ at the end of a tour of southern England… and the Isle of Wight… where I found the inspiration for the next series!
Here’s my new author pic, taken by Matt at the B & B where we stayed in Goring-by-Sea, a neighbourhood of the Borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. I’ll talk about it another time!
My new author pic, taken by the man at our B & B in Goring-by-Sea. What a fantastic trip!
Thank you Matthew!
Back to work! Bye!
XX
Lizzi
A Long Trail Rolling
by Lizzi Tremayne
The Long Trail Book One
Cover for A Long Trail Rolling
Escaping her father’s killer, Aleksandra rode the Pony Express—full speed into the middle of the Indian Paiute Wars.
She didn’t expect to become a target, but she is one now!
Seventeen year old Aleksandra, trained in the Cossack arts from infancy by her father, finds herself alone and running to prevent her Pa’s killer from obtaining a secret coveted by the Russian Czar, one which could alter the forces of power in Europe. Disguised as a Pony Express rider in 1860’s Utah Territory, she finds herself in even deeper trouble. Her Californio boss Xavier has a strength to match her own, but can they overcome their differences before the ever-increasing odds overtake them?
With this debut Western Historical Adventure, Lizzi Tremayne won the 2014 RWNZ Pacific Hearts Award and was a finalist in the 2013 Great Beginnings A saga of the Old West with a multicultural cast of those who make up America, it would interest readers who enjoy Westerns, horses, American Indians, immigrants, and the Pony Express. It has a capable heroine, strong historical detail, period veterinary treatment and frontier-pushing characters. It compares to the work of Phillipa Gregory, Diana Gabaldon and Jean Auel, with a little Laura Ingalls Wilder thrown in.
This novel is the first in The Long Trail quadrilogy of historical adventure sagas following her characters from the wilderness of 1860 Utah to Colonial New Zealand.
Genre: Western Historical Adventure Fiction with Romantic Elements
Content/Theme(s): Western, horse, native American, Indian, immigrant, Pony Express, veterinary, Utah Territory, Old West
Publisher: Indie, as Blue Mist Publishing
See buy links above! Available from CreateSpace, Smashwords, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks and many others.
Excerpt:
A Long Trail Rolling
Links:
Lizzi Tremayne Twitter
A Long Trail Rolling Facebook
Lizzi Tremayne Facebook
Thanks for reading!
See you soon!
Lizzi Tremayne
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January 1, 2015
A Long Trail Rolling is Being Published as We Speak! Cover Reveal, Buy Links and USA Book Launch!
A Long Trail Rolling is finally live.
BUY LINKS:
For those of you who have asked, here are the best buy links!
Softcover: CreateSpace
Ebooks: Smashwords
Ebooks and paper: Amazon
BOOK LAUNCH:
Come along to our USA BOOK LAUNCH of A Long Trail Rolling!
14 January 2015 in Placerville, CA!
please RSVP at Eventbrite: https://eventbrite.co.nz/event/15130485690/
Looking forward to seeing you all there! Will have a book launch in New Zealand upon our return home!
XX
A Long Trail Rolling
by Lizzi Tremayne
The Long Trail Book One
Cover for A Long Trail Rolling
Escaping her father’s killer, Aleksandra rode the Pony Express—full speed into the middle of the Indian Paiute Wars.
She didn’t expect to become a target, but she is one now!
Seventeen year old Aleksandra, trained in the Cossack arts from infancy by her father, finds herself alone and running to prevent her Pa’s killer from obtaining a secret coveted by the Russian Czar, one which could alter the forces of power in Europe. Disguised as a Pony Express rider in 1860’s Utah Territory, she finds herself in even deeper trouble. Her Californio boss Xavier has a strength to match her own, but can they overcome their differences before the ever-increasing odds overtake them?
With this debut Western Historical Adventure, Lizzi Tremayne won the 2014 RWNZ Pacific Hearts Award and was a finalist in the 2013 Great Beginnings A saga of the Old West with a multicultural cast of those who make up America, it would interest readers who enjoy Westerns, horses, American Indians, immigrants, and the Pony Express. It has a capable heroine, strong historical detail, period veterinary treatment and frontier-pushing characters. It compares to the work of Phillipa Gregory, Diana Gabaldon and Jean Auel, with a little Laura Ingalls Wilder thrown in.
This novel is the first in The Long Trail quadrilogy of historical adventure sagas following her characters from the wilderness of 1860 Utah to Colonial New Zealand.
Genre: Western Historical Adventure Fiction with Romantic Elements
Content/Theme(s): Western, horse, native American, Indian, immigrant, Pony Express, veterinary, Utah Territory, Old West
Release Date: 10 January 2015
Launch Party: 14 January 2015, Placerville, California!
Publisher: Indie, as Blue Mist Publishing
Will be available from Smashwords, Amazon,(preorder from these two) and CreateSpace, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Draft 2 Digital and many others. Will
post buy links as soon as they are available.
Excerpt and more:
A Long Trail Rolling excerpt
Links:
Lizzi Tremayne Twitter
A Long Trail Rolling Facebook
Lizzi Tremayne Facebook
Thanks for reading!
See you soon!
Lizzi Tremayne
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Freebie excerpt!
Lookout Pass, she reminded herself as she neared the summit. Glancing north to the distant white tops of the Onaqui Mountains, she swallowed hard as she thought again of her papa and the fossil he’d fossicked for her from its rocky ledges.
The spotted pony broke into a lope over the crest of the hill and began the mile-long descent. Aleksandra’s thoughts filled with memories, she was absentmindedly fingering the fossil inside the medicine bag hung about her neck when she felt the first arrow whizz past her head.
Her heart stopped in its tracks and she flung herself to the left side of the Palouse’s neck in a Cossack hang, lying flat against his side.
‘Yah! Yah! Let’s go, Scout!’ she shouted, throwing the reins at him.
He needed little urging to run full tilt down the steep and treacherously rocky trail as the yells of Indian warriors echoed through the narrow valley. The arrows came hard and fast from the southwest, screaming like a mad bunch of hornets.
Smart. Her lips curved in the hint of a wry grin.
The Indians had placed themselves between the trail and the setting sun, so Aleksandra couldn’t see her attackers in the glimpses she stole,from beneath Scout’s neck, of the world whizzing past. With the ground only three feet from her head, the scent of sage filled her nostrils when Scout crashed through a clump of brush. Briefly considering letting go of one of her death-grip holds onto the racing horse to pull a gun from her holster, something akin to suicide, she tightened her lip in a grimace and stayed put, trusting far more in the Palouse’s speed and handiness to save them. Knowing her weight hanging off to one side had to put him off his best, she tried to stay out of his way, keeping as still as possible, tucked down on the side of the skidding and leaping beast. Praying the cinch would hold, she sent fervent thanks to the pony selectors for their choice of horses.
How I would love to have my bow and arrows, but I only need to get us through to Doc Faust at Rush—
The Palouse interrupted her musings as he threw up his head and reared, angrily trumpeting and shaking his head for a moment, nearly dropping Aleksandra, then resumed his headlong rush down the hill. When he carried on, she heard whistling sounds with every breath and turned her face forward to see where the noise was coming from.
Then she saw the arrow.
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
Kind regards,
Lizzi Tremayne
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