Category: Author interviews
Victoria Eveleigh: my horses
The horses in my stories, and how they got there Welcome to today’s guest blogger, author Victoria Eveleigh. Victoria is one of my favourite modern pony book authors. I first discovered her when she self-published her first stories about Katy and her Exmoor pony, and I’ve loved everything she’s written since. Victoria is an author…
Caroline Akrill on Courses for Horses – the Return of the Fanes
It’s been thirty years, but the fourth and final part of the Eventers’ series – Courses for Horses – is now out. Here Caroline talks about what it was like to take Elaine and the Fanes on their latest journey. *** How did you get into writing the original Eventing series? I had written the…
Victoria Eveleigh: ponies, books and Lundy
Midnight on Lundy was inspired by several tales of a legendary Lundy pony stallion called Midnight. Lundy is a very special island for all sorts of reasons: marine life, birds, geology, history, mythology, scenery, plants and a quality which can’t be put into words. My husband Chris and I spent our honeymoon there, and we have returned…
Sarah Singleton’s interview with Helen Griffiths
by Sarah Singleton I have little patience with rose-tinted views of one’s youth – although I had, on the whole a very happy childhood – but I do feel an intense nostalgia for my early reading experiences. The books I read from around eight to fourteen years of age, when you are first experiencing the…
Desert Island Pony Books: Sarah Singleton
I’m delighted to welcome author Sarah Singleton to Desert Island Pony Books. Sarah is the author of Dark Storm, The Stranger, The Island, The Poison Garden, The Amethyst Child, Sacrifice, Heretic and Century, which won the Booktrust Teenage Prize. She’s also written the adult dark fantasy The Crow Maiden. Thank you so much Sarah for agreeing to break the drought of posts in…
Guest post: Amanda Wills on becoming a full-time writer
If you’ve ever been self-employed, you’ll know the uneasy, work-sodden place you reach when you’re still doing your paid job, but your self-employed work is becoming busier and busier. How do you know when it’s time to take the plunge? Here we hear from author Amanda Wills on making that momentous decision. ~0~ Last year,…