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Time to read? Free horse books to download on Kindle!

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Tuesday of this week it was announced across the organisation where I work that everyone was required to work from home.  In amongst this unusual and devastating situation around the world, I am reminding myself to count my blessings.

I still have a job and can carry it out from home.  Working from home means I can spend more time with my family.  The eldest kids having only just started school and kindergarten means that they haven’t had their routine too upset.  They are more than happy to play together from home!  I am doubly blessed in that my husband cares for them on the days I work.

Time to read? Free horse books to download on Kindle!
Time to read? Free horse books to download on Kindle!

In the midst of this time where people are finding an imposed form of isolation, I thought: why not some extra books to read?  I know that if I wasn’t able to work, reading and writing would be on my list of tasks to keep me entertained and passing the time!

And so I have organised a few days of freebies on Kindle across my two different series and one standalone romance for adults.

So if you have a lot of time on your hands, why not consider catching up on some reading?  And if you know of any horse book fans, be sure to spread the word 🙂

A Pleasant Surprise

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Last year I realised that I was consistently making sales for paperback versions of my Free Rein books through Amazon. At that stage, only the first two paperback books were for sale although I had the next four available in paperbacks through Lulu, a print on demand company. I tend to release Kindle versions first, as an electronic version appears to be quicker to make available once I am happy with formatting – organising print copies and ensuring the covers work well is a longer process before releasing paperbacks for sale.

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So I decided to get myself organised and distribute paperback versions of the books so that they were available on Amazon. Now the first seven books in the series (of which there are currently nine) are available for sale as paperback versions as well as Kindle.

In January I received a payment from Lulu (based on Lulu and Amazon sales) that was larger than anticipated – this was exciting! When I actually took the time to look at the numbers, I was amazed to find that just over 100 Free Rein books had been purchased over the month of December – whoo!

This feels like a wonderful achievement and I’m excited to think about the number of children that could be impacted through reading this series.  Awesome 🙂

Chairo (Free Rein #9) Released on Amazon

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Hi everyone!  I am pleased to be able to share that the ninth book in the Free Rein series titled Chairo has recently been released on Amazon!

If you want to be one of the first to hear about my latest releases, be sure to sign up to my author mailing list 🙂 I try to share with this list of readers first and keep them up to speed on all my writing projects.

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Want to find out more about the latest release? Check out the blurb for Chairo:

Chairo Blurb

Jared is pleased to be able to call Jacqui, Geordie and Hannah his friends. As his horse learning journey continues, a malnourished grey gelding becomes a part of his learning experience. Jared realises that it’s not only people that can hurt other people – they can hurt horses too.
Jared’s life is suddenly filled with his new friends, including Peter who used to bully him. Jared is pleased to be able to introduce Peter to the people at church who encouraged him to befriend the young boy. Whilst there, he learns about a Greek word that describes the joy Christians can find in God.
The new word somehow seems fitting for the new horse and Jared questions how he can joyfully work to restore the trust that the grey gelding seems to have lost.

In other writing news, I am currently editing the ninth book in my Thoroughbred Breeders book, also. So stay tuned for news about this – hopefully next month! On top of that, I have a standalone horse romance novel for young adults that is nearly finished. I hope to be able to release that this year also 🙂

How Far is Your Reach?

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I have recently been on a family holiday to visit my husband’s parents. They don’t live in Australia with us and it’s lovely to touch base with them when we can. Whilst we were on our trip, our 17 month old had a stint in hospital due to fever and blisters.

In a country that doesn’t have English as it’s first language and that wouldn’t allow father’s to stay in the hospital with their children, I felt at times out of my depth whilst spending 5 days with our son. Just when it seemed the fever was staying down, our boy broke out in a rash that resulted in us being isolated. My hopes of being discharged were dashed.

How Far is Your Reach | ChristineMeunierAuthor.com
How Far is Your Reach | ChristineMeunierAuthor.com

Whilst I was waiting for my husband to visit us, I was surprised to hear a familiar worship song coming from the room behind where we were isolated. Based on the activity and the smells, I assumed it was the hospital kitchen. It was a song I knew in English and although the melody was the same, it was a different version and was quite catchy. I commented to my husband about it when he visited and he said it was a French version and he’d heard it too.

I don’t know if it was the radio, a CD or audio files playing but the songs were rarely ones I recognised.  And yet, as I needed a reminder to wait on God’s perfect timing – and my husband left and I felt close to tears with frustration – just then, I heard Lauren Daigle’s What You Say of Me. Another Christian song and this time one in a language I understood.

I found myself questioning if Lauren knew that her song was being played on a small island called Rodrigues where English was not the first language. And I got to thinking, as an author – do you know how far your reach is?

I get to see the various countries where my books are purchased each month and it’s exciting to see. But what about the books that are purchased and then posted elsewhere, or loaned out, or available as electronic versions to borrow in a library? You never know where your words may end up or who they will influence – it’s a big (but exciting) responsibility.

God and Compost

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It’s now just passed mid-November and NaNoWriMo is over half way through!  I am pleased to say that just over 22,000 words had been penned at the halfway mark for this new novel that I am working on.  I had an idea for this novel as I outlined at the end of last month.  Although I have been working on this idea, I have not had any clear plans about a title for this novel.

God and Compost | ChristineMeunierAuthor.com
God and Compost | ChristineMeunierAuthor.com

As the story has been developing, Nate Jacobs, the male protagonist has developed into a science teacher at the local school.  He has a fascination with compost and a recurring them of discussing how God can create situations in your life that are similar to compost – nourishing and allowing things to grow – has developed.  And suddenly it seems to me that a title as simple (and unusual) as God and Compost may be fitting.

Although the title seems to aptly describe one of the recurring themes of conversation between the lead male and female in the story, I do question just what impression it would give readers as to the content of the book?  How can this be linked with a country, horse Christian romance?  I’m still working on that one.

A Third of the Way into NaNoWriMo

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National Novel Writing Month is a third of the way through already! I am not on track for my aim of completing 50,000 words in the 30 days. This equates to 1,667 words per day and currently I’m just over a thousand words behind. But that’s ok! One day at a time and at the end of the day, a new horse romance novel is developing 🙂

At this point around 15,000 words have been penned and I’m excited to see how these characters will develop. The story follows single mother Beth Rogers as she moves back to the thoroughbred stud that she worked on as a young adult. Now, about a decade later she’s moved in to manage the property.

Alongside this she has to find a school for her five year old daughter. As she does, an unexpected attraction builds with one of the locals. This story will follow Beth as she rediscovers the passionate horse person she was as a single female and learns to keep this side of her alongside raising a young girl.

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A Third of the Way into NaNoWriMo | ChristineMeunierAuthor.com