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Anna Blake

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in Langdon, ND, The United States

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Memoir, Self Help, Travel

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I’m an animal advocate, award-winning author, solo RV traveler, old-school feminist, dog companion, unabashed lover of sunsets, and professional horse trainer/clinician. I’m sixty-nine years old. I’ve done just about everything and done it well. No longer auditioning.

My books include:

Stable Relation, A memoir of one woman’s spirited journey home.
Relaxed & Forward: Relationship advice from your horse.
Barn Dance, Nickers, brays, bleats, howls, and quacks: Tales from the herd.
Horse Prayers, Poems from the prairie.
Going Steady, More relationship advice from your horse.
Horse. Woman. Poems from our lives.
Undomesticated Women: Anecdotal Evidence from the Road

I was born in Cavalier County, North Dakota, in 1954, the youngest daughter in a farm f ...more

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Hi Anna I really enjoy following your blog and wanted to reach out to you as a fellow author. Do you do all your public relations, booking etc? Can you recommend a good resource to help me in promotion and making contacts for book tours? This is the area I need the most support in to get my introverted self out there to promote my book. Thanks for any insight!

Anna Blake Hi Suzi. You flatter me with the term "public relations", thank you. I do it all myself and it's much harder than writing, if you ask me. I get a litt…moreHi Suzi. You flatter me with the term "public relations", thank you. I do it all myself and it's much harder than writing, if you ask me. I get a little better all the time, but it's a challenge. I think my blog readers have been really kind and without them, this would be so much harder... so I give them the credit. So I don't have any pro resources really, but I will say that when I pull the courage together to ask for something, people are always so willing. So my advice is pretend you are braver than you are... What have you tried?? What do you write? I'd be happy to chat about ideas.(less)

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Do you travel and hold clinics? I live in KY, but would love to learn more from you!

Anna Blake So sorry, Marissa. I just now found this. I apologize. Yes, I do travel a lot and right now, I have no trips to that area planned. If you contact me o…moreSo sorry, Marissa. I just now found this. I apologize. Yes, I do travel a lot and right now, I have no trips to that area planned. If you contact me on my website and leave an address, I'd be happy to keep you posted on my travel. www.annablakeblog.com

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	Stable Relation 4.54 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Relaxed & Forward: Relationship Advice from Your Horse 4.55 avg rating — 128 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Barn Dance: Nickers, brays, bleats, howls, and quacks: Tales from the herd. 4.56 avg rating — 59 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Steady: More Relationship Advice from Your Horse 4.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undomesticated Women: Anecdotal Evidence from the Road 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horse Prayers 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horse. Woman. 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Can We Talk About Our Gray Mare Future?

I’ve been pondering two conversations about horses lately. They aren’t very cheerful and I always know, no matter what I write about, I’ll end up poking someone in the eye when I don’t mean to. But people are touchy about horses, I notice.

The first conversation was several years ago, but I think of it so often. She and I were talking about horses and the future. I was traveling so much then, o

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Anna Blake wrote a new blog post Can We Talk About Our Gray Mare Future? I’ve been pondering two conversations about horses lately. They aren’t very cheerful and I always know, no matter what I write about, I’ll end up pok Read more of this blog post »
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Anna Blake liked Kate Asaff's review of Undomesticated Women: Anecdotal Evidence from the Road: "I could not put this book down - the chapter “Sarah: She Wants to Ride” hit so close to home on my own journey with my horse. Anna’s observations on humans, equines, and canines are by turns funny, sobering, and thought-provoking. This book is a must" Read more of this review »
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Anna Blake liked Jayne Smith's review of Undomesticated Women: Anecdotal Evidence from the Road: ""In the end, she (senior cat) was a freckled, loose-skinned, cloudy-eyed elder almost as light as a kitten. She is God's Lulu now, in moth heaven, I hope." Thank you, Anna. I've loved every single one of your books! When you first wrote about dealing" Read more of this review »
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“It’s amazing what you can learn after you’ve learned all that you think there is to learn.” —Ray Hunt.”
― Anna Blake, Relaxed & Forward: Relationship Advice from Your Horse

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“I don't know about you but I've learned plenty from mistakes and I want to learn from laughing now.”
― Anna Blake, Relaxed & Forward: Relationship Advice from Your Horse

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“Here’s the secret: never give up. Get a tortoise tattoo if you need to, but just stick it out, slowly and patiently, because consistency is the greatest kindness a horse will ever know.”
― Anna Blake, Relaxed & Forward: Relationship Advice from Your Horse