carly kade podcast

Horse Podcast: Equestrian Author Spotlight

About the Podcast

The Equestrian Author Spotlight Podcast, created and hosted by author, Carly Kade, is a weekly podcast where equestrian authors and other entrepreneurs can come for inspiration, practical tips, and of course, stories about horses.

Carly lifts the veil on what it’s like to be an author and entrepreneur in the horse industry. Her interviews feature equestrian professionals, ranging from authors to photographers, marketers and equine practitioners.

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Key Players

  • Carly Kade: Award-winning novelist, western riding competitor, adventurer, and dog mom, she has a knack for turning strangers into instant friends. Her podcast is an extension of her wisdom as a decorated equestrian author and a genuinely kind human being.
  • Industry Guests: Fellow authors, equine entrepreneurs, and equestrian influencers join Carly weekly on her podcast for the purpose of educating and inspiring her listeners.

10 Reasons to Subscribe

  1. She’s an incredible author: Carly has a way of writing that whisks you away to an amazing land of cowboys and horses while making you feel at home all at once. Check out our review of In the Reins here on Horse Rookie!
  2. An award-winning book series: The In the Reins book series is as critically acclaimed as it is popular. The debut novel in the series is an EQUUS Film Festival Literary Award Winner for Best Western Fiction and has earned two Feathered Quill Book Awards in the Romance and Adult Book featuring Animals categories. Book three, Show Pen Promise, won an EQUUS Film & Arts Festival for Best Western Romance. What’s more, In the Reins was an Amazon bestseller for more than 10 weeks!
  3. Her characters are real people: Carly shares that she wants her books to be an escape for her readers. But part of what makes her stories so engaging is the humanity of each of her characters. Each of them are as flawed as they are charming, which makes them all the more endearing.
  4. Carly is a mentor: Not only has she created this podcast to encourage and instruct fellow equine authors, but she’s also a coach! If you’re interested in becoming an author or growing your career, you can work with her one-on-one to write your book faster, learn the ins-and-outs of self-publishing, and build your author presence.
  5. She has the two most gorgeous horses: In her spare time, Carly loves riding Tanner and Sissy  — even competitively showing.
  6. Amplifying voices: Carly features the strengths of each of her guests, exposing her audience to incredible individuals from many different walks in the industry.
  7. Inspired by horses: Carly has been a lifelong horse rider, which has informed a lot of the characters and settings in her series. But she admits that her time riding Sissy makes inspiration strike like no other. Sometimes when she doesn’t have paper to scribble down her inspiration, she’ll use the torn out insides of her horses’ feed bags!
  8. Horses, hearts and havoc: Carly is one of 8 authors featured in this Kindle box set of full-length horse-related novels across suspense, mystery, and romance categories.
  9. She gets noticed: Carly has been featured in several equine publications, including Horse & Style, Chrome, Horse Illustrated, Uptown, and more.
  10. Ride along through her blog: Looking for behind-the-scenes stories and sneak previews of her upcoming books? Keep up with Carly’s latest on her blog.*

*If you want to learn more about Carly’s book, In the Reins, check out our exclusive interview.

Horse Rookie’s Top 5 Playlist

Not sure where to start? Here are 5 episodes that help give you a sense of the content and decide if this podcast is right for you.

  1. On Equine Photography & Being So Good They Can’t Ignore You with Shelley Paulson
  2. On Telling the Stories of Horsewomen Traveling Abroad with Krystal Kelly
  3. On Being an Equestrian Influencer, Authenticity & Work/Life Integration with Raquel Lynn
  4. On Starting a Freelance Writing Career, Grit & Loving Arabian Horses with Hope Ellis-Ashburn
  5. On Persistence, Psychological Suspense & Moving from a Traditional Publisher w/ Laura Wolfe

Sample Episode

How to Listen

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