Being Present When It Hurts
Writing companion animals from my own lived experience, or close to it in the case of Hank, the iguana in Luck Be A Healer, I’m well aware that our companions don’t live as long as we do. The ones who come closest live for decades, and unless you’re...
Forget Red Bull, Horses Give Us Wings
There are many sayings that involve horses and wings and nearly all of them speak of flying, whether it is flying over a fence toward your dreams (or your goals) or flying without wings, or the customary meaning of horses in religious iconography which tends to center...
Valuing The Backyard Horse Keeper
There’s been a lot of talk in horse circles lately about how to encourage younger individuals to pursue equestrian sport and how to keep people interested in the hobby. The cost of showing, of staying competitive certainly is a hot topic in those conversations,...
Is There A Difference When Writing Horses In YA?
My young adult book, Gaits of Magic, released this week and it’s the first book in the Divine Rein Academy series, which is a YA fantasy equestrian academy series. On one hand writing YA is different. The protagonists are in high school (I tend to write starting...
Going Beyond English Riding in Young Adult Equestrian
When I think about the books I read growing up, the Saddle Club or the Thoroughbred series. They revolved either around English riding or thoroughbred horse racing. Though the Saddle Club had a friend (Janie, I believe her name was) who rode western on a ranch that...Subscribe to my Newsletter
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