by Kit Caelsto | May 22, 2026 | Horse Talk, Writing With Horses, Young Adult
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...
by Kit Caelsto | Apr 17, 2026 | Horse Talk
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...
by Kit Caelsto | Apr 3, 2026 | Horse Talk, model horse hobby
I admit, when Breyer first came out with their Mini Whinnies line of model horses (1:64) I thought they were a gimmick. They are micro miniatures, much smaller than stablemates, which are about 4″ high and my favorite line of model horses. (Less storage space)....
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 27, 2026 | Horse Talk, Writing With Horses
As I’m working to get my young adult fantasy equestrian academy series out (You can pre-order Gaits of Magic on my site or your favorite retailer.), and am thinking about my equestrian contemporary fiction series, and I write this blog sitting in my office...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 20, 2026 | Author Life, Horse Talk
We moved into the year of the fire horse just a few days ago, and my social media feed has been filled with posts about charging ahead, being impulsive, not being stagnant. And I can see that with the yang aspect of fire combined with the horse. I’m reminded of...
by Kit Caelsto | Jan 16, 2026 | Horse Talk
There’s some bills I don’t mind paying, and for me that’s the horse expenses. I mean after all, I look at what I’m spending and I could either be paying that in copays to a medical system that has shown time and time again that it has failed me...