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You’re Not Done Yet: Writing the Book Is Just the First Step. Guest Post by Maggie Dana

Equine author Maggie Dana. Welcome Maggie: Every day, new books appear on shelves both physical and virtual, but how do they get there? Most readers don’t know and don’t care. They just want a book that fills their need—be it a page-turning thriller, a compelling memoir, or even a manual on how to restore theContinue reading “You’re Not Done Yet: Writing the Book Is Just the First Step. Guest Post by Maggie Dana”

Renewing The Offer

Increased mare care has led to an increase in barn books. These poor codexes (codexi?) have been taken to the barn and have suffered as paper naturally suffers in a barn environment. Condition ranges from almost okay to beyond sad. Some got read. Some are awful and I stopped. Either way, they are looking forContinue reading “Renewing The Offer”

Great Grays

Milton Horse & Hound recently ran Milton: 12 fascinating facts about our hero. Check out the first picture. That’s how horse should use his shoulders over a fence. Found courtesy of the Facebook page for Equestrian Legends – Book My favorite Milton quote from his biography: Sometimes I get so carried away on Milton IContinue reading “Great Grays”

Roscoe’s Lament

I’m feeling punk, so I’m rerunning a post from an earlier iteration of the blog. At this point, Rodney had been with us for two months & was still named Roscoe. Roscoe’s Lament (With apologies to Theodor Seuss Geisel) I don’t like my shoe, the one on the right. A nail in the front isContinue reading “Roscoe’s Lament”

New Features

Book Posts As a contribution to their ongoing marketing efforts, I have put a page of Books by Guest Posters in the header. Shop, read, enjoy. Exercise Accountability For those who might wish to follow my resolution to exercise [9th Day], I have started a log at the bottom of the sidebar. To save space, IContinue reading “New Features”

Guest Post: Amber Heintzberger, co-author of Modern Eventing, on Babies & Books

I have not read this book. I do not plan to read this book. It’s too depressing to read about Eventing when the closest I get to a cross-country course is the pictures in the book. Maybe some day. Meanwhile, Phillip Dutton is an accomplished rider and Amber Heintzberger is an accomplished writer. I haveContinue reading “Guest Post: Amber Heintzberger, co-author of Modern Eventing, on Babies & Books”

New Year, New Contest

More accurately: New Year, New Iteration of Old Contest Awhile back, I asked for help finding a showname for Rodney [Help Me Name My Horse, Prize Offered, April 2012]. That was the summer Matilda got hurt, so it took several months until we worried about simple amenities such as Coggin’s tests [Contest in Final Days, January 2013].Continue reading “New Year, New Contest”