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Category Archives: Cats Horses and Other Pets
Horse of a Different Color and How Writing Matures
I’m lucky enough to own a beautiful mare named Belle. She’s half-Andalusian and half-Morgan, and a gorgeous gray. She just turned 16 a couple weeks ago. If you don’t know horses, you might not realize that 1) most of the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cats Horses and Other Pets, Strongly Held Beliefs, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged andalusian, awakening, clean burn, going gray, gray, horse, karen sandler, mare, morgan, revision, rewrite, rewriting, TANKBORN, writing, writing advice, writing books
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Give Your Story Its Head? Or Keep it on a Tight Rein?
I am a horse person. Maybe better to say I am horse-obsessed. If I’m fast-forwarding past the commercials in a DVRed TV show, I’ll hit pause if I see a horse (gotta love those Budweiser Clydesdales). When I’m out driving … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cats Horses and Other Pets, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged andalusian, awakening, dressage, horse, karen sandler, morgan, novels, revolution, rewrite, TANKBORN, tankborn trilogy, writing
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My Dream Bookstore
This week, YA Highway asks a very fun question: Imagine you get to open your own bookstore. What would it look like? What kinds of books would you sell? It wouldn’t surprise me if 99% of avid readers and maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cats Horses and Other Pets
Tagged awakening, books, bookseller, bookstore, bookstore cat, cat, clean burn, karen sandler, revolution, signings, TANKBORN
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My Father’s Daughter
Years ago, my mom told me a story about my dad that was both funny and telling. Early in their marriage, my dad decided to paint the picket fence surrounding the house they lived in. The thing is, he didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Cats Horses and Other Pets, Family, Old Memories, The Writing Life
Tagged awakening, carpal tunnel, cats, developmental edit, edit, ergonomic, re-write, TANKBORN, wrist guards
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Rent-a-Cat
I’m heading down to L.A. tomorrow to attend the international summer conference of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators). Although I’ve been to three regionals since I joined the organization last October, this is my first time attending … Continue reading
Posted in Cats Horses and Other Pets, The Writing Life
Tagged cat, cats, conference, hotel, kitties, kitty, los angeles, SCBWI
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Horses & Barn Doors
My mare is an escape artist. She let herself out of her stall today and went walkabout. I arrived for a ride to discover her stall gate wide open and the stall empty. Luckily, she stayed on the property. Why … Continue reading
Posted in Cats Horses and Other Pets
Tagged andalusian, beautiful, escape artist, horse, mare, morgan
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When the Neighborhood Thug is a Black Cat
I am a dyed in the wool cat lover. I have three, two of which I’ve managed to persuade to be indoor-only and a third who’s an old guy and still set in his indoor-outdoor ways. Even still, he stays … Continue reading
Posted in Cats Horses and Other Pets
Tagged black cat, cats, evil black cat, hooligans
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Living with Critters
I live in a semi-rural area, so close encounters of the wild animal kind are pretty common. There was the skunk hanging out under our back deck who got rousted by the neighbor’s dachshund. El stinko for several days in … Continue reading
Posted in Cats Horses and Other Pets, Introduction
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