I As a girl, I had an old paperback copy of a book called Old Bones: The Wonder Horse by Mildred Mastin Pace. It was one of my favorite horse stories, and I remember reading it over and over again, … Continued
June 6th, 1944. The men of the Second Cavalry were in England when the sky blackened with airplanes heading toward the continent. General George Patton believed that for men in peacetime, the best preparation for combat was equestrian sport– which … Continued
Have you ever seen the Disney movie, Miracle of the White Stallions? Now, imagine that you were present on the day that the Lipizzaner performed for General George S. Patton. One of the incredible things about doing historical research is that … Continued
What goes with the 4th of July like hot dogs and relish? Horses of course. I’m sure we all have our favorite 4th of July horse memories, but my personal favorite is the summer of the Bicentennial: July 4th 1976. … Continued
One of the most fun things about writing books about horses is getting to meet other authors who share the same passion for really great horse stories. So, it was with very great pleasure that I met Dorothy Ours, author … Continued
When I was eight: *she made me polish my own boots and clean my own tack before every show *when I told her not to stand by the ring whispering “keep your heels down, keep your head up” she was … Continued
Back in late August, 2011, just before The Eighty-Dollar Champion was published, an article appeared in USA Today about the book. That night, I got a phone call from a man named Roy Haupt. Roy was in his eighties, and … Continued
Being an author is a pretty good gig. You get to work at home spending hours and days thinking about things that you love, and then you get to go out and meet fans whose lives have been touched by … Continued
It was 2008, and I was not in a particularly good place in my life. After publishing two novels, my editor died, leaving me without a contract for my next book. My job as a nurse-midwife and my life as … Continued
““There were ten minutes to wait in the vet box before the start of the cross-country …. ” So began the first story that I almost published, and with it, the story of how the seeds of a dream, once … Continued
