Wrong Lead, Dream Horse Mystery #3…Excerpt #3
Wrong Lead, Dream Horse Mystery#3 will be out in just a few days! OMG. Thrilled. Each new book is a little like the birth of a child–not usually quite as painful and sometimes–often–much...
View ArticleWrong Lead, Dream Horse Mystery #3…another excerpt
Wrong Lead, Dream Horse Mystery #3 releases in ONE WEEK on September 4th, 2018. ONE WEEK!! I’m super excited! Here’s your second excerpt. In the following, an acquaintance from Malcolm’s...
View ArticleToday’s Ride: Wrong Lead Excerpt
Wrong Lead, Dream Horse Mystery #3 releases on September 4th, 2018. I’m so excited about this book! It brings together characters and events that have been woven into the story since the prequel, Cold...
View ArticleToday’s Ride: Preorder Wrong Lead, and New Covers!
Woo hoo! Who doesn’t like new stuff? I do. I like old things too! But today is about the gorgeous face lift the Dream Horse Mysteries have gotten. Thanks to the magic and patience of Molly Phipps–We...
View ArticleAlways Learning
I learned a lot making the trailer for the Dream Horse Mysteries. I almost always learn something new, and I love learning! This time around, my lessons included How to add another book trailer to the...
View ArticleZ is for Zigged
I know I started this challenge saying I would write about zealotry for Z. But I honestly couldn’t think of anything to do with that. Instead, I have the story of Norman’s mom, Bertha, and some...
View ArticleY is for Yank
I thought hearing about my lost red panties in the grocery store was the last of it, but once again, I was wrong. They turned up again shortly after. Malcolm’s friend, Fred, delivered a load of wood...
View ArticleX is for X-Ray Vision
When Malcolm and I were at lunch at the art museum, I realized I didn’t have much money to pay for my meal. I hadn’t gotten my first paycheck yet. It was my first exposure to my new boss’s kindness...
View ArticleW is for Winterlight
After the dust settled and the bad guys were dead or in custody, and the police and sheriff and FBI had all gone home, Malcolm and I finally had some time to ourselves. “So, why do you call this place...
View ArticleV is for Velvet
It was the night of the day of the incident. Malcolm had been out of town on business when it happened. I was in the apartment, tired and wired. He called to check on my when he got home. “You okay...
View ArticleU is for Unflattering
Things had gotten ugly between Malcolm and JJ, who’d been around Winterlight a long time. His father had worked for Malcolm’s father. I was hoping I’d seen the last of him but he showed up where...
View ArticleT is for Trapped
Trapped, terrified, tense, and tactic. Words you would usually associate with bad things, but in this case, not. There’d been the big incident followed by a few smaller ones, and the dreams, and I had...
View ArticleS is for Safe/Not Safe
The day after the incident, Malcolm took me to the art museum for my birthday. We were having lunch when I said, “I prefer not to teach lessons. I’m not very good at it.” I must have had a neon sign...
View ArticleM is for Mistake
When I found out my parents had created a trust fund for me, I was shocked. Out of the blue, I received a letter from an attorney stipulating what I had to do to receive the funds in the fund. Mainly,...
View ArticleL is for Limp
There are two men called Dex who board their horses at Winterlight. We call them Dex One and Dex Two to keep them straight. Malcolm was away on business the day I met Dex One. Clara brought the man to...
View ArticleK is for Kilt
When I pulled into Winterlight for the very first time, I saw a loose cow coming straight at me down a long drive. I turned off my tired truck and got out, thinking I could show how helpful I am right...
View ArticleJ is for JJ
I met JJ my second day at Winterlight. He rolled up to the barn in a Ford pickup of indeterminate color—might have been green at one time, but it was mostly rust with dashes of primer. The right...
View ArticleG is for Gross
Malcolm hired me to replace Norman. But Norman had one day left when I started, and he was supposed to show me the ropes. He motored in on a four-wheeler at eight-thirty. Talk about duded up. Fake...
View ArticleF is for F***
I’d just arrived at Winterlight. Malcolm startled Cali as I unloaded her from the trailer, and she kicked him. NOT an auspicious start to things. A group of trail riders had returned shortly before,...
View ArticleC is for Cali
The year before I moved to Winterlight Farm in Missouri, I was at a horse show on the Island with my friend, Harry, looking to pick up a few rides. A harsh morning breeze sang sharp notes of coming...
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