Meet Roany's Red Doc... Doc for short

This isn't for sure his register name but Doc is his calling name.
Remember that I told y'all that he was a chestnut with a star ... well.... he's not. He has started shedding his baby colt and he is nearly white under it. He is going to be a red roam. That is his mother behind him but she is going to be leaving next week. Poor Doc, but he gets Pride.. the old man ... to be his buddy.

Do we really know how to write what we don't know

Think about it... if you've never driven down a dirt road with all the car windows down, how can you really write the smell, the sight, the feel, what you hear, how does the dust taste and if it's a paved road how does the breeze whipping your hair feel, smell, taste
I think you get my point. Everything is fiction unless you've experienced events that take place in your manuscript.

A Picture is worth more than words

This picture is some of the horses at the barn and the girl is my granddaughter Lakelynn age 12... have you ever tried to show the word faith or trust??
Look at the picture, see how relax Lake is and there are more horses close but not in the picture. More important, look at the horses. they are relax. Now let me explain a character trait of horses, they are flight animals because there are predators in the wild that eat them. They are excepting this person as one of the herd. It looks easy but it's very hard to get that many animals to trust you.

How your character looks

How do you get your character's hair color, eye color, how they dress, are they small for their age or large blended into the story... help. I realized I know how my character looks but I don't think the reader does.

This is my character but the manuscript is historical fiction... her hair is red and her eyes are green. Look at how beautiful her eyes are and those full lips but also look at that determination written in the set of her head, lips and eyes.

Have you sent in your Census??

I'm one of those people that knock on doors of people that don't send back their Census.

Everyone has been very nice and helpful in finding addresses.

Could there be a romance story in a Census worker and tardy respondent?? It could happen. Not to me because I live with the love of my life but I did get asked out on a date.

My garden is coming up

All is right with the world. My tomatoes and peppers are growing and the other vegetables are coming up. They are pushing their little green heads toward the sunshine so I can reap their bounty in about six to eight weeks. YUM!

To be a good writer

You have to read. I know, it's hard to read when your story is swirling in your brain but if you don't study your craft the odds are you'll not get published.

The picture is not my bookshelf... no mine is not that neat.