Paksworld

I am still not happy with the Paksworld story written for the second anthology (and the deadline daily steps closer to my nose) so I started another one.   Actually I’ve started several that didn’t work at all, either because they instantly bulged and made it clear they would be too long,  or because fitting them to the anthology requirements would warp them too badly.   But this new one has retained its potential and is cantering along briskly.  It’s too long, but that’s because I had to work out background in the course of writing it–cuts shouldn’t be too difficult.  I hope. Read the rest of this entry »

Illusion, out of Silver Enchantress  (half Pryor mountain mustang, half unknown)  by Incantator (Trakehner) was bred, imprinted, raised and trained by my friend Kathleen, who died of cancer almost exactly 13 years ago.    In the last phase of her own illness,  she left him to me,  trusting me to care for him the rest of his life.  And yesterday,  Illusion’s life ended.   He was 14 when Kathleen died,  27 when I called the vet and asked for an emergency visit. Read the rest of this entry »