Saturday, June 11, 2005

Top 3 FAQ about PHANTOM STALLION

Dear Readers,
In the next few entries, I'll answer the questions readers ask most:
First -- How did you think of the PHANTOM STALLION SERIES? About my idea...
When I was growing up, most adventurous horse stories had boys as the main characters and I wanted to "fix" that. Since I love writing and horses, writing my own horse books seemed like the way to do that. Still, it took one weird moment to get me going. I was on a ten-day cattle drive and one day after a storm I thought I saw a white horse in a canyon. Since I was riding drag (at the very end, behind the herd), I swung my horse around and doubled back to see if it was a white mustang.
When I go back there, it had vanished. Probably, it was a low-lying cloud or mist, but my imagination just took off. Later I learned many cultures -- as far-flung as Native American tribes and villagers in Japan's river valleys -- tell stories about wild white horses with mystical speed and magical comings and goings. Anyway, all these things came together and the PHANTOM STALLION books were born.

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