Writing Horses by Judith Tarr
June 8th, 2012
For those who are curious, this is the book Paul selected to receive as a prize in Book View Café’s grand opening giveaway.
Judith Tarr is not just a writer. She also breeds, raises, and trains Lipizzan horses on her farm near Tucson, Arizona. How cool is that?
Writing Horses was written to help writers get horses right in their fiction:
How fast can a horse run? What happens when a foal is born? How have humans and horses evolved together over the millennia? And above all, what mistakes do writers most often make when writing about horses, and how can the educated writer avoid them?
Oh, and besides being a respected writer and mistress of horses, Judith Tarr is also a very skilled freelance editor, so if you’re ever in need of some professional feedback on a manuscript, look her up.
Update: Oh, I am so uncreative. To pick a winner I wrote names on slips of paper and had my husband pull one from the pile. Judy Tarr let her horse pick!
Posted on: Friday, June 8th, 2012 at 9:10 am
Categories: Promotion.
Tags: Book View Cafe, Judith Tarr, Writing Horses
June 8th, 2012 at 9:37 am
Anyone who has read any novels by Judith know this: She knows horses.
And, really, I would not want to commit “Of Thud and Blunder” mistakes in depicting horses. So why wouldn’t I want this book? 🙂
June 8th, 2012 at 10:25 am
We live next door to a horse farm. One morning while walking my dog, I witnessed a foal being born. Awesome! Horses are wonderful animals. I’m a sucker for all horse stories. Secretariat is one of my favorite movies.
June 8th, 2012 at 10:38 am
My family had horses for a short time when I was nine or so. One of the most wrenching things about moving to Hawaii was leaving the horses behind. After that, I spent a little time with horses while working at Haleakala National Park, but I’ve never felt like I really know horses, so this book is on my to-be-read list too.