by Kit Caelsto | May 22, 2026 | Horse Talk, Writing With Horses, Young Adult
My young adult book, Gaits of Magic, released this week and it’s the first book in the Divine Rein Academy series, which is a YA fantasy equestrian academy series. On one hand writing YA is different. The protagonists are in high school (I tend to write starting...
by Kit Caelsto | May 6, 2026 | Excerpts, Fantasy, Young Adult
I’m busy putting the finishing touches on Gaits of Magic which releases on 5/21 on all sites, though you can pre-order direct from me and receive it on 5/10. In the meantime, enjoy this excerpt. Excerpt The pendant around my neck chimed. Several screens which...
by Kit Caelsto | Apr 17, 2026 | Horse Talk
When I think about the books I read growing up, the Saddle Club or the Thoroughbred series. They revolved either around English riding or thoroughbred horse racing. Though the Saddle Club had a friend (Janie, I believe her name was) who rode western on a ranch that...
by Kit Caelsto | Apr 3, 2026 | Horse Talk, model horse hobby
I admit, when Breyer first came out with their Mini Whinnies line of model horses (1:64) I thought they were a gimmick. They are micro miniatures, much smaller than stablemates, which are about 4″ high and my favorite line of model horses. (Less storage space)....
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
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by Kit Caelsto | Feb 4, 2026 | Cover Reveal
You’ve read about the Pegasus Academy founding, but now imagine a magical equestrian academy for all types of magic users and magical entities, not just those in the Musimagium. Welcome to Divine Rein Academy! Nestled in Missouri, not far from Melody, the...
by Kit Caelsto | Jan 16, 2026 | Horse Talk
There’s some bills I don’t mind paying, and for me that’s the horse expenses. I mean after all, I look at what I’m spending and I could either be paying that in copays to a medical system that has shown time and time again that it has failed me...
by Kit Caelsto | Dec 26, 2025 | Horse Talk
Last month I did an AMA type event over on Mastodon and I really had a lot of fun. One of the questions I was asked was “will you ever make a course on writing about horses?”. Now I know there’ve been a couple of books on the topic, and I either have...
by Kit Caelsto | Dec 19, 2025 | Product Review
When I first started giving my senior mare her arthritis medicine, I joked that a 1000-lb horse was much easier to give a pill to than a little 10-15 pound cat. Of course, heart mare lacks sharp canine teeth and claws, and also has been wormed and is used to being...
by Kit Caelsto | Dec 12, 2025 | Horse Talk
CW: This post discusses pet grief, knowledge of pet loss, and senior horse health issues. I place my hands on either side of Thunder’s broad head and kiss his forehead. He sniffs my face, sometimes touches his muzzle to my forehead, and then he gets the kind of...
