by Kit Caelsto | Aug 21, 2026 | Horse Talk
Writing companion animals from my own lived experience, or close to it in the case of Hank, the iguana in Luck Be A Healer, I’m well aware that our companions don’t live as long as we do. The ones who come closest live for decades, and unless you’re...
by Kit Caelsto | Jun 12, 2026 | Horse Talk
There are many sayings that involve horses and wings and nearly all of them speak of flying, whether it is flying over a fence toward your dreams (or your goals) or flying without wings, or the customary meaning of horses in religious iconography which tends to center...
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 | 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 | 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...
