You may not know that I write a long-running series at my regular blog called "Horses in Fiction." It aims at helping writers avoid all the Hollywood howlers about horses and write believable equines. I have discovered that readers like these posts, too, and find out all kinds of things they didn't know were wrong because they saw them on film.

The newest post is up today, talking about horses that balk unexpectedly and put their riders into a Situation. This can be funny, maddening, or incredibly dangerous for the rider, and is an excellent, never-ending and believable source of plot mayhem.

Check it out!

S. A. Bolich