Wow, I'm pleased that you think it's an interesting title....I've been unsure about it.
The premise of the story involves, among other things, a puca who's been trapped in horse shape for a decade by the means of specially-designed iron horse shoes that brushed against his frogs. He's purchased at auction by the owner of a thoroughbred racing farm who thinks that with his racing record he'd be good at stud...until she figures out he's not a horse after all. Yes, it is more romance than fantasy, and will be too long to sell easily.
Merryland is the name of a thoroughbred racing farm in Maryland, and the book is a 2-year diary of the manager. The main thing I've learned so far is that I grossly underestimated the number of injuries that horses suffer. The manager notes that at any time, approximately 50% of his animals are recovering from one injury or another (often from things as innocuous as brushing up against a new wooden fence and cutting their shins). Oh, and one hand had, between January and June, 2 broken collarbones and a broken arm....so it's not just the horses that get hurt.
I like Regency romances, so my word choices are often influnced by that reading base. ;o)
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Date: 2008-12-05 02:57 pm (UTC)The premise of the story involves, among other things, a puca who's been trapped in horse shape for a decade by the means of specially-designed iron horse shoes that brushed against his frogs. He's purchased at auction by the owner of a thoroughbred racing farm who thinks that with his racing record he'd be good at stud...until she figures out he's not a horse after all. Yes, it is more romance than fantasy, and will be too long to sell easily.
Merryland is the name of a thoroughbred racing farm in Maryland, and the book is a 2-year diary of the manager. The main thing I've learned so far is that I grossly underestimated the number of injuries that horses suffer. The manager notes that at any time, approximately 50% of his animals are recovering from one injury or another (often from things as innocuous as brushing up against a new wooden fence and cutting their shins). Oh, and one hand had, between January and June, 2 broken collarbones and a broken arm....so it's not just the horses that get hurt.
I like Regency romances, so my word choices are often influnced by that reading base. ;o)