by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Horse Care, It's for the Horses, Writing
BUILDING HORSE CONFIDENCE IS LIKE BUILDING A CHARACTER IN A NOVEL Howdy Friends! For the reader to care about your character, they must know them. Writers create that bond with little baby steps of information. Huge information dumps are boring, and actually turn off...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Writing
HOW TO WRITE A QUERY LETTER Howdy Friends! Since so many of my friends here are authors, want to become authors, or are writing their first manuscript (or twentieth) WE all get faced with creating that dreaded QUERY LETTER. I was too! . You’d think since authors are...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Writing
THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, a short story. The lights went out as just as she raised a glass in salute to her reflection in the wine bottle. That’s okay, it would be easier to remember him in the dark. She thought of his brown shining eyes and how they always warmed...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Faith, Writing
Howdy Friends! There ya go. And I think I’ve read all of his books. I think about this often when I hear folks express themselves. Or watch something in TV. Recently it became available to us to “stream” Paramount+ . (That’s another story)...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Faith, Horse Care, It's for the Horses, Writing
Howdy Friends! I believe that “who” is much more important than “what.” In a story, in life, with our horses. I believe when working with our horses, it is far more important to get to know “who” they are before we begin to “train” them. That’s another word I’m not...
by Dutch Henry | Coffee Clutch, Writing
Howdy Friends! Back about 10 years ago, our friend, and fellow author, Jodi Stewart wondered if I could, “bring a rusty bucket to life.” So accepting her challenge I wrote the first part and posted it on Facebook. The story kept talking to me and I had to...
