Speaking of Buzz...

...neither of us are "so brave", as it turns out.

I wrote a little picture book called Buzz the Not-So-Brave about my quirky, loyal, hard-working and yes, not very brave Quarter Horse.

We’re deep in book-editing, illustration-layout, marketing-planning at this point. It’s exciting, thrilling and LORD HAVE MERCY terrifying. I told a friend recently that I should have titled my book Dani the Not-So-Brave because putting my story out there, even if it is clothed in cute illustrations and horsey talk, isn’t easy for my little faint heart.

Yesterday we took Buzz’s shoes off for the winter. When my farrier walked around his truck to put away his tools, Buzz spooked as though a bear was lunging around the corner, intent on horse-meat for breakfast. I chuckled and said, “Poor Buzz. He’s always surprised by his life.”

I have empathy because I too, am spooking at every-day occurrences and surprised by my life. Although it has been my singular goal for years to put a book in the world and I know the industries well (both the publishing and the h…