It took longer than I expected, but the sequel to "MUTED" is now out - 'RESCUED: Saving the Lost Horses" puts the Muted characters in another mystery. I wrote Muted as a stand-alone, but so many readers wanted another book with these characters, I came up with more plots so it will be a series called 'The Dimity Horse Mysteries'. I was worried readers might not like Rescued after all the effort I went to in creating my 'great Australian horse book' with Muted, but the first 37 reviews/ratings have been 90% five-star with a couple of four-stars - that is a HUGE relief for me.
I'm now working on the third book in this series. There are no cliffhangers between books - the same people plus some new characters face international horse mysteries/crimes, and I have quite a few plots in my head.You don't spend a life-time in the horse industry without having endless 'what if' scenarious playing out in your mind, so I'm putting some of those to work.
I hope you, your family, and friends have been doing OK during the pandemic. I know how lucky I am to live on a farm at this time. I don't know if anyone ever reads this, but just in case someone does, I'll put some photos of the views from various sides of our house. It is a beautiful place to live. We moved here over 30 years ago after leaving the station in the outback.
This is looking east over our main dam.
We worked hard for our farm - we almost never had holidays, drove older cars, never smoked, rarely ate out, and I rarely drink anything stronger than tea and coffee. It's been worth living a 'small life' in order to have our beautiful farm.
Keep laughing - remember, your body can't tell the difference between fake laughter and real laughter, so even when life lacks humour, do a big fake laugh at least five times a day and your body will produce the 'feel good' hormones in response. It may seem odd, but it works.
Stay safe,
Leanne O.
