Fun With Animals as Characters

Mindy
Neff

When I was a kid, I was horse crazy. Pictures of horses on my wall, charm bracelets with horses, little horse statues all over the dresser, a stick horse to gallop around the back yard, you name it, I had it. Although I never actually got a horse of my own, I still love them, so I write about them. And not only horses, but animals in general.
I love using animals as secondary characters in books. They can be our best friends. They’re non-judgmental and cute as all get out. They’re funny and silly and have no idea they’re such a source of laughter and entertainment for us. And don’t tell me they aren’t smart. I’ll bet you’re just like me—you have to spell words because your pets know exactly what you’re saying! W-a-l-k. T-r-e-a-t. (Mine learned how to spell that one so we had to start spelling c-o-o-k-i-e). The animals we know in real life can impact how we write books.

Read the entire article in the March 2018 issue of InD'Tale magazine.

Subscriptions are free!

You can just click on the magazine image on the left hand side of our home page to open and enjoy!

OR

If you would like to receive the magazine every month (for FREE!) , just sign up on our home page. Once you do, an e-mail validation notice will be sent directly to you. Just open and click the link and you're in - forever!  Each month the magazine will be delivered directly to your inbox to downlad and read!