Mr. Summerhaye's Horse

Yes, Mr. Summerhaye's Horse will be the title of the novella about Summer, Dennys's horse in As Winter Came and Went. 

I have finished the first draft of this novella, which is at the moment 40,000 words (so it's a long novella, since a story is considered a novel when it's over 50,000 words). It still needs a lot of editing, but I'm hoping to self-publish it this year. 

If you are new to this blog, or have missed some previous posts and have not read As Winter Came and Went, Summer is a Barb (an ancient North African breed) horse who was imported from Morocco to England to become a racehorse. The novella will span the years 1815 to 1820, ending when we first meet Summer in As Winter Came and Went. 

I'm planning to illustrate the novella, so I'll have to work on several drawings. Pictured above is a preparatory sketch for one of the illustrations. 

This is a project I'm really excited about and I'll probably make more posts about it, my progress and the story and research that went into it!