We hope everyone enjoyed the virtual press conference with horse girl and author Terri Farley. The event has ended and Terri is off to her next event, but you can still enjoy reading the questions and Terri’s responses. And there’s still time for GHC journalists to work on their stories before submissions open July 23rd…

by Angelica | Luna looked up from her book, The Pegasus Treasury. Ever since her mom had told her the story of The Pegasus on the Mantle when she was four, she had been fascinated with anything to do with Pegasus…

PICTURE THIS. You’re a passionate young journalist who’s been given her first BIG assignment. Your editor is sending you to a press conference at Girls Horse Club featuring none other than Terri Farley, an avid horse activist and author of the Phantom Stallion and Wild Horse Island book series. Your assignment: Write a feature story that touches on Ms. Farley’s experience as a writer/journalist, but is primarily focused on what inspires and informs her work. Finally — a dream assignment and your first shot at a byline…

by Libby | Smoke rose into the starry sky as Native Americans danced around the blazing fire, their black hair swinging back and forth in broad braids. Their faces turned up to the sky as their hands reached up into the stars. They sung mystical words as they pleaded to the gods…

Do you like secret codes and scavenger hunts? I hope so! A cryptogram is a type of code where each letter of the alphabet is replaced by a different letter. While GHC blog comments are closed between now and June 9th, Sherlock Horse is here to challenge you with a brain-busting game that involves deciphering a code and doing some virtual sleuthing…

by Blaze’ncowgirl | Hope Rising is a great and inspiring book about horses and the bond people have with them. The horses in the book have been rescued from terrible situations and have been abused, neglected or sometimes not wanted anymore…

by SB | I knew it couldn’t last, the days when my gelding was a little colt. Now he’s grown old and white around the muzzle. With an aching back and arthritic joints, he walks slowly to come greet me in the morning…

by Halee, age 12
Girls Horse Club is filled with utterly amazing writers, thinkers, and of course horse lovers. I’ve read many things by all of the members since 2006, and am stunned and awed by many of your writing. I myself have written many stories and nine novels. I’m not much of a poet, and [...]

by Angelica | Selah strode past the fireplace in the living room. She stopped and reached up to stroke the pearl statuette of a Pegasus on the mantle. It’s moon-colored wings were fully spread, it’s hind feet were on the ground, and it’s forelegs were outstretched, as if it wanted to fly…

by Mustang_Heart | From the earliest forms of cave drawings, to Leonardo Da Vinci, and to today’s modern artists, you’ll see that horses always seem to find their way into an artist’s work - and who could blame them? With so many different breeds, personalities, gaits, postures, and uses, an artist could spend her whole life creating nothing but masterpieces filled with horses. Maybe you too were inspired by the amazing horse, and picked up a pencil or a paintbrush and tried to imitate the horse’s unique body shape, only to walk away disappointed, feeling that you have no artistic talent. Now, ask yourself this - did you ever think you just had the wrong approach to it?