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Book: Through Gypsy Eyes by Killarney Sheffield
categories: Book, Blind Heroine, Gypsies, Guide Pony, Regency, Pianoforte, Historical RomanceKillarney Sheffield

Many people have asked me just how I came up with the idea of a blind heroine and a guide animal in the form of a seeing eye pony named Jester. Like many authors I sometimes struggle with 'showing' vs 'telling' and developing the sensory dimensions in a novel. I started writing a short piece from a blind woman's pov. Obviously my character could not 'see' the world around her but had to interpret it through touch, taste, smell and the sounds around her. It is a wonderful exercise that really helped me connect with Delilah. The story just took off from there and refused to stay quiet until I seriously wrote her story and for me as a Canadian farm gal a book is never complete without some kind of animal sidekick. Most people would have gone with the guide dog approach but, I hate to offend anyone here, I am just not a dog person. My whole life has been spent around show horses of various breeds and disciplines. As I was thinking on an animal sidekick I remembered an old show I saw once on 'Animal Planet' about a lady in the USA who trained miniature horses to be guides for the blind. She used a harness similar to a dogs, put cute little sneakers on the pony's feet for traction and house trained them. These remarkable little creatures could do everything a guide dog could and posed less allergy problem. From this simple show the idea behind Jester was born and he quickly became a most endearing character who threatened to steal the story in more than a few scenes!
True to my love of critters big and small I am currently polishing another historical romance novel with suspense, adventure and paranormal aspects to it titled 'Love's Magic'. It is the story of a female magician and her unusual sidekick, a black Holland Lop rabbit named Dexter.
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