The Phantom Stallion

Phantom Stallion E-Newsletter December 2009

Dear Readers,

The Phantom Stallion roams the Calico Mountains. He is our dream horse -- yours and mine -- but the mountains are real and home to many living wild horses.

For now.

On December 28, BLM will send helicopters up over the snowy range, searching out wild horses -- for three winter months!

I have been in the Calico Mountains in winter. The days are bleak and the nights are bitter cold, but the horses know how to stay warm until helicopters whip up blizzards of fresh snow with their rotors, and drive the mustangs galloping from their hiding places onto the slippery snow and ice.

Foals will fall behind. Horses will be injured. Some may die. This is not a story. This is the truth.

Please help STOP THE CALICO ROUNDUP

Tell BLM why wild horses are important to you
Draw colorful pictures of wild horses
Ask your parents for permission to mail as MANY LETTERS AND PICTURES AS YOU WANT to: Terri Farley, 565 California Avenue, Reno, Nevada 89509
I will deliver them for you! I promise.

I hope you are warm and cozy and I know the wild horses are thankful for you, and would tell you if they could.

Love,

Terri

Parents and Teachers: feel free to email any questions to wildhorsepower@aol.com and please put PARENT or TEACHER in the subject line. These will reach me within 24 hours.

Art with a WILD Message!

Terri's giving away TWO copies of posters featuring this beautiful buckskin mustang!

The first art that reaches Terri will AUTOMATICALLY WIN one poster

All other artists will be entered into a drawing which will take place December 15

Rules:

Using any art technique you want, show the world how you feel about mustangs ROAMING FREE
Somewhere on your art, use 8 words or fewer to tell how you feel about the future of wild horses

Feel free to use any of these examples or make up your own --
Roaming Free, the way they're supposed to be
Born Free, Live Free
Range Runners
Not Horsing Around about Freedom!
Let 'em Run
Then, you can SCAN your artwork and sent it as an email attachment to: wildhorsepower@aol.com or mail it to Terri Farley, 565 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89509
DEADLINE for entries December 15
Artists must be under 18 and have guardians permission to enter

A super fun booksigning at Silverdale Barnes & Noble near Seattle, Washington

Suzanne Morgan (BULL RIDER) Williams and I do a workshop called "I See By Your Outfit." We dress one student in my cowgirl hat, shirt, and boots and a teacher in her Arctic gear. Here we are at PineCrest School in Washington.

This just in . . .

Want Terri to come visit? Click on the ZOOM ZOOM red car on the Phantomstallion.com home page and print out a brochure to share with your teacher, principal, librarian, 4H or youth group leader.

PHANTOM STALLION reader Marissa pets Prinny the Chincoteague Pony, who came to Terri's presentation at a local library.

Want to tell President Obama what you want him to know about rounding up wild horses?

Follow this link.

Sam's blog

"They've spotted horses," Brynna said this afternoon as she reined Penny to a stop. The blind mare gave a worried nicker. Ace straightened to his full fourteen hand height. Snow crunched as he shifted from hoof to hoof. Then, he shivered. Did he rememberÊthat sound from his last day of freedom? We'd ridden out to shake off the warmth from the house and the fullness from too many holiday cookies.

It was supposed to be a nice break for my stepmother and me, and it was, until we noticed a silver flicker in the sky.

Where is Terri Farley?

Want a weekly update on authors visiting your area? Go meet them, look at and discuss their books. If they're not too busy, maybe even talk about the life of a working writer.

Here's how

Go to BOOKTOUR.COM
Look at the upper right, top of the page and find EVENTS NEAR YOU AT ______ (enter zip code)
Then, look to the left of the page for HOW TO USE BOOKTOUR, click there and on the next page, look down and you can find a place to arrange for a weekly email update of authors in your neighborhood!

I can't wait until the author in your neighborhood is me :)

Saturday, January 30, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Writing Workshop at COWBOY POETRY GATHERING
Western Folklife Center

Authors Terri Farley (the Phantom Stallion and Wild Horse Island series) and Suzanne Morgan Williams (Bull Rider) team up to inspire young writers with their images of the west. In this workshop, students age 10 through high school will develop characters and a plot line from western settings and will leave with a plan for their own story.
For ages 10 - 18.

June 10, 2010
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
SCBWI workshop & available for limited school visits

Buy Phantom Stallion

Terri's books are available as ebooks!

Phantom Stallion books are available at your local bookstore and online at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Indiebound.org


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	Phantom Stallion E-Newsletter December 2009 Dear Readers, The Phantom Stallion roams the Calico Mountains. He is our dream horse -- yours and mine -- but the mountains are real and home to many living wild horses. For now. On December 28, BLM will send helicopters up over the snowy range, searching out wild horses -- for three winter months! I have been in the Calico Mountains in winter. The days are bleak and the nights are bitter cold, but the horses know how to stay warm until helicopters whip up blizzards of fresh snow with their rotors, and drive the mustangs galloping from their hiding places onto the slippery snow and ice. Foals will fall behind. Horses will be injured. Some may die. This is not a story. This is the truth. Please help STOP THE CALICO ROUNDUP Tell BLM why wild horses are important to you Draw colorful pictures of wild horses Ask your parents for permission to mail as MANY LETTERS AND PICTURES AS YOU WANT to: Terri Farley, 565 California Avenue, Reno, Nevada 89509 I will deliver them for you! I promise. I hope you are warm and cozy and I know the wild horses are thankful for you, and would tell you if they could. Love, Terri Parents and Teachers: feel free to email any questions to wildhorsepower@aol.com and please put PARENT or TEACHER in the subject line. These will reach me within 24 hours. Art with a WILD Message! Terri's giving away TWO copies of posters featuring this beautiful buckskin mustang! The first art that reaches Terri will AUTOMATICALLY WIN one poster All other artists will be entered into a drawing which will take place December 15 Rules: Using any art technique you want, show the world how you feel about mustangs ROAMING FREE Somewhere on your art, use 8 words or fewer to tell how you feel about the future of wild horses Feel free to use any of these examples or make up your own -- Roaming Free, the way they're supposed to be Born Free, Live Free Range Runners Not Horsing Around about Freedom! Let 'em Run Then, you can SCAN your artwork and sent it as an email attachment to: wildhorsepower@aol.com or mail it to Terri Farley, 565 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89509 DEADLINE for entries December 15 Artists must be under 18 and have guardians permission to enter A super fun booksigning at Silverdale Barnes & Noble near Seattle, Washington Suzanne Morgan (BULL RIDER) Williams and I do a workshop called "I See By Your Outfit." We dress one student in my cowgirl hat, shirt, and boots and a teacher in her Arctic gear. Here we are at PineCrest School in Washington. This just in . . . Want Terri to come visit? Click on the ZOOM ZOOM red car on the Phantomstallion.com home page and print out a brochure to share with your teacher, principal, librarian, 4H or youth group leader. PHANTOM STALLION reader Marissa pets Prinny the Chincoteague Pony, who came to Terri's presentation at a local library. Want to tell President Obama what you want him to know about rounding up wild horses? Follow this link. Sam's blog "They've spotted horses," Brynna said this afternoon as she reined Penny to a stop. The blind mare gave a worried nicker. Ace straightened to his full fourteen hand height. Snow crunched as he shifted from hoof to hoof. Then, he shivered. Did he rememberÊthat sound from his last day of freedom? We'd ridden out to shake off the warmth from the house and the fullness from too many holiday cookies. It was supposed to be a nice break for my stepmother and me, and it was, until we noticed a silver flicker in the sky. read more Where is Terri Farley? Want a weekly update on authors visiting your area? Go meet them, look at and discuss their books. If they're not too busy, maybe even talk about the life of a working writer. Here's how Go to BOOKTOUR.COM Look at the upper right, top of the page and find EVENTS NEAR YOU AT ______ (enter zip code) Then, look to the left of the page for HOW TO USE BOOKTOUR, click there and on the next page, look down and you can find a place to arrange for a weekly email update of authors in your neighborhood! I can't wait until the author in your neighborhood is me :) Saturday, January 30, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Writing Workshop at COWBOY POETRY GATHERING Western Folklife Center Authors Terri Farley (the Phantom Stallion and Wild Horse Island series) and Suzanne Morgan Williams (Bull Rider) team up to inspire young writers with their images of the west. In this workshop, students age 10 through high school will develop characters and a plot line from western settings and will leave with a plan for their own story. For ages 10 - 18. June 10, 2010 ORLANDO, FLORIDA SCBWI workshop & available for limited school visits Buy Phantom Stallion Terri's books are available as ebooks! Phantom Stallion books are available at your local bookstore and online at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Indiebound.org