Well, this is a bit embarrassing to admit, but I fell off a horse and broke a rib. I guess it had to happen eventually (although I had hoped that the time I fell off when I was a teenager might have been accepted as my required sacrifice to the universe). It was just one of those things – he got scared (of something – the poles we were trotting over?) and I lost my balance. Anyway, after about eight hours at the hospital, the good news was that I’d just fractured a rib. It could have been much worse – I did take a hoof to the head. I cannot tell you how glad I am that I had a good quality and professionally fitted riding hat. And that I had such lovely people taking care of me at the riding school.

It took about two weeks for the bruising to heal and I’ve been very limited in what I have been able to do. I did still have Mini (a friend’s dog) to stay for a week as she was quite happy with a slow potter for her walk – I think it was good to keep moving a bit instead of sitting on the sofa all day.

What I’ve been working on

Very fortunately, as it turned out, I didn’t have a lot of projects booked in for July. I finished the critique of a dark romantic fantasy that I started at the end of June, and I took on the copy-edit for a memoir and family history. I’ve had a run of non-fiction projects from one of my publishing services clients, and I have quite enjoyed the variety. I also had a book to review for the CIEP – I think my write-up should be published in August.

Looking ahead

I’ve probably got another two months of healing to do, so I don’t think I will be doing anything very exciting for a while.