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Cover blurb: Jeth Cavanaugh is searching for a new life along one of Pennsylvania's mountain ridges when he stumbles upon a stable of show jumpers owned by Rob and Katie Chilton. Throw in a volatile gaited stallion named Dynamo, and Jeth will do anything to work there. He earns his living by training and showing Rob's jumpers, but Dynamo is his primary passion.

Everything changes when God enters his life—in the unconventional form of a hard slap by an old girlfriend—and ignites a new, greater passion within him. But along with fervor comes fear at the undeniable evidence of God's hand on his life. Inexplicable events, both good and bad, make him moan plaintively, "Why does God do this to me? I get the feeling I'm being set up for something."
He is, indeed. Jeth's life is anything but predictable, much like the God he serves. The real Dynamo and his ultimate trainer emerge out of an excruciating mix of disaster and brokenness, which are never beyond the reach of redemption.
This story is God in your face: Who is He, really? What does He ask of us?

1) How did this story come to you?
Making up stories has been a life-long compulsion, and some eventually amounted to something. Dynamo, being horse centered, was one of these, and as I began to write, it began to evolve.

2) Tell us about the journey to getting this book published.
Literary fiction is not an easy journey unless you are an established author. I shopped it around, went to a writers’ conference (ACFW), was recommended to an agent who also shopped it around. It had already been turned down by Whitaker House, publishers of my King David novel, The Stones, so it was purely a God thing that they decided to take another look at it. I am deeply beholden to the people at Whitaker House.

3) Tell me three things about yourself that would surprise your readers.
a. I almost always climb stairs two at a time to maintain leg strength.
b. At Wheaton College I taught horsemanship. One student’s friend had signed him into a class because tennis was closed, and during the first riding session, his horse decided to take a roll in the snow. That student went from a C to an A and ended up marrying the teacher.  
c. Years ago in my hometown of Branchville NJ, some friends and I were sitting on a hillside overlooking the town. We heard a zinging overhead, and one of the boys said, “Those are bullets!” We shrugged and moved to the other side of the hill. We didn’t worry much about Really Bad Guys in those days!

4) What are you working on now, and what's next for you?
I’m working hard on the Dynamo rollout, but another novel is patiently waiting for me to get back to it. This will be a tough one, though, both to write and to sell. Has three major threads: gardening, politics, and American Indians, and of course, a spiritual thread tying them all together.

5) Parting comments?
Don’t let the horse part of this novel scare you off. There’s a glossary in the back for help in that regard. The essence of the story is far deeper, and you will perhaps see God in a new and spiritually challenging way. Check out Amazon reviews.

6) Where can fans find you on the internet?
Ellie Gustafson
Email: egus@me.com
Website: www.eleanorgustafson.com
Blog: http://www.eleanorgustafson.com/blog/  
Dynamo page: http://www.eleanorgustafson.com/dynam...
Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/author/eleanor...
The Stones: A Novel of the Life of King David  http://www.amazon.com/Stones-Eleanor-...