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When I recently sent out a newsletter with an invitation for readers to tell me about their favorite pets. Most of those who entered my giveaway didn’t share storeis, but some of them did. I enjoyed every one whether I shared the story forward or not. A good dog or cat or horse or bird story is the best. I’ve …
“If cats could talk, they wouldn’t.” –Nan Porter This is my sister’s cat. He has a name her granddaughter gave him years ago when she was a little girl. Something like Fluffleupaluff. She’d been a Sesame Street watcher and the show used to have a muppet character called Mr. Snuffleupagus that nobody saw but Big Bird. Anyway, the Fluff name …
Where do you get your ideas? That’s a question I’m often asked, especially when I talk to young people. It’s a question I may get asked tonight when I talk to friends and readers at the Henderson County Public Library. I’m so looking forward to being there and trying to come up with answers to whatever questions that might get …
When you are a dog lover like me and you write stories to share with readers, you might come up with some four-legged furry characters from time to time. So far I haven’t put Frankie in a story yet, but here in this picture he looks like he’s telling me that might be a fun idea. Well, actually he’s insisting …
I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It’s not. Mine had me trained in two days. (Bill Dana) Thanks to all of you who suggested great names for the puppy in the picture I posted on Wednesday. Everybody agreed she was very cute. I guess I should have told you the puppy was a girl, …
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. ~William Shakespeare Are you ready for a new contest to maybe win a book or two? I wanted to try something different this time. Don’t worry. We’ll do that Mystery Picture one when my new book, River to Redemption, comes out this summer. …
“As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.” (Carl Van Vechten) My dog, Oscar might take offense at that quote. Oscar’s a great writing companion, but cats …
Cat stories and the internet seem to go together like shoes and feet. Or water and ducks. Or, well you get the idea. But what about Christmas and cats? I’m not sure about that, but I wouldn’t be surprised if a cat was slinking about the shadows in that Bethlehem stable I’m having another giveaway. You can check it out …
Hidden Springs mystery 2 isn’t ready for readers yet. It’s still going through edits and won’t be released until July 2016. That sounds like a while yet, doesn’t it? We still have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, and plenty of other days to fill the time before you’ll have a chance to read my …
Cats do seem to get a lot of stories told about them. Perhaps that’s because they are such unique characters. I keep trying to think up my own cat story, but I don’t think I can top all of yours. However, I have written some cats into a few mystery stories and those cats are being featured on the covers …