Yvonne at Socrates Book Review reviews Meowmoirs of a Klepto Cat this morning. Read her take on the book and compare it with yours. Spoiler alert: Not one reviewer or reader to date has given this book less than 5-stars. http://socratesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2018/07/review-meowmoirs-of-klepto-cat-by.html#more
NEW BOOK Announcement
Thank you for coming along with me on my 2018 blog tour. As a special gift to you, I’ve published Book 30—Revenge at Its Felinest. So far only the print book is available. Watch for my announcement here and at my Klepto Cat Mystery facebook page for the launching of the Kindle version.
In Book 30, Rags answers the call to action with paw-some results.
Family and friends are stunned when Savannah and Rochelle disappear without a trace. Is this a random abduction or an act of revenge? While everyone scrambles to find answers, Rags stumbles upon possible clues to their whereabouts and he leads the charge to find them. At the same time, Iris searches for answers to an ancient curse that has disrupted the peace in their new home. What odd omen was left there and why are strangers threatening to bulldoze their property? Can Rags help untangle this eerie mystery and bring harmony to the neighborhood?
Does it sound interesting, intriguing, exciting? You bet it is. Be among the first to read this book. Order the print copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999472461/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1532177900&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=revenge+at+it%27s+felinest
Today’s blog stopover is at Babs Book Bistro where I discuss something few authors have ever experienced—my crossover from a career as a nonfiction writer to a successful novelist in the cozy mystery field. How does an author maintain a career as a writer—that’s an anomaly by itself. But then to step out of a successful career writing articles and nonfiction books to a lucrative and exciting stint writing cozy mysteries with cats—come on, who does that?
Miki’s Hope is our blog stop today. Michele gave me an interesting assignment—to share how I come up with all of those story ideas. I mean, I publish an average of 6 cozy mysteries per year. There are 29 Klepto Cat Mysteries to date. And, as most of you know, each story features more than one mystery. Yes, there’s a lot going on in the Klepto Cat Mysteries and today I’ll reveal some of my secrets to writing them.
I’m in the limelight today. If you think you know all there is to know about me, think again. What are some of my most unorthodox writing techniques? What five words would I use to describe myself? Do you know what my favorite real life story about cats is? How, exactly, do my cats help me in my office? To find out and just for fun, you must visit Mollie Hunt’s LeCatts blog. Here’s the link to my interview with Mollie. 
It’s an exciting day here in our household as we celebrate Sophie. Mudpie, over at Melissa’s Mochas, Mysteries, and Meows, has interviewed our look-alike tortie. Sophie meows about her precarious feral beginnings, her adjustment to living indoors with a human family, and her relationship with the other household cats. Sophie reveals some of her super cat powers and shares a secret very few people know about her. She even talks about one of her most frightening life experiences—that is after being rescued from the streets where she ran feral for 10 weeks.
They all have one and we humans actually find the cat’s tongue to be rather interesting with its coarse barbs and lapping and grooming abilities. In fact, the cats tongue is made for grooming, which is highly important to a cat. Not only does licking help keep the cat cool in warm weather, but it’s quite a handy tool for removing loose fur (so it doesn’t mat and tangle) and dirt particles. If you have a cat, you probably sometimes find odd-looking tubular brown squishy things lying around your house. Those are fur balls your cat has coughed up after a vigorous grooming session.
cleanliness? According to the experts, this is a throwback from their ancestors. Cats are small and they’re prey to many larger animals. If they were to run around the jungle or the backstreets smelling of mouse blood, they’d be detected by their hungry enemies and probably invited to supper.
My gorgeous Persian cat, Crystal, once swallowed a needle. Looking back, I’m sure I know how that happened. Crystal loved to help me sew. She’d sit next to the sewing machine and watch the process as I made clothing or worked on a craft project. The day of the incident, I’m sure that she must have sat too close to the pin cushion. She was always grooming herself. Imagine this—she licks herself and happens to pick up a piece of thread (green) with her tongue. She tries to spit it out, but her tongue is designed to take it in, so she does. At the end of that piece of thread was a needle and it went down and got caught in her throat. Thankfully, we were able to identify the cause of her discomfort and the veterinarian removed the needle and thread without incident. Now when I sew, there are no cats allowed anywhere near the pin cushion.
Have you ever been on a blog tour? I invite you to curl up with your favorite cat-friend and a cup of coffee and join me next week on a whirlwind adventure. I can guarantee there will be a lot of cats. Each day next week, I’ll post the link to that day’s stop on the tour. Please plan to visit. I think you’ll enjoy the trip. Here’s a schedule of events:
me your favorite cat story,” and “What do you see as your greatest accomplishment in the cat world.” So you think you know everything there is to know about me? Maybe not.
I think most of us know that the Siamese cat originated in Siam—now Thailand, and the Persian is from Persia—now Iran, the Turkish van is from Turkey, the Savannah has roots in Africa, and the Abyssinian comes from Abyssinia–now Ethiopia.
cruise along with us and peek into some of the fascinating things that go on behind the scenes here in the Klepto Cat Mystery workshop. Even our tortie, Sophie, is taking the limelight and she’s sharing a rarely-before-told secret. There’s a hint in this photo.
The times, they are a changing. And I love seeing some of those changes involve kindness, concern, and appreciation for the human-animal connection. It’s refreshing to see some of of the world’s largest companies showing compassion for our pets. Some companies even provide what they call paw-ternity leave for employees.
adopted a kitten or puppy and it’s socialization time, you’re training a young animal, or you have a sick one you’re doctoring back to health, it’s a rare boss that would be sympathetic and give you time off. Can you just imagine getting paw-ternity leave? Maybe, if you work for a staunch pet lover who understands the bond. Believe it or not there are companies with such a huge heart for animals that they provide time off when employees adopt a pet to aid in that all-important bonding period. Here are a few of them. You might note that none of them are in the US. 
Yes, the idea of paid paw-ternity leave is a reality in the UK. But it doesn’t seem to be flying yet in the US. However, there certainly are America-based companies with a huge heart for the human-animal bond. More and more companies here allow employees to bring their pets to work for various reasons—while they’re recovering from an injury or surgery, on “bring your dog to work” day and other special occasions. Patagonia in Ventura, California fosters one employee’s passion for rehabilitating injured and ailing birds by allowing her the freedom during the workday to work with birds.
with their employees’ love for their pets. Some even provide employees pet insurance and the option to bring their dog to work. Included in this list are Mars—yes, the candy company. Did you know they also make pet food? Eighty percent of this company’s volunteer projects are centered around animal causes. Many California companies allow employees to bring their dogs to work, and some of them provide some amazing perks—dog beds, toys and such. They include Genetech and Salesforce in San Francisco, VMWare in Palo Alto, and Activision Blizzard in Irvine, which claims that 397 dogs come to their workplace. In Missouri, the Build-a-Bear company is dog-friendly as is the New Jersey hospital, Atlantic Health. They have the Soothing Paws therapy program. Other huge companies that are pet-friendly are Google and Go Daddy.
The question is not which plants and flowers are dangerous for cats, it’s more like which ones are safe. That’s what it came down to for me when I went in search of a plant for my newly decorated office. Every plant I chose turned out to be either seriously or at least mildly toxic for cats. And unfortunately the nursery owners and those working there don’t have the answers. Most of them do have a reference guide or they (or you) can go online to research plants. Always double check with a reliable expert or site before investing in a house plant.
