{"id":1341,"date":"2016-06-20T03:13:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2016-06-20T03:13:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:13:02","slug":"mindful-monday-whats-happening-in-the-klepto-cat-mystery-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1341","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Monday\u2014What\u2019s Happening in the Klepto Cat Mystery Factory?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Cover-1-1-copy-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cover 1-1 copy\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Cover-1-1-copy-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Cover-1-1-copy-325x500.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Cover-1-1-copy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/strong>Today is my birthday, so I\u2019m going to indulge myself. For a couple of years now, I\u2019ve brought you some interesting, amazing, fascinating, thought-provoking stories and facts featuring cats. And I\u2019ve enjoyed sharing some of my cat photos and those of others.<\/p>\n<p>I started this blog in order to promote my cat-related books\u2014first, <em>Catscapades, True Cat Tales<\/em> and now the Klepto Cat Mysteries. It\u2019s one of the things you do as an author\u2014establish a blog in order to get exposure for your books. It\u2019s called promotion. Authors also set up a facebook account (facebook.com\/KleptoCatMysteries), a website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com<\/a>), we sell books through amazon.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kAI8I2\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kAI8I2<\/a>), go out and speak to our potential readers (I\u2019ll be speaking at the big Cat Writers Association\/Blog Paws Conference this weekend in Arizona), among other things.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s happening in the Klepto Cat Mystery Factory? I just published Book 18, <em>Cats in<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CatsInCahoots-cover-web-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"CatsInCahoots-cover-web\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CatsInCahoots-cover-web-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CatsInCahoots-cover-web-768x1230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CatsInCahoots-cover-web-312x500.jpg 312w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CatsInCahoots-cover-web.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/> Cahoots<\/em>. In the meantime, the 17<sup>th<\/sup> book in the series, <em>A MEOWvelous Witness<\/em> continues to earn 5-star reviews. All 18 Klepto Cat Mysteries are formatted for your Kindle and sell for $2.99.<\/p>\n<p>We now have 15 of the Klepto Cat Mystery books in print. The most recent is <em>Claws for a Cause<\/em>. This story takes you to Hawaii and back, involves wolf sightings, panicked ranchers, and a young pregnant girl who\u2019s about to make a life-and-death mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Where can you get these books? If you\u2019re in Ojai, they\u2019re available at Book Ends, on El Roblar and Pueblo and Made in Ojai (Matilija Street near Montgomery). Or at amazon.com here: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kAI8I2\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kAI8I2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is my birthday, so I\u2019m going to indulge myself. For a couple of years now, I\u2019ve brought you some interesting, amazing, fascinating, thought-provoking stories and facts featuring cats. 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