{"id":3974,"date":"2020-01-27T03:41:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T11:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2020-01-27T03:41:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T11:41:21","slug":"mindful-monday-love-those-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3974","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Monday \u2013 Love Those Reviews!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Authors rely on feedback for their work\u2014reader comments and professional reviews are priceless. I pay attention to both the positive reviews and those that are a bit critical. I actually learn more from the critical ones. Fortunately I receive few of those, but some of them have been helpful. What do I learn from critical reviews? In very few cases, I learn how petty and ignorant a person can be. But mostly I learn new and different ways to present my stories\u2014I get some valuable feedback that I actually apply.<\/p>\n

As for the positive, flowery, complimentary, beautiful reviews\u2014of course, I treasure and \"\"value them. What author doesn\u2019t love hearing that her words matter\u2014that she has inspired a reader or touched them in a meaningful way with her story? And believe me the Klepto Cat Mysteries have garnered hundreds of wonderful reviews. Thank you, everyone.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t usually enter my books in contests, but recently I entered A Very Meowy\u00a0 Christmas<\/em><\/strong> in the Reader Views Contest and one of the judges has read the book\u00a0 and she posted a review at their site. It was such a wonderful review I want to share it with all of you.<\/p>\n

\"\"One of my decisions when I first started writing the Klepto Cat Mysteries was to write my stories from a human point of view without giving the cats a voice. My books, as most of you know, are human-driven with a lot of kitty-cat action. This reviewer appreciated that fact. I wonder, do any of you read cozy mysteries with cats where the cat speaks or where the cat has a point of view? I haven\u2019t read a book where the cat talks.<\/p>\n

Another thing she mentions is that she found it easy to get to know the characters and to follow along with the story even though this was the 38th<\/sup> book in the series. She said she found it so engaging that she plans to read more of my books starting with Book 1. Music to an author\u2019s ears!<\/p>\n

Speaking of cat mysteries, many of you will remember Lillian Jackson-Braun and her \u201cThe Cat Who\u201d Mysteries. I read something about her just recently and learned that she and I share a birthday. Both of us were born on June 20. Wow, that was a bit of interesting trivia (for me, at least).<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the link to the Reader Views review of A Very Meowy Christmas<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.readerviews.com\/reviewfryaverymeowychristmas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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