{"id":5026,"date":"2021-06-17T02:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T10:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2021-06-17T02:19:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T10:19:55","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-whats-happening-in-the-klepto-and-calico-cat-factories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5026","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 What\u2019s Happening in the Klepto (and Calico) Cat Factories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/52-Whisker-final-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/52-Whisker-final-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/52-Whisker-final-310x500.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/52-Whisker-final-768x1240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/52-Whisker-final-951x1536.jpg 951w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/52-Whisker-final.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/>We\u2019ve just published Book 52 of the Klepto Cat Mystery series. The print and kindle versions of <strong><em>A Whisker Away<\/em><\/strong> are both available at Amazon.com. Order the print version and receive an autographed copy at <a href=\"https:\/\/KleptoCatMysteries.com\">https:\/\/KleptoCatMysteries.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve finished the first complete draft of Book 2 in the Calico Cat Mysteries. One more meticulous edit and it will be ready to visit the professional editor. The artist is working on a cover design. We could launch by mid July\u2014something to look forward to, readers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, I\u2019ve been asked to write an article on cozy <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PattyBookEnds-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PattyBookEnds-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PattyBookEnds-422x500.jpg 422w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PattyBookEnds.jpg 439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/>mystery-writing for the WPN newsletter. That\u2019s Writers and Publishers Network (formerly SPAWN). I did a podcast with Kathleen Kaiser, available on all major podcast services <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingbookpublishing.today\/episode-12-patricia-fry\/\">https:\/\/talkingbookpublishing.today\/episode-12-patricia-fry\/<\/a>\u00a0and I sat in on a panel discussion about cozies a few months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Coming up, I\u2019m on a panel produced by Broward Libraries in Florida along with cozy mystery writers, Mollie Hunt, Diane Stuckart, Debbie De Louise, and Carol Douglas. We\u2019ll talk about writing cozies with cats.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s next at the Klepto Cat (and Calico Cat) Mysteries Factory? Hopefully more fun cat adventures for both Rags and Olivia because, well, I\u2019m still having too much fun to do anything else.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile visit the Klepto Cat Mystery website: <a href=\"https:\/\/KleptoCatMysteries.com\">https:\/\/KleptoCatMysteries.com<\/a> and the Calico Cat Mystery website: <a href=\"https:\/\/CalicoCatMysteries.com\">https:\/\/CalicoCatMysteries.com<\/a>. Learn more about me, Rags, Olivia, and see a list of 100 things you can learn from reading my cozy mysteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve just published Book 52 of the Klepto Cat Mystery series. The print and kindle versions of A Whisker Away are both available at Amazon.com. Order the print version and receive an autographed copy at https:\/\/KleptoCatMysteries.com. I\u2019ve finished the first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5026\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5027,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026\/revisions\/5027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}