{"id":5066,"date":"2021-07-02T04:03:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5066"},"modified":"2021-07-02T04:03:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:03:39","slug":"frivolous-friday-things-you-can-learn-from-cat-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5066","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 Things You Can Learn From Cat Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OliviaBook51-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OliviaBook51-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OliviaBook51-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OliviaBook51-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OliviaBook51-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OliviaBook51-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Some of you know, from reading my Klepto Cat Mysteries and now also my Calico Cat Mysteries, that I teach as I write. Actually, there are things to be learned in most books of fiction. You can\u2019t write fiction without elements of truth\u2014unless, I guess you write fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>When I realized the number of topics I cover and the teaching that goes into my stories, I began to assemble a list of things readers can learn from reading my stories. So far I\u2019ve listed 100-PLUS things.<\/p>\n<p>What can you learn by reading my books? Here\u2019s a short list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tips for traveling with cats.<\/li>\n<li>What is TNR?<\/li>\n<li>What does an outdoor cat do all day?<\/li>\n<li>What causes someone to have no fingerprints?<\/li>\n<li>Is there such a thing as a klepto cat?<\/li>\n<li>Are cats intuitive?<\/li>\n<li>Is milk good for cats?<\/li>\n<li>Why are cats often associated with witchcraft?<\/li>\n<li>How do cats differ from one another?<\/li>\n<li>What really goes on in a cat hoarding situation?<\/li>\n<li>How are cats used in therapy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to see the entire list: Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/KleptoCatMysteries.com\">https:\/\/KleptoCatMysteries.com<\/a> and click on \u201c100 things you can learn.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you know, from reading my Klepto Cat Mysteries and now also my Calico Cat Mysteries, that I teach as I write. Actually, there are things to be learned in most books of fiction. You can\u2019t write fiction without &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5066\">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":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5066"}],"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=5066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5067,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5066\/revisions\/5067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}