{"id":5318,"date":"2021-11-12T03:53:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T11:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5318"},"modified":"2021-11-12T03:53:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T11:53:07","slug":"frivolous-friday-100-books-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5318","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 100 Books and Counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/clawOrderblog-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/clawOrderblog-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/clawOrderblog-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/clawOrderblog-rotated.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>After a lifetime of writing for publication\u2014well, close to 50 years\u2014and hundreds, maybe thousands of magazine articles and around 2,500 blog posts, I have just produced my 100<sup>th<\/sup> book.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve worn out probably five computers, a word processor, an electric typewriter, and a manual typewriter, and I\u2019ve used up hundreds of steno pads (tablets) and reams and reams of paper.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve written books on local history, horse care, youth<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PattyFryandOlivia_web_crop-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PattyFryandOlivia_web_crop-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PattyFryandOlivia_web_crop-365x500.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PattyFryandOlivia_web_crop-768x1051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PattyFryandOlivia_web_crop-1122x1536.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PattyFryandOlivia_web_crop.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/> mentoring, long-distance grandparenting, journaling, cats, freelance writing and tons of books on the business side of writing. As you know, my latest venture has been fiction. Nearly ten years ago I retired from my nonfiction work, which was how I earned my living, and began to writing cozy mysteries with cats. I\u2019ve always loved my work, but I\u2019ve never had so much fun writing as I am now.<\/p>\n<p>I created the Klepto Cat Mysteries in 2012 and the Calico Cat Mystery series this year (2021). The 54<sup>th<\/sup> Klepto Cat Mystery, Claw and Order rings the bell at 100 published books.<\/p>\n<p>Fireworks, balloons, cheers heard around the world (well, maybe around the neighborhood)!!!<\/p>\n<p>Am I going to Disneyland after my accomplishment like the sports figures do? Nope. I\u2019m heading right back here to my computer to start Book 55 of the Klepto Cat Mysteries and continue with Book 4 of the Calico Cat Mysteries, of course, with Olivia at my side or in my lap. I love my life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a lifetime of writing for publication\u2014well, close to 50 years\u2014and hundreds, maybe thousands of magazine articles and around 2,500 blog posts, I have just produced my 100th book. 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