{"id":5462,"date":"2022-02-18T04:24:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T12:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5462"},"modified":"2022-02-18T04:24:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T12:24:06","slug":"feline-fun-friday-questions-people-ask-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5462","title":{"rendered":"Feline Fun Friday \u2013 Questions People Ask Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Budding and potential authors as well as readers are interested in the author\u2019s life. I\u2019ve been writing for publication for nearly 50 years. Here are the two most frequently asked questions I get. First: \u201cHow do you come up with all those ideas?\u201d I was asked this question many times over the 40 years that I wrote articles on so many different topics for so many different magazines. Now that I\u2019m writing fiction, \"\"people question my ability to imagine\u2014how can I come up with so many different stories for my Klepto Cat Mysteries and Calico Cat Mysteries? Note: If you\u2019ve read my fiction books, you know there are stories within the stories.<\/p>\n

\"\"I\u2019ve actually been dinged by reviewers because of my style, yet Rags\u2019s and Olivia\u2019s fans claim that\u2019s the way they like it. As some of you know there\u2019s a lot of activity and action on the way to the main mystery in both series.<\/p>\n

Another question I get is, \u201cHow long does it take you to\"\" write a book?\u201d Yes, I am prolific. Before the Pandemic years I was producing 6 books a year. In 2020, however, I produced 9 books and again in 2021 I published 9 books. How long does it take to write a book? I did the math. I can write and edit a book in two-three \"\"weeks. The beta readers get it then and they take about five days to read through the manuscript. It takes about 7-10 days for the editor to do her work, then I do another edit\/proof or two and we start the process of formatting the print book. Oh, and I do another complete edit\/proofing once the hard-copy is ready. Are you following this? This \"\"process takes another week or so. Then we turn the manuscript over to the woman who formats the ebook\u2014for your Kindle reading pleasure. She spends another five or seven days on that process and we\u2019re ready to publish! Six weeks. It\u2019s right around 6 weeks work for each book.<\/p>\n

And it might interest you to know that while my beta readers have the book and then the editor, I am busy working on my next book. I always have two books at some stage of production\u00a0 at the same time.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s happening in the Klepto and Calico Cat Mystery Factory now? Book 6 of the Calico Cat Mysteries is with the editor as we speak. And I\u2019ve just finished the first draft of Book 56 of the Klepto Cat Mysteries.<\/p>\n

Moving right along, as they say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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