{"id":5834,"date":"2023-01-06T06:21:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T14:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5834"},"modified":"2023-01-06T06:21:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T14:21:44","slug":"feline-fun-friday-looking-back-and-moving-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5834","title":{"rendered":"Feline Fun Friday\u2014Looking Back and Moving Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CatFriendsPretty-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CatFriendsPretty-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CatFriendsPretty-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CatFriendsPretty-rotated.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Ten years ago this month we were getting ready to come out with our third Klepto Cat Mystery, <strong><em>Sleight of Paw<\/em><\/strong>. Do you remember that book? We had recently published our first book, <strong><em>Catnapped<\/em><\/strong>, in print. Yes, our original plan was to produce ebooks\u2014specifically, Kindle books. But pressure to produce the books in print won over and we now offer all of our 71 cat mysteries (cozy mysteries) in both print and for your kindle.<\/p>\n<p>2013 was also the year we established a fan page at <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PattyOliviaCover-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PattyOliviaCover-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PattyOliviaCover-349x500.jpg 349w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PattyOliviaCover.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/>Facebook\u2014KleptoCatMysteries. Since then we\u2019ve added CalicoCatMysteries.<\/p>\n<p>A lot has happened here in the \u201cfactory\u201d over the last 10 years and it\u2019s all been good. I&#8217;m still able to write and work my way through the publishing process. My publishing team has been steady and loyal. It\u2019s been a good ride with great results and I have you, Rags&#8217;s and Olivia&#8217;s fans, to thank.<\/p>\n<p>Gracias, Merci, Danke, Mahalo, Grazie and Thank You ever so much.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, 2023 marks my 50<sup>th<\/sup> year as a published author\u2014my first piece was published in a magazine in 1973. My first book published in 1978. To date I have published 114 books\u201471 of them cozy mysteries.<\/p>\n<p>Just so you know, I&#8217;m still having fun and the creative juices are still flowing. Watch for at least 6 more stories in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago this month we were getting ready to come out with our third Klepto Cat Mystery, Sleight of Paw. Do you remember that book? We had recently published our first book, Catnapped, in print. Yes, our original plan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5834\">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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834"}],"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=5834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5836,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions\/5836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}