{"id":923,"date":"2016-01-05T04:38:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T12:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=923"},"modified":"2016-01-05T04:38:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T12:38:34","slug":"newsday-tuesday-in-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=923","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday&#8211;In the Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every career has a beginning and mine started quite by design in 1973. That\u2019s when I gathered up all of the courage and called on all of the studies I\u2019d been involved in and wrote my first magazine article. Forty-three years later, I\u2019ve sorta-kinda come full circle. I started out writing articles about horses and their care for major horse magazines. Today I write mysteries featuring true-to-life cats.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-924\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cover-1-1-copy-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cover 1-1 copy\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cover-1-1-copy-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cover-1-1-copy-325x500.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cover-1-1-copy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>Some of you don\u2019t know that the first book I wrote was a how-to for the backyard rider in 1978. After years of penning and promoting dozens of nonfiction books on a wide variety of topics, I decided to lighten up my life and produce a book of cat stories. &#8220;Catscapades, True Cat Tales&#8221; came out in 2010. This charming book is still available at Amazon. Order an autographed copy here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two years later, I sat down to write my first novel and today there are 14 in the Klepto Cat Mystery series. Read all 14 in order\u2014starting with &#8220;Catnapped&#8221; (based loosely on something that really happened)\u2014or read those that appeal to you most. As several reviewers have reported, although the stories progress in time, each book can stand alone.<\/p>\n<p>If you like slightly revved up light mysteries (cozies) and cats, sit down with one of my Klepto Cat Mysteries and let it entertain you. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/Klepto-Cat-Mysteries\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/Klepto-Cat-Mysteries<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of the Klepto Cat Mysteries are formatted for your e-reader. The first nine are also in print. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_11?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=klepto+cat+mysteries&amp;sprefix=klepto+cat+%2Caps%2C236\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_11?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=klepto+cat+mysteries&amp;sprefix=klepto+cat+%2Caps%2C236<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every career has a beginning and mine started quite by design in 1973. That\u2019s when I gathered up all of the courage and called on all of the studies I\u2019d been involved in and wrote my first magazine article. 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