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This blog is about cats: cats in art, cats in stories, cats as pets, unusual cats, cats with unusual characteristics, cat maladies, people who love cats, and so much more. Today I want to talk about writing dilemmas\u2014or one might say, authoring CATastrophes.<\/p>\n
All writers have them. While some have trouble coming up with plots, developing characters, keeping characters and storylines straight, or even making themselves sit down and write, others suffer from opposite maladies. For example, I have so many plots going on, I sometimes think my head will explode. Rather than difficulty finding time to write, I am so addicted to writing that I don\u2019t want to quit. It\u2019s four twenty-two a.m. as I write this blog, for heaven\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n
Editing is an extremely important element to writing for an audience. Some of the things writers miss in their stories are laughable, others are seriously lame. Not only must an author self-edit his book many, many, many times before publication, he should run it past the eyes of one or more excellent editors\/proofreaders. You might be surprised how many times an author can read his manuscript and still miss the use of \u201cis\u201d instead of \u201chis,\u201d or \u201cor\u201d instead of \u201cof,\u201d or the misspelling of a character\u2019s name\u2014even worse, he might use a different name because he changed it midway and forgot to change all instances.<\/p>\n
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Miss Bella has good taste<\/p><\/div>With so many people writing via texts and emails these days, more are aware of how these problems can happen. But we aren\u2019t very forgiving when we find them in the books we buy, are we?<\/p>\n
I believe that authorship comes with a huge responsibility to your audience\u2014to give them what they want whether it is to entertain, educate or inform. In my Klepto Cat Mysteries, I do my best to offer new and different storylines with lots of surprises (twists and turns) and plenty of kitty-cat action, while maintaining the personality of the characters you\u2019ve grown to enjoy. If you like light mysteries and you haven\u2019t read a Klepto Cat Mystery, you have 14 of them to become acquainted with. that\u2019s right\u201414.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve come out with all of the stories in ebook form first and later produce the print version. Due to some strong public demand, however, we\u2019re working to catch up publication of the print copies to the ebooks, so we\u2019ll be coming out with them simultaneously. We\u2019re ready to launch number 11 in the series as a print book this week. Watch for the official announcement. That leaves 3 books to put into print and we should accomplish that within the next three months. Something for you paperbook readers to look forward to.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, check out the entire Klepto Cat Mystery series as it stands today here: http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_13?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=klepto+cat+mysteries&sprefix=klepto+cat+my%2Caps%2C259<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This blog is about cats: cats in art, cats in stories, cats as pets, unusual cats, cats with unusual characteristics, cat maladies, people who love cats, and so much more. Today I want to talk about writing dilemmas\u2014or one might … Continue reading