#30 Cat won’t stay filed People ask all the time, how long does it take to write a book. I always reply it depends on a great deal of things like how much research needs to be done, how active the muse, what’s going on with the family and the cats… Cats? What do cats have to do with writing? Pretty much everything. Writers and cats just go together. It would be so much easier if … Continue reading →
It kind of goes without saying that historical fiction takes tons of research. Tons. Literally heaps and gobs of it. Great stacks and piles. I thought my doctoral dissertation took a lot of research. That was nothing in comparison to the thousands of pages I have read and saved on my hard drive. History=Research. OK. Moving on. What has surprised the daylights out of me is how much time I spend researching things that do … Continue reading →
Happy National Black Cat Day! It comes as no surprise to you, I am sure, that I’m a cat lover. (But NOT a crazy cat-lady mind you…) I love cats of all shapes and sizes and colors, but I confess to having a special soft spot for black cats. Throughout my life, I’ve had five black cats, nearly half of the cats I have had! (Yikes, I hadn’t thought of it that way. LOL) At … Continue reading →
Happy International Cat Day! What a great way to start the week, celebrating our favorite furry friends. There’s a stereotype about writers and their cats–I’m not sure you’re allowed to be a writer without at least one cat. Mine like to be helpful. They make sure I am nice and warm when I hang out in my writing chair, working on something the old fashioned way. Even when I’m typing they make certain that my hands … Continue reading →
We have a house full of cats and a dog who thinks she a momma-cat. They all have their own proper names. But they’ve also got multiple nicknames each. I may just incorporate a few of these regency Era slang terms as new nicknames for them! Cat Grimalkin. Tibby. Ram Cat. A he cat. Gib Cat. A northern name for a he-cat, there commonly called Gilbert. Cherry-coloured Cat. A black cat, their being black cherries as well as red. Smellers. A … Continue reading →
