Kelly’s dog Kermit is reading SHOW AND TELL (and stole the pillow). After all, a dog’s gotta be comfy while reading, right?
Tonight at 9 pm (Eastern Time) I’ll be the kick-off guest for March’s WOMEN WRITERS’ MONTH at the awesome AUTHORS ON THE AIR program. I get to chat with Pam Stack along with guest host Rebecca Warner about SHOW AND TELL…and other writerly endeavors and books.
EDITED: It was a GREAT show, what fun! You can listen to the recording, too.
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DOT reads SHOW & TELL
Mike displays his paw-tographed poster.
There’s DOT with the paperback copy of SHOW AND TELL, and the “bonus” poster behind her. She’s in the paw-tographed poster, too, because Dot is one of the characters in the book. Her person, Kristi, entered and won one of the NAME THAT DOG spots.
Incidentally, there are still posters left. If you’ve read the book and reviewed it, send me the link and your snail mail address, and I’ll send one to you, along with the “bonus” chapter (in Shadow’s viewpoint).
Mike also got in on the act, and sent a picture of his paw-tographed poster, too. He lives with both cats and a dog, so probably didn’t want to play favorites. *s*
No way we can leave CATS out of the conversation. I happen to know that Pam, (the host of AUTHORS ON THE AIR) has some kitties of her own, so there’s likely to be some feline fun discussed, too. In fact…
My cat fiction expertise has now been FEATURED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL! Woot! This was a front-page story, no less, in a discussion of the pros and cons of having CAT characters in mysteries talk to the humans. Hey, my thrillers include cats and dogs, and Shadow (the service dog) has his own chapters, but none of my critters “talk” …other than with tail wags and ear twitches, of course. But that’s my preference as an animal behavior person. I have not problem with others imbuing their fictional felines with the ability to communicate. Don’t we all imagine what Kitty thinks and says, anyway?
The feature also included some information about several of my Cat Writers’ Association colleagues and the organization. Yes, there is a professional writer organization dedicated to a focus on the feline. You can read the WSJ article here.
My Karma-Kat and Seren-Kitty have been campaigning for cats to have their own viewpoint chapters in a novel, too, so…what do you think? After all, I’m an equal opportunity pet person and wouldn’t want to hiss off the cats. (And yes, book #5 HIT AND RUN does have kitty viewpoint chapters, woo-woo!).
Cats read by SITTING on top of books and absorbing the story through their (ahem) nether regions. Karma demonstrates the technique.
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Amy Shojai, CABC is a certified cat & dog behavior consultant, a consultant to the pet industry, and the award-winning author of 35+ pet-centric books and Thrillers with Bite! Oh, and she loves bling!
Congratulations! So glad to see organizations honoring women in their respective fields, especially writers!
This is a great program
Kelly is a good pal of mine (featured dog). Loved the WSJ article and congrats on everything! I am so excited to see you in June!
Congratulations! How exciting!
Congrats! I didn’t get home until late so I couldn’t listen to you live. I’ll try to listen to your recording.
I was not aware there was an organization for feline writers, that is so cool. My cats are very vocal, so yes I think a few chapters dedicated to your cats would be fabulous!
Congrats on your feature in the Wall Street Journal.
Thanks so much!
That’s so exciting! Congratulations – very fun.
Wow. interesting idea. And what was their verdict about cat characters talking?
It was more of a discussion than reaching any conclusion. Basically, I think we should leave it up to the cats!
How awesome you were featured in the WSJ! I’ll have to read that article.
It was a fun article, and also got the CWA and the conference some attention, which was great.
Really interesting
Congrats! That is a big accomplishment.
Thanks so much, very thrilled!
So that’s why cats like to sit on top of reading material! I always wondered if they were “absorbing” anything. 🙂
Great Authors on the Air show! I really enjoyed it.
Oh you listened to the show? Thank you! we had fun. *s*
What an interesting program!