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Post by tonib on Aug 6, 2013 16:41:45 GMT
Just had a look - the book sounds like a fun read.  |
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Post by catcalleddog on Aug 7, 2013 9:19:21 GMT
It is meant to be a good fun book - with cat characters that behave in ways all cat lovers and owners will recognise!
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Post by janussi on Aug 17, 2013 0:19:09 GMT
I've written a novel dedicated to cats as well. Hoping Bumble gets well real soon.
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Post by catcalleddog on Aug 18, 2013 8:38:38 GMT
What's your cat novel called? Is it available?
Sorry for being late in getting back - I was ill all last week and didn't log on for five days! I always have to fit everything in - running a business, and a home, and marketing the book, and writing my new one (which in fact was the old one - a dark satire on the TV industry - that I put on hold to publish my cat book). Tricky fitting everything into a day sometimes!
Bumble got better, yes - and his stomach bug and diarrhoea cleared up.
Then, two days ago, he started sneezing and was off his food! Yesterday he ate a little but was sluggish. Today he is still sneezing but had a good feed this morning - so he seems on the mend.
I am presuming this is just a 'cat cold'? Are there such things?
I think as Bumble is a young healthy cat, there is no point running off to the vets if he has an off day or sneezes a bit (maybe it's the pollen?) Si I don't think I should be unduly worried.
Does anyone have an opinion on this?
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Post by tonib on Aug 18, 2013 21:25:50 GMT
Glad to hear that Bumble got better but sorry to read he's sneezing now. If he has got a bit of a cold then he may well go off his food as cats tend to eat based on smell. Hope he is on the mend but if it continues for much longer or he seems ill or hot them I;d have a word wih your vets
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Post by catcalleddog on Aug 19, 2013 7:57:32 GMT
Bumble is much better now - on Saturday he wasn't eating much, but he wanted second helpings on Sunday. He was sneezing less too. He's still snuffling a bit, but is eating well and active, so probably 80% back to his normal feisty self!
I think he just had a bad cold! He does seem susceptible to bugs - there was the diarrhoea one 2 weeks ago and also another couple over the last 11 and a half months since we got them.
I am sure he's fine - but goodness knows what they eat and drink when they go out on their rounds (up the wall to the neighbours' gardens!)
Today is the 1st anniversary of the death of our tom Frodo last year aged 13 - he died after being off his food for 2/3 days, probably from kidney failure. He was almost blind from cataracts too (apparently unusual in cats, ironically, so he and his sister may have been a product of feline incest!) and getting very old and stiff. He had a good death, all in all, falling asleep on the sofa on a Sunday morning. I wouldn't mind to go that way!
Actually, Frodo was the most intelligent cat we ever had (and his sister Fifi probably the most 'special' - and utterly dizzy!). If you didn't absolutely close a door, and make sure it clicked fast, he could open it. He got into the fridge once because the seal was going on our old fridge's door, and he somehow found that out! He also opened the oven door once (I had JUST failed to absolutely click the door when putting in Christmas dinner leftovers) - I went down one Christmas morning for find the chicken carcass etc all over the kitchen floor, and a very fat Frodo looked smug and satiated - and no wonder! He'd been gorging himself all night long!
A lot of the character of George in my novel comes from Frodo (and I reference Frodo as the old black tom who taught George when he was a kitten) - he did turn into a bit of an 'old colonel' type in his latter years! Fifi also appears as Miss Fifi, the local beauty...
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Post by tonib on Aug 19, 2013 11:11:48 GMT
Sorry to hear that its a year since Frodo died. But what a way to go in your sleep He sounds a real character. |
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Post by janussi on Aug 24, 2013 11:04:03 GMT
Welcome Jem,
I am a Newbie too and am writing a book about owning a cattery in Spain. Giving medicine to cats is always fun!!!
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Post by catcalleddog on Aug 28, 2013 12:51:05 GMT
Yes, Frodo was a real character; George in my novel is based on him really - Frodo became a real old colonel captain Manwaring type! But he was always really bright, despite being almost blind in the end.
Interesting to hear about the cattery in Spain book.
Actually, I did a phone interview with a Spanish English-language radio station this morning, for their book show. Talk Radio Europe is based in Malaga.
I am doing a live 3-3.30pm interview on the Louise Elliot show on BBC Radio Wales this afternoon too.
Two in one day. Wow...
Both will be available in listen again form soon.
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Post by janussi on Aug 30, 2013 8:33:49 GMT
Hi Jem
As you say it is hard to find time for everything. I set up a new pet sitting business yesterday and am just waiting for the business cards to arrive.
I haven't found an agent or publisher for my book. I am on Wattpad but it seems mainly for teenagers. Glad you are getting some radio airtime....might be able to catch it on iplayer.
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Post by catcalleddog on Sept 15, 2013 7:56:18 GMT
Hi janussi, my advice for anyone writing a book - or who has written one - is to revise and rewrite a lot. Perhaps get guidance from one of the companies that will assess manuscripts and give a report? I often send my manuscripts to The Writers Workshop (one online company - there are many others) because I do not like the writing group way of reading my work out to people - if that's your thing, why not try joining or creating a writing group where you live? Writing is solitary and lots of those having a go at writing (perhaps especially women) get a lot from those groups - and they're free! Creative writing courses aren't and I'd always advise caution with them. I do not have an agent or publisher either, and actually have never sent a manuscript to one. In the case of A Cat Called Dog, this is because I wanted to publish this novel superfast - so my mum could see and read it before she loses her sight. However, I am now in the same position as you: looking for an agent or mainstream publisher to take A Cat Called Dog through to the next stage, perhaps with a sequel, a children's version and maybe Christmas book, and possibly a sale of TV rights. I have confidence in the book and its characters; that's why I published independently - and did it all (from starting writing to having the paperback in my hands) in just less than a year (though I had written the book in my head for around 4 years previously!) By the way, there is an interview with me (BBC Radio Wales) on my author page (top left), and some reviews below. Please feel free top leave a review on Amazon if you like the book! People tell me it's great fun and cat lovers seem to adore it. www.troubador.co.uk/book_info.asp?bookid=2177My advice is to work and work and work on your manuscript, get some feedback from somewhere (online site or whatever), then rewrite, edit and revise a lot before publishing. I started writing seriously in my late 30s but only finally published my first novel aged over 40. I did write a bit as a teen and in my 20s; then I gave up for 15 years. Then after ending up in a job I hated, I decided what I wanted to do - so started a small online editing business (my income) from home, and started writing in 2006 - screenplays first, then radio plays (3 almost accepted by the BBC, but nothing came of it) then novels and short stories (which if necessary I can publish myself). |
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