Book quote of the day

'So in a world so obsessed with warnings, disclaimers and risk assessment I feel I may have been let down... on the face of it, it seemed that a cat flap was going to make everyone's lives easier...' 

from Outnumbered by Cats.

The cat flap may not have made my life easier, but it has inspired one book Basil and the Flappy Thing, and featured heavily in the next... Outnumbered by Cats

Basil and the Flappy Thing

Deadlines - don't be a slave to them

Deadlines - they cause stress and angst, so sometimes we have to get our own back on deadlines and shove them out of the way...

I've decided that I like bringing out a book at this time of year, usually I'm hurtling towards the deadline of getting a book out before Christmas, but, having well and truly missed that deadline, I'm quite enjoying the fact that I've finished my book, and it's going to be out soon...

...and so that leaves time to enjoy the moment. This morning I saw the first lambs of the season in a field, I came home and played with my cats in the garden for a while - well they are the stars of my next book, and my best ideas often come when I'm not trying to chase them too hard (ideas that is, not the cats).

What's new in books for 2014

New for Spring 2014 - the book about the cats who constantly distract and inspire me.

They say you should never work with children or animals, well what if your animal has children...?

Well the result was large chunks of time when I didn't manage to get to a computer, let alone do the ongoing blog that I intended, but sometimes you just have to go with the flow, enjoy the moment and write about it later...

What I did have time for was to write kitten diaries - it's easier to write with pen and paper when kittens are climbing all over you, than it is to try to type. And from these kitten diaries - which have paw prints and chewed edges, a book is emerging...

                                                                ...and what's more... it's nearly finished!!