I had promised to share some fun news yesterday, but got a little sidetracked.
Two weeks ago, friend and fellow writer Christie Craig came to my house. She is not only the successful author of very funny romantic suspense novels for Leisure, but she’s also a photojournalist. She’s got an upcoming article coming out in CAT FANCY magazine about authors and their cat muses, and guess what!? My big ginger cat, Oscar, and I will be featured, along with author Nina Bangs. Here’s Oscar (photo by Christie Craig).
Oscar is my office cat. He lays on my desk while I write, or on cold days, lays on my feet. Oscar is a sweet, big boy. He’s been on a strict diet for three years, and I think he might have lost three pounds during that time.
The photo shoot was a lot of fun, despite the fact I hate (gak!) having my picture taken. Christie’s a great photographer. We did get off to a bit of a slow start when Oscar, who is usually extremely laid back about visitors, must have gotten a clue something was up. We were very careful to ignore him until we needed him, but when I came out of my office, and looked down to where he’d been sitting on the staircase landing — he had vanished. I searched the house twice for him, finally realizing where he might be. We have a huge amoire in the living room, tucked into a niche of the same size. So I squeezed behind to take a look, and of course, there was my tubby Oscar, wedged between the wood and the wall. Fortunately, he’s easy to persuade. A bowl of cat food was all it took to lure him out.
I’ll share the issue date when I know it, in case any of you are feline fans, and you can read about how he’s my pet muse. Lastly, here’s a pic of Christie and I at an author event (photographer Ciara Gold).
We like to take these pictures and send them to our mutual agent, Kim Lionetti, to let her know we are busy writing.
I’ve gathered quite a collection of photos of the two of you. I still have a great one on my cell phone. If I ever figure out how to transfer it to e-mail, I’ll be sure to share!
So glad Oscar’s finally going to get his close-up!
by Kim February 23rd, 2008 at 3:31 pmI love cats, but I’m rather allergic. So instead of having one at my house, I put them in my books and look at their pictures online. It’s crazy!
Oscar is quite handsome. He looks like in his spare time he runs either the United Kingdom or the New York Mafia. Since he chose to shun having his picture taken, it’s probably the Mob
by Kimberly Frost February 24th, 2008 at 7:21 pmHey hey! It looks like we’re having a Kim convention here.
Kim L. — are you threatening me with the release of illicit cell phone photographs?
Kim F. — Oscar does run the show around here. I’ve got two other cats, and he’s clearly the Alpha. (One of the cats is actually a full size Collie who, yes, bows to Oscar’s authority).
by Kim Lenox February 25th, 2008 at 9:02 am