Welcome to another edition of Open Book Blog Hop. This week’s questions are: “What is your favorite animal and why? Have you ever included it in one of your stories?” You can click the link below to participate in this week’s hop and read other responses.
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Although dogs consider us family and cats think of us as staff, I’m more partial to cats because you don’t have to walk them or even let them out to relieve themselves. Once they’re potty trained, you just need to clean out the litter box regularly and supply them with toys, and that’s it. And when cats are in the mood, you can hold them on your lap and enjoy their purrs and soft fur.
I have many fond memories of the cats in our family when I was growing up. But after caring for my late husband for six years, although it’s been over a decade since his passing, I’m still not ready to care for another living thing. I have a robotic cat instead.
The nice thing about Joy is that she doesn’t have to be fed, and there’s no need for a litter box, toys, or visits to the vet. Although her voice box no longer works, I can still hold her on my lap, pet her, brush her, and enjoy watching her turn her head, blink, and stretch whenever I want.
All that having been said, for some reason, I haven’t included cats in any of my stories except for one that will be in my upcoming collection, Living Vicariously in Wyoming. Here, a woman has ten cats and loves them dearly. I hope the book will be published sometime this year. So, you’ll just have to wait and find out more.
How about you? What’s your favorite animal? Why? Have you ever included this animal in any of your stories?
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New! Why Grandma Doesn’t Know Me
Copyright 2021 by Abbie Johnson Taylor.
Independently published with the help of DLD Books.
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Sixteen-year-old Natalie’s grandmother, suffering from dementia and confined to a wheelchair, lives in a nursing home and rarely recognizes Natalie. But one Halloween night, she tells her a shocking secret that only she and Natalie’s mother know. Natalie is the product of a one-night stand between her mother, who is a college English teacher, and another professor.
After some research, Natalie learns that people with dementia often have vivid memories of past events. Still not wanting to believe what her grandmother has told her, she finds her biological father online. The resemblance between them is undeniable. Not knowing what else to do, she shows his photo and website to her parents.
Natalie realizes she has some growing up to do. Scared and confused, she reaches out to her biological father, and they start corresponding.
Her younger sister, Sarah, senses their parents’ marital difficulties. At Thanksgiving, when she has an opportunity to see Santa Claus, she asks him to bring them together again. Can the jolly old elf grant her request?
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