jack to margaret: it’s a snooze, mom
MY UPCOMING DROPOUT MEMOIR (“And I Shall Have Some Peace There,” February 2011, Grand Central Publishing) is no longer a private matter—not some secret document whose life plays out on my dining table and my editor’s desk. Recently it pulled itself together into what’s called an Advance Reading Copy, resembling a paperback version of the book-to-be, and showed off at BookExpo America, a trade fair at the Javits Center in New York City. My publisher also sent me an actual copy of the book lookalike (bookalike?), which I immediately showed to Jack the Demon Cat. Big mistake.
copy cat Jack!
@Janis: He is incorrigible, right? :)
I love the story of how you and Jack came to be together, i too have a stray cat that seems to be hanging around, i have never really been a “Cat Person”, but, i find myself calling to our stray, looking for him, or her, how did you get Jack to come in closer? Sounds like it was just meant to be!!!
@Lynn: He was once a domestic cat, we think; he was neutered, and friendly enough, when he arrived, except if you tried to bring him indoors or hold him. Food was always his big interest. :) So I put a box with towels in it outside on the porch and food and water, and gradually he got more interested in me. Then I set up a bed for him in the shed near the house….and so on. It wasn’t until years later, when I moved here fulltime, that he deigned to come into the Big House (mine).
Margaret I am so thankful to have found your site. I feel at last I have peace in my life but am missing having cats around. Yes I have a wonderful garden, small yet surrounded by the trees I love but I yearn for a place in the country where I can grow more, see more wildlife and immerse myself in the loveliness and solitude of nature.
Thank you for inspiration and now a determination to find that place where I can find what I am looking for.
Thanks Margaret for those nice thoughts and by the way, Jack is one hot cat!
Can’t wait to read it Margaret — congrats! xo
As you know, cats only sleep on/near things they love, so you’re cool.
Cute cat!!
Welcome, Marx. Jack the Wacko (aka Jack the Demon Cat) has his own CATegory on my WordPress blog, you know. :) (And in case you are wondering, I am NOT a cat person.)
Clearly Jack — although he has many other very charming qualities — is no literary critic. Can’t wait for a copy!
Congratulations! I just pre-ordered a copy on Amazon. February 2011 here we come! Talk about something to look forward to.