Snowy's Writing Day...

 Yesterday I had a writing companion...Snowy. Here's his writing day

I think I'd like to be a cat...

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We Are Not Pleased

The scene of my leaving yesterday.....

The One That Got Away

We had a strange and new visitor in our garden today. Snowy was not impressed!

Leap of Faith

My heart was in my mouth at I watched Snowy's latest game. I waited for the glass shelf to come crashing down!

Over the weekend, yours that is and not mine, I was browsing blogs as I do and came across another interesting meme on Absolute Vanilla's blog and I thought at this current point in my own writing it would be good to do as an exercise. So here is a meme about writing strengths ( don't worry I'm not going to tag anyone):

"The instructions were as follows:
Make a list of five strengths that you possess as a writer/artist. It's not really bragging, it's an honest assessment (forced upon you by this darn meme). Please resist the urge to enumerate your weaknesses, or even mention them in contrast to each strong point you list. Tag four other writers or artists whom you'd like to see share their strengths."

So here goes:

Writing dialogue. I love it and it shows through in my writing.

Sexual tension. I love the build up to romance and I try to put as much as possible into the lead up to the 'kiss'.

Sense of location. Cornwall inspires me and I think I capture the landscape and the feel of it very well.

Capturing adolescence. Probably because of having two of them at home but also because I love just talking with teens, my teenage characters are spicy and true to life.

Happy endings. Some may think this is a down side but I have seen too many unhappy endings in my life to not want to give my characters a hopeful start on the life beyond the book.

So what are your writing strengths?

Snowy in Dubai

First I have to thank Jan Jones for prompting me on the title of today's post. Here Snowy revives himself with a little drink (many Dubai cats prefer water from the tap which was very puzzling when he first deigned to live with us five years ago).
So here's Snowy checking out the accommodation and the view.

My work space is becoming a favorite spot of his.

I think he looks settled in, don't you?

Snowy's Arrives

I am sitting here awaiting the arrival of my sure to p--sed off cat. He's been in kennels in Heathrow for ten days and was on the overnight BA flight! He will not be well pleased to see me whenever he is delivered to the hotel today!

Living in a hotel apartment with him I know will be any endless challenge. In London he was a house cat. He hated it but lived with it. He tried to escape when he could. Freedom was his game all summer in Cornwall and it will take a year for the shrew population to recover. I am hoping that ten days in a confined space plus many hours in an even smaller one will make this two bedroom apartment seem palatial but I doubt it.

I know he will make a bid for freedom as soon as the door opens and it opens regularly even when I am not here. Hotel staff pop by to empty bins ect. They prop open the door while they do this! Therefore I have been having nightmares of rescuing Snowy from the atrium and the nice tent like structure they have erected for the Iftar! At least it will break his fall but it might startle the diners below!

Snow!!!!

I know I'm still just a little kid at heart. Waking this morning and seeing London bathed in snow I ran outside and let our cat, snowy join me on our early morning prowl. Snowy is normally not allowed out and he has never seen snow before. He joined our family as a rescue cat when we lived in Dubai. Clearly somewhere in his heritage (he's a turkish angora) he was built for snow. The camoflage was incredible.

He was also seriously pissed off when I pulled him back inside!!! No snow ball for him!