Hello, I am Amoni. I am a one year old American domestic short-hair cat with dark tortoiseshell markings. I and my litter-mates were rescued as babies out of a park trashcan by kind humans. They helped us grow up and get healthy so that we could find our forever homes. My adopted mom and dad drove an hour to get me when they saw me on Facebook. I arrived at my new home to find a newly acquired kitten sister, who was about my age, and a mom cat that had been terribly lonely (her previous family had been broken up when a very old cat died and the others moved away with their mom). We are a happy cat family now! [sitting contently in her meatloaf position and purring]
What is your favorite toy?
I like to play with anything that catches my eye. But I really like to play chase and tumble with my cat sister and cat mom.
What is your favorite food?
I prefer dry food even though my mom gives us a variety of flavors of canned food twice a day. [licks her lips then a paw]
Who is your author?
She writes under the name P. Clauss. Which isn’t much of a change from her real name, Penny Clauss. She did that so she could keep her Facebook pages straight and have a bit of an alternate identity from her other professional self.
What does your author write?
She writes in multiple genres. Several poems of hers are published in anthologies. Her non-fiction works include several online Christian articles and a collection of devotional booklets. She also has several Science Fiction/Fantasy based novels out in the market, one of which was invited the 2017 AJC Decatur Book Festival and the 2018 BookExpo in New York City. Oh, she also has a collection of children short stories in a book (it’s still only available in e-book format, for now. It was the first book ever that she had self e-published!).
Where does your author write their stories?
She prefers to sit back in her recliner and use her laptop. I like this because when I want, I can camp out on her chest. I’m small enough that she can still see over me and work while I get my time with her. (My cat sister is too big. When she tries to sit on her chest, mom can’t look over her very well!)
What is the best thing about being an author pet?
When she’s home from her other job and she’s writing, that is when she is sitting still long enough that I can curl up on her and get in a long nap time and keep her company with my purring.
What is the hardest thing about being an author pet?
Ah well, [licks a paw and smooths her whiskers] I really have to think about that. I guess the only downside is when dinner is delayed because she is in her groove and needs to get the action in her mind onto the screen before the inspiration takes a nap again.
Where should readers go to read your author’s work?
Most of her books are now on Amazon. There are earlier additions to some of the books that may be floating around on other e-book platforms. But the newer editions and new publications are on Amazon where the reader has a choice between Kindle or paperback formats.
What does a typical day in your author pet life look like?
I sleep most of the night with my mom and dad. Once morning feeding time is over, I usually play chase and tumble with my cat sister and cat mom. If mom is home from her other job and writing, I usually hang out with her until its time to romp and play again. I go through the house and make sure everything is in its place. If it is, and it suits my fancy, then I pull it down to play with it (unless it breaks). If it’s not in its place then I make sure to relocate it even further away. I patrol the doors and make sure the outside cats stay out. Then I cuddle up with my cat mom and cat sister and do some communal grooming then napping. After evening feeding time, we hang out with mom and dad then escort them to bed.
Is there anything else you’d like to add?
[cat yawn] Oh, I guess to pass on that I’ve heard mom say she really likes sharing her stories and worlds to readers. She hopes they enjoy her characters and plots! [curls up to take a nap] Oh! [one eye pops open] She’s been working with a self-publisher on a book that she calls the “kitten manuscript”. Apparently, my sister and I are models for some of the characters in it. All I know is that its a children’s book and that its suppose to come out fairly soon. [yawns again] Title and release date will be announced in the near future. [She sleepily licks a paw and slits both eyes] Thank you for listening to my view of life! [curls up and sighs as she purrs herself to sleep]
My name is Mandy. I’m a chihuahua terrier mix and I’ll be 15 on June 15. I also have diabetes.
What is your favorite toy?
I don’t have one anymore, I’m blind now. I do like to play what I call the jerky game. My mom or dad tries to get my treat and I pretend to be mad and growl at them.
What is your favorite food?
I like cheese, chicken, pupperonis and milk bones.
Who is your author?
My author is my mom, S.W. Frontz.
What does your author write?
She writes mystery/crime fiction/romantic suspense books, a series called the Land’s End Series.
Where does your author write their stories?
She likes to write in her office, but I don’t like it there, so I bark and bark until she brings me back downstairs, so she works on her laptop on the couch beside of me.
What is the best thing about being an author pet?
I get to pose with her books and have my pictures on her social media accounts.
What is the hardest thing about being an author pet?
I don’t like it when she devotes her attention to her writing.
Where should readers go to read your author’s work?
Amazon has Kindle and paperback versions.
What does a typical day in your author pet life look like?
I sleep until 9 or 10, then mom walks me, then feeds me my breakfast, then I get my morning shot. I nap, sit outside on the deck, sometimes mom takes me to visit my cousin Asher and then I have my supper and evening shot, then mom takes me for another walk, then I bark for fifteen minutes while my parents try to watch tv. Dad gives me treats and plays the jerky game with me and then I go to sleep for the night.
Is there anything else you’d like to add?
I hope everyone who reads will read my mom’s books.
Hi! I’m Pete. I’m a Chihuahua. I’m about to turn 10. I love walks and sunbeams and stuffed animals and tormenting the cat and I really, really love my humans.
What is your favorite toy?
I love toys! I love stuffed animals best. My favorite is a Halloween Snoopy. He’s dressed like a pumpkin. I play with him all year.
What is your favorite food?
I love raw spinach. My humans say that’s kind of weird but I don’t care. It’s my favorite and I dance for it whenever I see it.
Who is your author?
My author is Jean Marie Bauhaus. She’s my mom. She’s nice and soft and she gives me spinach.
What does your author write?
Scary things, with ghosts and zombies and vampires, but there’s also sometimes kissing. I like kissing. Kissing is nice. Scary things aren’t nice. I will bite them.
She writes a series of books called Restless Spirits and it has good ghosts and bad ghosts. And lots of kissing. It’s nice.
Where does your author write their stories?
On the couch, or sometimes at the kitchen table. Usually someplace where I can curl up in her lap or beside her. I help by keeping her lap warm so she doesn’t have to be distracted by a cold lap.
What is the best thing about being an author pet?
My author sits a lot while she writes so there’s always a lap available. And when she gets stuck we go on walks. It’s fun!
What is the hardest thing about being an author pet?
Sometimes it’s hard to get her attention away from the computer things. She’s always tapping on it instead of petting me. So I have to stand on it to remind her that she should be petting me.
Where should readers go to read your author’s work?
They should go to her website at JeanMarieBauhaus.com or just look her up on their favorite online bookstore.
What does a typical day in your author pet life look like?
I get my mom up early to feed me. My health’s not so good, so she has to give me some medicine for my heart. Then I hang out at the kitchen table with my mom and dad while they drink coffee and have breakfast. After everybody’s had breakfast and gotten dressed we go for a walk, and then my mom sits down and gets on the computer and I get in her lap. Eventually we all eat again and I take another pill and then we go for another walk and then she gets on the computer some more. But sometimes I’m tired of being still so I go bother the cat. And then we all have supper and get into our PJs and I take a nap while Mom and Dad watch TV until it’s time to wake up and take more medicine and go to bed.
Is there anything else you’d like to add?
You’ll make my mom really happy if you say hi to her on Twitter @jmbauhaus! And you can see pictures of me on her Instagram! She’s @jmbauhaus there, too.
My humans named me Ash because of my fur color, but sometimes they call my Bad Ash Cat #badashcat because of my previous life before I found them and made them love me. I was stray until I was nine months old (according to the vet, but I don’t want to get into that, because that was almost as unpleasant as being a stray). I’ve been hit with water from hoses, I had worms and parasites, and someone shot me with a freaking BB gun. I still have a pellet in my back leg. But when I found my humans, I could tell there was something different about them. I camped out under their plants on their deck until they started feeding me. Once the food and water showed up on a daily basis, I knew they were hooked in my claws. I made friends with the pit bull, who let me tell you, loves to lick fur even more than I do, and that was that, they took me to vet, got me dewormed and de-parasited, spayed, and poked with a bunch of needles. But it wasn’t all bad, because after that I got to come inside the house and meet my brother Simon. (He’s another stray they took in, but I’m not going into that either, because this is all about me, not him.)
What is your favorite toy?
I have this round plastic flat thingy with a scratchy thingy in the middle and a ball that rolls around the outside. I could hit that ball for hours and often do just that. It’s cathartic.
What is your favorite food?
My human feeds me a strict Science Diet, but the youngest of the humans in the house gives me dental treat at night before he goes to bed. I really look forward to that crunchy little morsel.
Who is your author?
My human is author Renee George. She spends a lot of time in her easy chair. Which wouldn’t be bad if her lap wasn’t always full of that stupid laptop. I spend a lot of time supervising her from her desktop, and sometimes, I will join her on the chair for more one on one mentoring sessions.
What does your author write?
She writes paranormal romance and mysteries with humor, featuring strong female characters who love animals, even when they don’t have their own.
Where does your author write their stories?
In her office easy chair, but when it’s warm outside, she likes to write on her screened in porch.
What is the best thing about being an author pet?
She is freaking home ALL THE TIME. I love it. I’m never lonely or hungry. I make few noises, and she’s there to scratch my head or tummy. It’s awesome.
What is the hardest thing about being an author pet?
The few times she’s not at home, like when she goes to a conference. She leaves us with the male humans, and they’re great and all, but they are not her.
Where should readers go to read your author’s work?
http://www.romance-the-night.com or her lap. Either works.
What does a typical day in your author pet life look like?
My human gets up from bed, gets coffee, adds water to our drinking fountain, fills up the kibble, get to her desk. Me and my bro help her by chasing the floating arrow that flies across her screens while she checks her emails. After she does work at the desk on the big computer, she gets in her easy chair and watches a little TV while she cuddles us. Usually, Kona the pit bull joins the party at this time. You’d think my human’s lap wouldn’t be big enough for the three of us, but she manages. Josie, the crotchety old beagle that lives in the house, usually takes up her place on some pillows next to the chair. She sleeps a lot, so we leave her alone. After an hour of TV, my human sends us off her lap so she can replace us with that stupid laptop and begins to type.
My bro Simon and I make a playground out of the rest of the house while she works, so I’m not sure exactly what happens when we’re not in the room. Every once in a while things crash off shelves and tables, so my human will come out of the office to check to make sure we’re okay, you know, that the priceless bowl or cup full of tea or whatever hasn’t fallen on our heads. She yells at the objects for a little bit, just to make sure they don’t try to hit us again. She goes back to work after. Simon and I fall asleep on our cat tree in the late afternoon to her not so gentle typing (we sleep a lot), so I’m not really sure what she does during that time.
When the male humans come home, my author spends a lot of time in the kitchen area cooking up stuff that smells really good, but she never lets me eat. It’s one of the few things that I grudge about. She then watches TV in the living room with the oldest male until he goes to bed, and she starts writing again until she goes to bed. It’s pretty boring, but after nine months of hell on the streets, I like boring.
Is there anything else you’d like to add?
I’m very happy to be safe and in a home with humans who love me. My humans rock! Thanks so much, Whiskers. I think you have a pretty great human too.
My name is Tilly. I’m a green cheeked conure–a parrot, not just any ordinary bird, please. Chrys is my third mother. I was raised until I was fully fledged by my first mom and dad, and then a nice woman looked after me. When my second mom found out I needed more time than she could give me, Chrys took me home with her. I have a great time! When my mom is home, I’m with her. I have a big play area in the study, and a huge cage full of toys for when Chrys needs to go out to work.
What is your favorite toy?
My foraging toys. These are filled with my favourite snacks. And then Chrys adds shredded paper to make it harder for me to get them out. Bummer!
What is your favorite food?
Dried coconut. I love dried coconut!
Who is your author?
Chrys Cymri, my mom.
What does your author write?
She writes fantasy stories. One of the characters, a sarcastic cat-sized gryphon, is based on my mom’s previous bird (who very sadly died before I came to live with Chrys). The best character, though, is the snail shark called Clyde, because he’s based on me! He’s very sweet, but he can also bite when he doesn’t get his own way.
Where does your author write her stories?
She writes in the study. When I think she’s been working for too long, I fly down from my toys and demand that she scratches my head.
What is the best thing about being an author pet?
I’m a video star! I crawl all over Chrys while she does a reading from one of her books. You can see me on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdZHwEqj0lg&t=6s
What is the hardest thing about being an author pet?
Sometimes mom wants to spend time writing instead of scratching my head. And surely I’m more important than any story? I’m real!
Where should readers go to read your author’s work?
Chrys publishes her books on Amazon in paperback and for Kindle. The link to the first book in the ‘Penny White’ series is myBook.to/PWTemptationDragons
What does a typical day in your author pet life look like?
There is no typical day. Chrys is a full time Christian minister, so she is in and out of the house. Most of her writing is done on evenings and her day off.
Is there anything else you’d like to add?
I’m still waiting for one of her books to be dedicated to me. Surely I deserve it?
I am Gavin, a seven-year-old gray tabby Maine Coon. I currently rule over a small but vibrant kingdom in New York City where my citizens include a man with a cozy lap, a blonde lady who gives me wet food, and a shrill, excitable girl child who seems to have mistaken me for a toy.
What is your favorite toy?
A long, brightly hued ribbon.
What is your favorite food?
Friskies Wild West-flavored treats. They’re the Fritos of the cat world.
Who is your author?
My Author Mommy is Erin Bomboy. She gives me lots of scritchies and fresh water, but she’s always dancing around the apartment, which means she gets under my feet when I go for my daily prowls.
What does your author write?
In addition to writing fiction set in the dance world, Author Mommy also works as a dance critic. Naturally, as a cat, I’m a paragon of grace and poise, but I’ve learned a few things from her like how to increase my ballon when leaping from the console table to the sofa.
What is the best thing about being an author pet?
Author Mommy reads all her work aloud, so I get the scoop on the latest show in New York, plus I’m able to hear a good story without having to leave the comfort of my kingdom.
What is the hardest thing about being an author pet?
A computer usually occupies my Author Mommy’s lap.
Where should readers go to read your author’s work?
Readers can find Author Mommy (Erin Bomboy) at erinbomboy.com, dance-enthusiast.com, and Amazon.
What is your author’s latest book?
Author Mommy’s latest novel, The Pas de Deux: A Classical Ballet Romance, is about the love affair between a ballerina at the end of her career and the much-younger dancer with whom she falls in love. Although there’s more kissing than I’m used to, the story goes beyond the beats and tropes of the romance genre to deal with heavy topics like AIDS and the Armenian Genocide. It takes place in the ‘80s in Los Angeles, and I liked hearing about the fashion and the music. I would have looked totally tubular in a fluorescent-green, popped-collar shirt.
What is your author’s writing process?
On her first drafts, Author Mommy spends a lot of time sighing and staring into space. Once she has that down, she gets smiley because she enjoys the rewriting and editing process.
What do you dislike?
Waking up, hairballs, that one time Author Mommy got me shaved to look like a lion.
How do you practice self-care?
As a cat, my entire existence is devoted to self-care. I keep trying to get humans to understand the importance of a long grooming session, tasty treats, and extended naps, but they seem to think they need to go to work and wash dishes.