Breaking out of the box - my first book for adults or more competent young readers with a love of cats...
Outnumbered by Cats - breaking out of the box...
No, not that sort of box... I mean the idea that an author should stick to one genre - up until now I've written children's books, and though this one will appeal to older children, it is aimed at adults.
One for the adults - A true story bursting with colour photos of cats and kittens.
I'd like to get a female kitten and let her have one litter," I said to my stunned family when they raised the kitten topic. Not surprisingly a suitable kitten was quickly found... and Mitzi arrived in time for Christmas, bringing her own brand of fun and chaos, and demanding friendship from our 5 year old cat Cleo.
By summer Mitzi was quite confused, she came into season and started calling shamelessly. But when a hapless tomcat answered her call, she was far from impressed; causing more than one cat flap drama, and a hole in the door where a flap used to be.
Eventually nature took it its course and Mitzi had kittens. The first few weeks were blissfully peaceful, watching as Mitzi took care of their every need. We had a week of heartache when one of the kittens was poorly, and then not developing properly, and was destined to challenge and inspire us in ways we could not yet imagine.
Then they grew big enough to escape their box, and the bedlam began...
The story that emerged from the kitten diaries, written as kittens climbed on me and chewed the edges of my note books...
Back view book and cat: 
