The Complete Cat's Meow

I'm excited. Really! You may wonder where I've been since I've been posting so erratically. The simple fact is that along with my usual workload, I've spent the past year writing another book. Not just any book. I'd never write a book unless I thought I had something worth saying. It's too much work and, frankly, I'm no hack. I don't just sit here churning out books. I do a lot of preparation, a lot of research.

For the past dozen years or more I've wanted to write a cat book. Again and again I heard from publishers that cat people don't buy books. I beg to differ. I'm nothing if not persistent, and finally heard "yes!" from Wiley, the same publisher who published Small Dogs, Big Hearts. I was so used to hearing "no" when pitching a cat book that it took a minute or two to sink in. Yes!

And so I set out to write a different sort of cat book. Yes, it would be slotted under general cat books but there would be things in this book that weren't in other cat books. For the first time in a general cat book, responsible cat breeders have shared how they raise their kittens so any new pet owner, shelter volunteer or foster can use these same techniques and give their little ones the same wonderful start towards becoming a wonderful, well-adjusted pet. As a Certified Animal Behavior Consultant, I included cat behavior and training. There's health, what you'll need for your kitty, I burst myths about cats along the way and so much more. There are also glorious cat pictures throughout the book and a special color section in the middle.

The Complete Cat's Meow is scheduled for an April 5th release but online bookstores received it early and have begun to ship it. It's possible it's also in the brick and mortar stores ahead of schedule. A book launch/signing is scheduled for April 6th at 7 p.m., Barnes and Noble in Shopper's World, Framingham, MA. The excitement is building.

I wrote this book to make a difference for cats and their people, to help build the human-animal bond, to deepen it. Whatever you think you know about cats I think you'll discover something new. Maybe many somethings new.