By Andrea Dorn. I used that title because the movie “Romancing the Stone” wrangled a reclusive romance writer into an adventure with a treasure hunter to find a precious stone. The title, to me, means discovering the stone. Recently in the CWA Zoom Chat, our discussion surrounded the topic of “Romance,” mainly because it was […]
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Writing it Out
By T. J. Banks. Catsong didn’t start out as a book. It began as a single story – a long and loving good-bye to Kilah, a torbie barn kitten who, with her sister Cricket, had come to us shortly after Tim and I had married and moved into our new house. Kilah was 16 when […]
The Relevancy of Writing about Cats in Today’s Broken World
By Katherine Kern. Cats are immensely popular pets worldwide. Many people are passionate about their feline companions, whom they view as part of the family. Cats also maintain a significant presence on the internet, where memes, videos, and images of cats entertain and engage audiences, showcasing the enduring fascination with these animals. Because of these […]
Two Cats to the Rescue
By Judith Ayn. 2014 began as a very bad year. My world turned topsy-turvy with early retirement from work due to stress-related health problems and the death of my sixteen-year-old cat. I was home alone, with too much time on my hands to think about losses. In April, I started looking for a cat to […]
What My Cats Really Want for Christmas
By Debbie De Louise As the holidays approach, cat lovers are bombarded with advertisements for gifts for their kitties. These range from catnip-filled toys that are touted as purr-fect stocking stuffers to expensive cat furniture, motorized games, and other fancy items that most felines will use once and then abandon or only take interest in […]
8 Things I Learned from My Cats about Writing Haiku
by Lee Wardlaw 1. When poised at a hole, remain still – use your ears, eyes, nose, whiskers and mouth to detect a lurking creature. In other words: OBSERVE Observation is crucial to haiku. One must quiet the mind and use all five (or more!) senses to absorb, appreciate, and anchor the moment. A dog […]
Who are the Cat Writers’ Association? Nancy Peterson
An interview with CWA member and former President Nancy Peterson by Mollie Hunt. Who are the Cat Writers’ Association is a series of interviews with CWA members, but not your usual who, what, and where discussion. I like to ask a different set of questions and am always amazed by the answers. I hope you […]
How the Cat in the Blue Virus Mask Changed My Life
by Linda Wright It’s all his fault. His fault that my writing career took a 180 degree turn from “serious” Private Investigator (PI) novels, in which my cat-loving animal rights sleuth mends the world, to . . . cat silliness. One particularly miserable day in 2020, I was sure, as were many of us, that […]
How Joining the Cat Writers’ Association Started Me on My Publishing Path
By Debbie De Louise. As a child, I loved to read and write. I also loved my cats. My parents were animal lovers, so I grew up surrounded by pets, both dogs and cats. During my college years at LIU/Post where I studied English and then library and information science, I wrote a daily diary, […]
Global Pet Expo 2023 Report, Part 2
By Lynn Maria Thompson In Part 1 of this year’s GPE report, we explored new products from the Cat Writers’ Association’s sponsors. In this part, we’ll venture out into the broader world and look at some of the products we saw from other companies. There’s so much to see! While it’s been a few months […]