Hi Patrick, I just wanted to drop you a quick, longer-than-140-characters note about your ebook. Here’s the thing: I have contractual deadlines to meet, I’m in the middle of end-of-term marking, and there are about a million work-related things I’m supposed to be reading. So what I’m saying is that my every waking second...
Well, it’s live! Conversations with my Cat Volume 1, which collects all the posts from this site, some previously unpublished conversations, a new foreward/history, a ton of Side Notes, and links to pics of the cats, is now available for purchase at Amazon for the Kindle. Coming in at over 12,000 words, CWMC is...
I mentioned yesterday that I’ve put together an eBook containing the popular ‘Conversations with my Cat’ posts from this blog, adding in some new and unpublished posts, notes and commentary. That eBook should be available for purchase soon – but to build a little momentum, I thought I’d take a look at the evolution...
So. As you know, between Twitter, Facebook, this website, my other website, SF Signal, Functional Nerds et all, I spend a lot of time online. As such, I’ve seen a lot of people are hurting these days. Neil Clarke comes to mind. And the victims of hurricane Sandy. Saladin Ahmed hit a rough patch....
Me: *walks up the stairs. As my foot comes down on the landing, Shadow the cat races up from the bottom step and shoots between my feet to get there first* Shadow the cat: *spins and stares* Me: …ok. *walks up the 2nd set of stairs. As my foot comes down on the landing,...
Shadow the Cat: HEY! WHERE ARE YOU?! Me: I’m in here. Shadow: *scratch-scratch* WHY IS THIS DOOR CLOSED? Me: I’m busy. Shadow: LET ME IN! Me: No. I’m in the bathroom. Shadow: *scratch-scratch* COME ON! LET ME IN! Me: No! Go away. Shadow: I NEED TO GET IN THERE! Me: No, you don’t. Shadow:...
*jingle-jingle* Shadow the Cat: Um. What the fuck is this? Me: That would be a bell on your collar. Right. But, WHY is there a bell on my collar? Grandma thought it was cute. Grandma. *jingle* Again. *jingle* I’m telling you, *jingle* she *jingle* has *jingle* to *jingle* OH MY GOD GET THIS OFF...
Shadow the Cat: OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD! Me: What? What is it? IT WENT AWAY BUT NOW IT’S BACK! What’s back? I REMEMBER IT BUT IT WASN’T SO SHINY AS IT IS NOW! I am so lost here. SHINY SPARKLIE PRETTY I WANT TO EAT IT AND CLIMB IT AND MAYBE DO BAD THINGS TO...
Shadow the Cat: I can’t get into the closet. Me: I know. How do you know? Cuz I fixed it so you can’t get into the closet anymore. What?! WHY?! What did I eevr do to you? You got into the closet and climbed my suit to get up on the shelf. One time!...
Shadow the Cat: We never talk anymore. Me: We talk all the time! It doesn’t feel like it. I mean, I talk, but do you listen? To be fair, I’m usually asleep. You’re awake now. Yes, but I don’t want to be. It’s 3 am. Again?! Every night. Same time. Sheesh. It’s like you’re...
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Patrick Hester is an author, blogger and Hugo Nominated Podcast Producer/Host who lives in Colorado and writes science fiction and fantasy (mostly)...[click to read more]
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