• Café Life is the Colony's main hangout, watering hole and meeting point.

    This is a place where you'll meet and make writing friends, and indulge in stratospherically-elevated wit or barometrically low humour.

    Some Colonists pop in religiously every day before or after work. Others we see here less regularly, but all are equally welcome. Two important grounds rules…

    • Don't give offence
    • Don't take offence

    We now allow political discussion, but strongly suggest it takes place in the Steam Room, which is a private sub-forum within Café Life. It’s only accessible to Full Members.

    You can dismiss this notice by clicking the "x" box

Pets who "help" us write

  • Thread starter Thread starter Carol Rose
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
Can't say that currently I do. However, my daughter, who is an artist actually has a tortie and white cat, as well as a dog. (He's not a tortie & white) :D

Kitty has tortie and calico in her, we think. :) She was a rescue cat that Nicole and her house mates in college brought from a shelter about four years ago. When Nicole moved out of that house, she took Kitty with her, and now of course Nicole has graduated, is home, and Kitty is part of our household. :)
 
lebontemps02.jpg
Antoine provides lots of developmental editing assistance, especially with my current WIP set in New Orleans. He's no help with line edits though...
 
lebontemps02.jpg
Antoine provides lots of developmental editing assistance, especially with my current WIP set in New Orleans. He's no help with line edits though...

I love it! Beads on a cat!! :D :D :D I showed this to Kitty and she's jealous. LOL!!
 
tumblr_mvwnx66hFA1t0d5z6o1_500.jpg

(Jean Paul Sartre and his cat Nothing.)

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.
Robertson Davies

He also observed something about cats, which could apply to writers as well!

The great charm of cats is their rampant egotism, their devil may care attitude toward responsibility, and their disinclination to earn an honest dollar.
 
tumblr_mvwnx66hFA1t0d5z6o1_500.jpg

(Jean Paul Sartre and his cat Nothing.)

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.
Robertson Davies

He also observed something about cats, which could apply to writers as well!

The great charm of cats is their rampant egotism, their devil may care attitude toward responsibility, and their disinclination to earn an honest dollar.
What a pretty cat! :)
 
By "help" do you mean "sleep"? That's what mine do... (Anastacia left and Bagheera right)

View attachment 740 View attachment 741
Toby and Isidore "Izzy" also 'help' in this respect quite effectively:
20151126_200931308_iOS.jpg 20151126_201022515_iOS.jpg

Kitty wants to help me write the next Weathermen book. What do you think? Anyone else have a pet that "helps" them write? Let's share some pics. :)

View attachment 731
Though mainly they just do whatever the hell this is:
20151126_203540837_iOS.jpg

And other times, they help me to not write and watch TV instead!
20151126_194128828_iOS.jpg 20151126_194159150_iOS.jpg
 
Ah! Cute kitten overload! Thanks guys. I now miss my kitties uncontrollably but I still have about 4 hours before I get to go home and smother them with hugs and kisses *sigh*
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Further Articles from the Author Platform

Latest Articles By Litopians

  • Scheherazade’s Sandbox
    The Year of the Snake, now coming to a close, promised introspection and wisdom. To help with this, ...
  • Where is the Love?
    I recently heard an author say that, when he’s editing, one of the questions he asks himself is ...
  • A Young Man’s Fancy: Tanzen Bitte
    . “Tanzen bitte. Wanna dance?” “Ja.” “Err… do you Kommen sie hier often?” “Jeden Sam ...
  • Winging it
    ‘I could never write a book,’ a friend said to me recently. She meant it as a compliment and I a ...
  • The Monster We Were Promised
    I tutor a small group of Year Five boys who love boardgames (let’s call them the Gamer Boys). We ...
  • Character Building
    I’m sure most of us have felt the excitement when we meet a new character. I wonder, do yours arri ...
  • Plain Grocery Stores
    Right up the road from the Weaverland Auction, there’s an unnamed farm stand, its open front cover ...
What Goes Around
Comes Around!
Back
Top