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Pet Posts: The Cat Chats - Book Tour and Giveaway

12/13/2020

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Pet Posts: The Cat Chats
by Debbie de Louise
Genre: Nonfiction, Pets 

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Ever wonder what cats are thinking? If your cats could write a blog, what would they talk about?
In this collection, you’ll meet Debbie De Louise’s current cats and two from the past who share their everyday activities, health concerns, behavior issues, and more.
Floppy relates his hospital experience, gives advice about taking pills, and discusses feline diabetes. His younger sister, Holly, talks about her weight issues, describes how she made the change from a feral to a house cat, and even writes a fictional story featuring her fur and human family members. Harry talks about the merits and perils of being a black cat, shares his bad habit of wire and shoelace chewing, and even gives tips about how to cope with a crisis. His sister Hermione reveals her fascination with high and low places, discusses how she mastered the cat flap door, and even reviews the Cat Writers’ Association conference.
If there’s a feline in your home or you enjoy reading about these quirky, beautiful, wise, and inspirational creatures, you’ll find these fur-st person tails from the cats’ points of view a purrfect read.


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​My name is Floppy, and this is the first article in my new column for Themestream. I am an eight-year-old, gray and white American shorthair cat who lives with Debbie, a librarian and freelance writer, and Anthony, a computer instructor. I call them Mom and Dad because I don’t recall my real feline parents and, besides, they spoil me rotten. I also have a younger, red tabby sister (unrelated by blood) named Holly. She will be posting her own column soon because she likes to imitate me. We get along fine except for a bit of sibling rivalry, but I tend to get the upper paw because I’m the oldest and the sickest. I suffer from several health problems including diabetes and asthma that will be discussed in future columns for the benefit of other cats who have these conditions. More recently, I spent some time in that terrible place called an animal hospital for a bout of pancreatitis from which I am currently recovering. My hospital adventures are not for the weak hearted, but they do shed light (not to mention fur) on several veterinary procedures from I.V.’s to ultrasounds. Besides feline health information, of which I unfortunately have learned a lot about through my sicknesses, I plan to cover other important cat topics in my column including a few basic courses such as Birdwatching 101 and Introduction to Cat Toys. My sister and I will also occasionally write a joint column, and my mom may even make a few guest appearances in our columns.

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Debbie De Louise is an award-winning author and a reference librarian at a public library on Long Island. She is a member of International Thriller Writers, Sisters-in-Crime, and the Cat Writer’s Association. She has a BA in English and an MLS in Library Science from Long Island University. Her seven published novels include the 4 books of her Cobble Cove cozy mystery series: A Stone's Throw, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Written in Stone, and Love on the Rocks, her paranormal romance, Cloudy Rainbow, her mystery thriller Reason to Die, and her latest psychological mystery, Sea Scope. She also published a romantic comedy novella featuring a jewel heist caper, When Jack Trumps Ac. Debbie has also written articles and short stories for several anthologies of various genres. She is currently querying agents to represent the first book of a new cozy mystery series. She lives on Long Island with her husband, daughter, and three cats.


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A Tale of Four Kitties and Two of Their Friends

By Debbie De Louise

I thought it would be appropriate to introduce the characters of my new release, Pet Posts: The Cat Chats. These “characters” also happen to be the authors. Here are the bios of Floppy, Holly, Harry, and Hermione. ​
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Floppy (1992 – 2007)  
Floppy was the first cat I had after I married. I chose him from a litter of 4 kittens up for adoption at the Newberry’s Department Store in November 1992. Shortly after I took him home, I discovered he suffered from asthma. He was treated with prednisone which likely contributed to his developing diabetes when he was six years old. Despite his illnesses and three hospitalizations, Floppy was a sweet cat who loved to play especially with lollipops that he batted under our refrigerator. He was the only cat I walked on a leash as a kitten and who climbed up a neighbor’s tree. In 1995, after we moved into our current home, he was joined by Holly, a 6-month-old feline red tabby who’d never lived indoors. He taught her how to use a litter box and became quite friendly with her, although they had their occasional spats. In
Pet Posts, Floppy narrates his life in our home with Holly and relates his experiences with his various illnesses. ​


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Holly (1995 – 2003) 
Holly was a feral cat we adopted. She loved to run after toy mice and enjoyed eating whipped cream. She was very bonded with Floppy and missed him during the times he was hospitalized. Rabies shots weren’t given the way they are today, and she developed a sarcoma on her back after receiving one. We had it removed, but the cancer spread to her stomach. She shares her adventures with Floppy and even a few fictional “tails” in
Pet Posts.

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Harry (2008 – present) 
Harry was adopted by in 2008 along with his sister, Hermione. He is a handsome black cat who loves to jump and play with cat teasers. A lovable lap cat, he has a bad habit of eating wires and strings of all type, so we have to keep shoelaces, earbuds, and other items out of his reach. In
Pet Posts, he offers his opinions about life with us and his sister and tells everything about his kittenhood.

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Hermione (2008 – present) 
Hermione is a dilute calico who was adopted along with her brother, Harry, from the Golden Paws Society. We originally met them at a cat café that had partnered with this rescue organization. Hermione can be affectionate on her own terms. She loves high places and soft blankets and enjoys sorting laundry with me. She’s climbed on top of refrigerators and wardrobes and often sleeps in my bed. Her favorite toy is a catnip mitten that was in her first Christmas stocking, and she also likes playing with coil toys. Her contribution to
Pet Posts is similar to Harry’s, as she tells her story from the feline female’s point of view.


There are two other cats who play minor roles in this book but should be mentioned. ​
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Oliver (2000 – 2017)
Oliver was my mother’s cat. We took him into our family in 2012 when my mother went into a nursing home. He was a handsome Siamese who was loving and sweet. He entered our household with our other cat, Stripey (his bio follows). Oliver was a people’s cat and bonded deeply with me and my daughter. He developed kidney disease in 2015, and we had to make a painful decision in 2017 when his kidneys shut down. Although Oliver never wrote any blog posts or articles, he was the basis for the Sneaky the Siamese library cat in my Cobble Cove cozy mystery series who is also the cat who hosts my cat character’s blog: https://sneakylibrarycat.wordpress.com. There’s an interview of Oliver in a bonus post at the end of
Pet Posts.

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Stripey (2017 – current) 
We adopted Stripey a year after Floppy died. Our neighbor was trying to find a home for him after a co-worker had taken him off the street but couldn’t keep him because his wife had allergies. He was around 9 or 10 months old at the time. It was the summer before my daughter started Kindergarten, and she named him. We’d all suffered respiratory infections that summer, and I ended up hospitalized with asthmatic attacks a few weeks after we got Stripey. Because the doctor didn’t want me to be around cats when I was released, Stripey had to stay with my brother-in-law’s family until I was well enough to have him back in the house. When we did, he bonded more with my husband than me or my daughter. He isn’t the friendliest cat, but he’s mellowed over the years and is now close to all of us. He recently development hyperthyroidism for which he’s being treated. Having had to adapt to senior Oliver when he came along and then to two kittens, he accepted them all and discusses that in an exclusive bonus interview in
Pet Posts.

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70 Comments
Debbie De Louise link
12/13/2020 04:50:39 am

Thanks so much for the great kickoff to my blog tour and for accommodating all the date changes due to a delay in publishing the book. Happy Holidays!

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Lori Byrd
12/13/2020 05:46:39 am

Sounds so good.

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June S.
12/13/2020 06:06:17 am

This book sounds like a lot of fun to read. I love reading books about animals.

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Bernie Wallace
12/13/2020 06:40:45 am

How long did it take you to write your book?

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 03:58:15 pm

That's hard to answer, Bernie. I wrote half of it about 20 years ago and the other half was composed of articles I'd written in the last two years on my cat character's blog. I started compiling them with my editor in July, and it was published in December, so from concept to publish it was about 5 months, not counting the three or so years I'd been writing the blog posts and articles.

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Kelly D
12/13/2020 07:14:16 am

I like the cover, it is so cute.

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 03:58:57 pm

Thanks, Kelly. The two cats on the top are my current cats, and the two underneath were my cats from the past.

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Jamie Rasmussen
12/13/2020 08:18:59 am

I think the book sounds very good and I want to read it.

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 03:59:17 pm

Thanks, Jamie.

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Mary Cloud
12/13/2020 08:39:40 am

No questions - the cover is cute

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Julie Waldron
12/13/2020 09:08:57 am

Sounds like a great book for cat lovers. The cats are beautiful, especially Hermione.

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 04:00:07 pm

Thank you, Julie. Hermione and Harry are very nice looking cats, but I think all cats are beautiful.

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Elizabeth Robinson
12/13/2020 09:15:49 am

Love the cover. Thanks for the giveaway.

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 04:00:32 pm

You're welcome, Elizabeth. Good luck!

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Rita Wray
12/13/2020 10:48:29 am

Sounds like a good book.

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Wendy Jensen
12/13/2020 10:49:26 am

What a lovely, cute book cover.

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Anne
12/13/2020 11:03:48 am

I enjoyed reading about all the cats, but it invariably makes me a little sad too.

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Debbie P
12/13/2020 11:12:15 am

This sounds like a really good read. Cute cover!

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Jon Heil
12/13/2020 11:14:19 am

More of a dog person but animals lives are better than people usually :)

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Amy F
12/13/2020 12:12:44 pm

Sounds like a great book!

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Lily Blain
12/13/2020 12:20:00 pm

Def a cat lover here, all of my current cats (7 ^^) are rescues or stray turned forever home kitties.

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Sharon Extine
12/13/2020 12:54:50 pm

Like your cover and the description of your book. Love cats.

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wendy hutton
12/13/2020 02:21:34 pm

I love the cover, so many pretty kitties

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Susan Smith
12/13/2020 03:38:01 pm

Sounds like a cute book and a cute cover.

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bn100
12/13/2020 03:50:26 pm

cute

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Crystal link
12/13/2020 03:55:16 pm

Love book cover. I love cats and this book looks like a fantastic read. Would love to read and review in print format. Book cover is purrfect. I really like it.
I hope I Win.

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 04:01:33 pm

Thanks, Crystal, and good luck!

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Terri Quick
12/13/2020 04:05:52 pm

Adorable cats

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 04:01:57 pm

Thanks so much, Terri!

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Bea LaRocca
12/13/2020 04:16:19 pm

Loving all of the kitty photos, this sounds like a must read for any cat lover. Thank you for sharing your book and author details and for offering a giveaway

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 04:02:23 pm

You're very welcome. Good luck!

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Beyond Comps
12/13/2020 04:39:32 pm

Awesome cover!

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Sherry
12/13/2020 04:52:25 pm

I really like the cover and think the book sounds good.

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Eva Millien
12/13/2020 05:40:08 pm

Nice to meet you Debbie! Sounds like a very interesting and helpful book for cat lovers! Thanks for sharing!

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 04:03:05 pm

Thank you and great meeting you, too, Eva.

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Paula
12/13/2020 05:54:53 pm

The cover art seems appropriate for the book. Good job.

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Karen M
12/13/2020 10:03:00 pm

Cover is very cute. Book sounds good.

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Victoria Alexander
12/13/2020 10:08:36 pm

Thanks for sharing

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Kara Marks
12/14/2020 05:41:27 am

The book sounds lovely!

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Karin
12/14/2020 07:36:14 am

An interesting concept for a book

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Marcy Meyer
12/14/2020 07:58:36 am

Love the pets cover!

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June S.
12/14/2020 09:16:22 am

Sounds like a great book to read.

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Peggy Clayton
12/14/2020 11:32:47 am

We love cats we have 2 indoor cats one moved right in with us he actually every time we opened the door he would run in and the other is his brother he was brought in as his mama was killed. We also have many outdoor cats that we grind our leftovers and make them food plus we make sure that we have dry food see we live in a rural area and people bring their cats and dogs and drop them as the local SPCA either charges to take them and they do put them to sleep if they aren't adopted terrible people. Even our chihuahuas love them! Your book looks so good I just love the cover of course and so glad that you brought cats into the spotlight peggy clayton

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 04:03:57 pm

Thanks, Peggy!

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Timmy Tomcat link
12/14/2020 03:15:27 pm

We think this author is writing some things that we want to see more of so will add these to our reading list

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Debbie De Louise link
12/16/2020 04:04:53 pm

Please do, and I love your screen name, Timmy. I also write novels and a cozy mystery series featuring cats.

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Nancy
12/14/2020 11:22:33 pm

I think that all cat lovers will think that the cover of your book is really "purr-fect"!

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Carol G
12/16/2020 10:13:53 am

I am always interested in learning about new books that I might want to read.

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Tari
12/16/2020 03:29:28 pm

The cover is adorable! I love Harry and Hermione kitties to begin with.

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Monica McConnell
12/16/2020 11:34:54 pm

I love the cover because I love cats I have 2 and want more but dont want to be a cat lady lol

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Julie Lundstrom
12/17/2020 02:59:36 pm

I like the cover of this book.

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Daniel M
12/17/2020 06:32:13 pm

like the cover

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Jan Lee
12/17/2020 10:20:53 pm

I'm not a "cat" person however I am an "animal" person. I did find one cat at a dilapidated home once after a party and begged my sister to keep the cat at her house, as she is an animal person. I was also living in an apartment which did not allow pets. She did keep the cat at her house and got another one as well. The cat I gave her loved to climb up and sit on the top of the refrigerator, lol Both cats got along fine thankfully.
My thought is that they both realized they could have been thrown out and were grateful to be in a place together.

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Heather Mahley
12/19/2020 03:54:37 pm

SOunds like such a good book

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Crystal link
12/20/2020 12:23:55 pm

I love Cats and Cat books. OH My, what am I saying, I'm an animal lover.
I love the book cover and excerpt. Would love to read and review this book in print format as well as the author's other books. Love books like this.
Loved reading the review/interview and learning about the author. Look forward to learning more about the authoor ad their books.
Thanks for sharing.
Hope I Win.

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Kelly O
12/20/2020 01:24:40 pm

I think this looks like a hilarious book. I cant wait to read it. My mother in law loves cats so I think she will also need this book. I love the cover. I love everything about this.

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Dawn Keenan
12/21/2020 02:07:15 pm

I love cats! This is great getting to know your cats!

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jose rosado
12/21/2020 07:58:13 pm

What do you think of the book or the cover?

The cats give the cover 5 star by default

THX

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Kelly B
12/22/2020 02:58:30 pm

Sounds like a great book. I love cats!

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Calvin
12/22/2020 07:37:09 pm

I like your shares. Cats are wonderful. I adopted one 11 years ago, he's a gentle friend.
Great book!

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Diana Hardt
12/23/2020 03:03:13 am

Cute cover. It sounds like an interesting book. Thank you for sharing.

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Brenda Ellis link
12/23/2020 07:08:18 am

Hearing the story from the cat's point of view is a cute idea. Can't wait to read the book.

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Lizz
12/23/2020 09:43:50 am

As you know, I love cats. The cover is purrfect! :)

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Beverly Laude
12/23/2020 12:04:34 pm

I love cats & the idea behind this book intrigued me!

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Catrina Pomerleau
12/23/2020 01:37:40 pm

I'm a dog person, but this sounds like a cute and fun read.

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Joy ISLEY
12/23/2020 02:23:16 pm

I am always looking for new authors to read. This book sounds like the kind I enjoy reading.
I have added it to my TBR list

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Susan L Atkins link
12/23/2020 04:50:25 pm

I love the book cover. I am a cat person

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Angela Saver
12/23/2020 05:17:06 pm

I love the cover and enjoyed the guest post!

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Nina
12/23/2020 09:25:56 pm

Looks good. Cute cover! :)

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Jerry Marquardt
12/23/2020 11:21:28 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including Pet Posts: The Cat Chats, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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