About The Cats

What is it about cats? They sleep where they want, wonder around as if
the place belongs to them, eat constantly, and yes, the vet says to leave
the food bowls in place and full 24/7. You want companionship and
they can't be found, you don't want companionship and they insist.

We have three beauties. One is marmalade, one tuxedo, and one
 a silver point Siamese and tiger mix, but color doesn't seem to
mean a thing. Nor does age, nor does the place of the origin. The
oldest lived with my daughter before we inherited him. Wally, the
tuxedo was raised by us. We got him when he was only seven weeks
old, and the Siamese was at the vets for almost three years, with a
bunch of other cats. But all three fit the same patterns.

One of these days I'll figure out why when I'm at my desk, or my
computer, they have to be there too. Makes concentrating on my story
a bit difficult.

And printer... Well that's for another time.

Allison
"Heartsong", "Battlesong","Windsong", all available
from Champagne Books, or where good e-books
are sold

My life is a bit chaotic

I'll begin at the beginning. (grinning) All stories
begin at the beginning.

Last Saturday, my husband went out to the garden shed
at the edge of our property to feed our resident
outside cats and sundry other animals who come to be
fed. He spotted a gray and a yellow tail. Kittens!
When our son arrived to check on us,(he stops by
after work) we told him about the kittens and he
went out to check and came back for a flashlight.

Four, he said. And the shed was no place for them.
So, early Sundy morning he caught all four and brought
them inside to us. I put them in our second bathroom.
The intent was to take them to our vet on Monday morning.

When we got to the vet, his assistant came running out
of the office. They couldn't take them; they already
had kittens running out of their ears. I wasn't about
to take them to the local shelter for they would be
killed. So we found out we needed a big, and I do mean
big, dog cage, cat food, liter box and a place close
to us to tame them.

So I now have four adorable kittens in a cage in my
living room. Which wouldn't be too bad but the other
three adults cats, our cats, are having fits. I have
home for two and hopefully will find homes for the
other two. I'd better find homes for the other two.
My adult cats will not tolerate kittens.

Allison
Heart-warming Romance with a Sensual Touch.

And information about my WIP (work in process)
and my short Story scheduled for a December
release tomorrow.

Now we've done it!

Stretched out under computer is our new kitty. Well, she
isn't really a kitty, and I'm hoping she'll come out and meet
our other two cats today.

Two cats and we've added another? We must have lost our minds.
But no, I don't think so. Reason - our big cat is growing old. (HMMMM)
Reminds me of me. But LS doesn't want to play all that much,
and our little Wally likes to play. Solution. Get another cat.
So Celine is under my desk. She's a cross-eyed, blue eyed part
Siamese about two years old.

If she decides she likes it here, and comes out from under my desk
I'll be putting new pictures up on my web page.

But the way she's hiding, don't look for any pictures for awhile.

In the meantime, I'll just have to work on the next book. This one
is a romance set during the time of the London fire. I started this
book years ago, and I think this heroine may be my favorite.
A red headed vixen who is not at all happy with the thought
of marrying a second time. In fact she really is not pleased
with any man, especially the King of England who named her
second husband.

In a time when disagreeing with the royal could be a time to
lose your head, my Judith does a lot of arguing.

This is definitely a woman after my heart!

Now to coax Celine from under the desk.

Allison

www.AllisonKnight.com
Award winning "Heartsong" available now.
"Battlesong" the sequel will be available in
August. Watch for the short Gothic, "The Haunting of Hastings Hall"
from Red Rose Publishing available in March

Changes

Change seems to be the big word at the moment.
So I decided to make a few changes myself -
kinda like New Year's resolutions.

First, I decided to scrub and wax the kitchen
floor. I've been sticking to it for weeks now.
And I finished yesterday. It took all day, for
I have a BIG kitchen.

Thursday the newest addition to the family,
Wallie, goes to the vet for his surgery. The vet
assures me it's a simple procedure, and not too
painful for the little guy, but necessary
because I don't want a howling, parading male
cat rounding around looking for a mate.

I also decided I'm not going to get stuck in the
kitchen this season making dozens of Christmas
cookies nobody needs, or should eat - me included.
I'll make just two kinds and of course, my usual
toffee. That's all, except maybe a batch of old
fashioned fudge.

Then there's my books. I working deligently on my
WIP and I'm delighted to say, it is coming along
nicely. I'll have it completely rewritten before
Christams - I hope.

And I'm going to change the amount of Christmas
decorations this year. A lot fewer than usual.
I'll keep reminding myself, what goes up must
come down. That should do it.

Yep! Gonna make some changes.

Allison
www.AllisonKnight.com
"Heartsong" a medieval romance
now available from Champagne Books
in both digital format and trade paperback.

My Life with the Kitten

As I said, we have an addition to the family, a
tiny black kitten. Well, that was a month ago.
That kitten is growing up.

And he is developing some very bad habits. I've
lost all my house plants... I had baskets of
large potpourri around the house. Notice, I said
I did. Now the stuff is all over the floors.
Great toys.

I can no longer work contentedly at my computer.
Nope, he wants attention, so he jumps on my lap,
crawls onto the desk, via the keyboard and sits
in front of my monitor. He's big enough now to
block the screen (or most of it!)

But, he's a cute little bugger and I'm not at all sorry
we have him. He'll be great - when he gets a
little older.

Until then, I've discovered if I have to do any
serious writing, I better close my office door.
It's closed now. Or I would never have gotten
this post written.

That's my life with our kitten...

As ever,

Allison
www.allisonknight.com
"Heartsong" available now
from Champagne Books