Meankitty Wants to Know: Stephanie Queen

Romance author Stephanie Queen (www.stephaniequeen.com) is owned by a cat named Kitty, who, as you will see below, often has a hard time keeping her human in touch with reality...that reality being KITTY COMES FIRST. This is properly illustrated in the photo to the left.

1) So, your human writes books. Does this mean he or she is home all day and easy to access? Elaborate if necessary.

My human, Stephanie Queen (ha!) (SQ to me) is theoretically at home all day. But a lot of the time she’s out to lunch--if you catch my drift. Let me spell it out. I don’t mean she’s necessarily out at a restaurant eating lunch with friends like a normal human, unless you count imaginary friends at the imaginary restaurant hidden inside her scatterbrained head.

2) What are your techniques for distracting your human during crucial writing moments, just because it's fun?

Since she’s so often got that vacant look on her face like there’s no one in residence and who knows what plot she’s dreaming up, I resort to a very direct approach. I leap from the floor directly onto the keyboard in front of her. This has the desired effect of returning SQ to the here-and-now with a high-pitched action packed response.

Kitty warning: Only risk this move when you don’t mind taking a short flight through the air.

3) What indignities and neglect have you suffered because of your human's writing career?

I’m not neglected nearly as much as the cooking [see technique above]. Do you know how many pans she’s burned when she's tried to cook and write at the same time? I’m telling all my cat friends to by stock in Calphalon.

4) What works of fiction or cinema involving cats does your human enjoy sharing with you?

We love Honey West--the old TV series about a purrty private detective with a sexy mole and a Cheshire smile who’s sidekick is a very handsome Big Cat. Tough to come across re-runs. Maybe I can get SQ to write a mystery series along the same line. We’ll call it “Kitty West”.

5) If you could tell your human one thing, what would it be?

I’d tell her if she’s going to be queen--even if she’s only queen of her own imagination--she needs better digs. She needs to move us into a castle. Or at least a big house with lots of mice. Same thing.

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So, if any of you have any suggestions for how Kitty can encourage Ms. Queen to write that series about a feline detective, let her know in the comments! While there are politicians, detectives, interior decorators and athletes between the pages of Ms. Queen's fiction, there seems to be a decided paucity of starring roles for cats.

Sincerely,
Meankitty & Typing Slave
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