Showing posts with label Tara Layne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tara Layne. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Serious Wednesday: Introducing BOET!

 


BOET

*  A major character in the book series:

The Nursery Rhyme Books

*  He's a SAVANNAH cat.

*  A Savannah cat is bred between a domestic cat and an African Serval cat.

* Savannah cats are rated between F1 and F5. The F stands for filial (how many generations removed from the Serval cat that cat is). You cannot own an F1 without a Dangerous Wild Life Animal license.

 The higher the number, the more gentle they are.

Savannah cats are extremely loyal. Raised in a household with children or other people help to make them very socialized.

* Savannah cats like to cuddle, play ball, and sometimes even swim! 

*  They are extremely smart (hence Boet's intelligence in this series!)  

* They can weigh anywhere from 15 lbs to 25-some lbs. The largest Savannah cat--19 inches tall--in the world lives in Michigan. First generations are usually larger than later ones.

*AND they are expensive. Some can run as high as 30 some thousand.


NOW...

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answer this question:

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Would you like to own a Savannah Cat? 

Friday, July 30, 2021

Rambling Friday: Mouse...or Cat?

The question was...

should I use a MOUSE (my intended creature) in the first book of The Nursery Rhyme series:  



Catch Me If You Can or...

a CAT? Especially a special cat, like a Savannah cat? 


Because an editor suggested women don't care for mice (really?), I took a poll. sigh. It was decided (by me) that another creature would be best for the story. So I did some research. Then some more. I finally decided if I was going to use a CAT, then I wanted to know the personalities, and well, more about them. I considered a couple different ones. Then I ran into the article about Savannah cats. How sociable, how intelligent, and their unique personalities, and I was convinced! 

A Savannah cat was the choice. It made perfect sense. Having two older brothers (well, one is a twin), who liked to tease her (like, all the time), giving her a Savannah cat would be the ultimate tease for a sister who was loved by both brothers and a grandfather. 

Hence...meet BOET! And I'm dearly afraid he may end up being the star of the book! 



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