
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Books, More Books, and Cats
Hi, my name is Tyanne Clark
and I’m addicted to books. The affliction, if you want to call it that, began
way back when I was a little girl. Same with cats. I couldn’t be happier than
when I’m surrounded by piles of books and with a purring cat or two by my
side.
Yes, I’m a bit of a nag when
it comes to pushing Sabrina on the writing, but I’m not sure where she’d be if
I didn’t. Everybody needs a little gentle shove in the right direction now and
then, don’t they? And she really does appreciate it, even if she pretends that
I aggravate her. She does appreciate
it, right? Well, even if I do get on her
nerves, her new agent is happy, and her prospective publisher is happy, and
just think about all of the happy and excited readers she’ll have when that
book – or should I have books, cause I know she’ll write one after another if I
can only keep prodding her in the right direction – hits the shelves. I, for one, can’t wait!
I own Knead to Read, the
independent bookstore in Lavender, Texas, and my bookstore mascots are Zelda, a
fluffy orange cat, and Willis, a very handsome tabby. Having them there with
me in the store makes my working life just about perfect.
Lavender has a small
population, but what we lack in local resident population we gain from the Hill
Country tourist industry. Plenty of tourists buy books when they’re on vacation.
I won’t become a millionaire running this place, but it’s what I love.
I’m so happy that my BFF,
Sabrina Tate, finally decided to make the move from Houston to Lavender. We spent summers together when we were girls
and have stayed close ever since. Sabrina wasn’t happy in the city and
especially not working for that law firm or that woman who bossed her around and expected her to work nights and
weekends. Life’s too short for that kind of nonsense. Sabrina’s a book person, too, always has
been. Not only does she love to read and discuss books with me, but she’s truly
an excellent writer. Even better since she adopted her black cat Hitchcock. You
can’t have a name like his without having some suspense in your life, and his
happens on the pages of Sabrina’s novels. I can’t wait until Sabrina’s a published
author and I can sell her very own books in my store. You might say I’ve been
looking forward to that ever since I met her.

You’ll see what I’m talking
about when I say Sabrina needs a prod in the right direction when you read
about her adventures in Black Cat
Crossing and The Black Cat Knocks on
Wood. She not only writes mysteries, but she seems to have a knack for
landing right in the middle of them. More fodder for her own mystery plots, I
say.
Kay Finch grew up on a
Pennsylvania farm, but she moved to Texas and discovered her favorite vacation
spot, the Texas Hill Country. Kay is the author of the Bad Luck Cat Mysteries,
including Black Cat Crossing and
The Black Cat Knocks on Wood. She’s a member of Mystery Writers
of America, Sisters in Crime, and the State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division.
Kay lives with her husband, a rescue cat, and two wild and crazy rescue dogs in
a Houston suburb. Visit the author at kayfinch.com.
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Can't wait to start book two!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stephanie. Seems like it's taking forever to get here.
ReplyDeleteYour store sounds perfect! I would love to visit and I would love to have a store like that! With a coffee shop attached.
ReplyDeleteThe coffee shop is nearby - Hot Stuff - and they play 70's disco music. It's a fun place.
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