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Well it's official -- The Perfect Host, book five in my queer urban fantasy series The Mia Graves Saga, is now out! I know I say this every time, but I'm super excited for this one to get into reader's hands. It's the conclusion to the "first phase" in this [Read More]
Hey folks! The summer has been flying by fast, and August is almost here. That means Big Minneapolis Anime is coming up, and just like last year Ethan Flanagan and I have a table there! We'll be at booth 618, and besides print copies of the first volume of Peregrine [Read More]
This last weekend Crysta and I got in the truck and made the drive down to Milwaukee to see my parents. Several family members on my Dad's side of the family had flown into town for what is, normaly, a weekend where we go to a ballgame. Unfortunately, with the [Read More]
So anyone who has spent considerable time with me has probably learned how much I love a drive in movie theater. Crysta and I started going to them when we lived in Indiana, mostly visiting the Lakeshore Drive In in Monticello (though the now-closed MELS at the Starlight in Mechanicsburg [Read More]
One of the hardest parts of being an independent creator is getting anyone to actually look at the stuff you've made. Like, writing a comic? Writing a novel? These are things I know how to do. But making things is not the same as promoting things. And I never quite [Read More]
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Purring doesn’t strictly translate as ‘I’m happy’. Injured and frightened cats will purr in an effort to calm and try to sooth each other, despite being very unhappy.
It’s true that cat’s will ALSO purr in distress, but most cats I’ve encountered in my life will let you know if they don’t want to be held a certain way REALLY QUICKLY.
Those hind legs aren’t being restrained, and Lynn definitely didn’t declaw him.
True. Wasn’t meaning to imply this particular cat was distressed in this specific situation.
Tried coming up with a more accurate translation for purring, didn’t care for my results, so left them off, not considering what that lack might imply.
On new translation, purring seems more a “I’m here for this, whatever ‘this’ is”
Eh, tone on text on the internet is hard.