October 29, 2011 – Author Deborah Barnes of  The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey – A Journey of the Extraordinarily Ordinary, is proud to announce that the Cat Writers’ Association Committee has approved her application for Professional Membership to the Cat Writers Association, effective immediately.  Established in 1992, The Cat Writers’ Association, Inc. (CWA) is an organization of professionals writing, publishing and broadcasting about cats. Members include writers, editors, publishers, artists, public relations specialists, broadcasters and others.  The 18th Annual Cat Writers Conference will be held this November 17 -19th in White Plains, NY , of which Deborah will be attending.

I feel like the last few years of my life have been consumed with virtually nothing else other than completing my book, The Chronicles of Zee and Zoey. Now that the book has arrived and the actual inventory is in my exercise room, I thought maybe I would venture out of my office/cave where I have been buried and found out I am a stranger in my own home. It seems that life had continued on around me as I was glued to my computer all that time. 

Most things that move on in time are easy enough to ignore – black roots in your hair – that’s why rubber bands are made for pony tails. Cat hair on the furniture – that is easy enough to ignore – serious vacuuming is really only necessary when company comes to visit, which is usually only a few times a year. My muscle tone (or lack thereof) is something I attribute conveniently to my age, and the cats, well, they were more than happy to sleep in the office with me for hours on end, so there lives were not affected negatively at all.

The cats sharing the office with me - you see the full Zee/Zoey family - the others, Harley and Jazz, are also in the office, they are just out of the range of the camera!

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Like, love, hate, or indifferent – the recent changes facebook has been making have given me reason to pause and think through the eyes of my cats. It dawned on me, these creatures have been successfully social networking with complete sophistication and effectiveness for centuries with no interference or need to change their platform at all.

Point in case – In this first picture, you will see Zoey in “status mode.” She is preparing to comment that an event is about to occur and that everyone on her “friends list” should be on alert for an update.

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Since it’s Wordless Wednesday, I’ll try to keep it to a minimum, but just wanted to say “Happy First Anniversary Blog!!” Exactly one year ago today, Zee & Zoey’s Chronicle Connection was released to the world (or, at the very least, to a handful of my friends and family that actually stopped by to check the blog out). Comments were few and far between and it seemed the only strong connections I was making, was with the crickets in the background that appeared to be my only readership! Well, what a difference a year makes…Not only has this blog expanded and taken me to directions I never would have imagined, it also has allowed me to make so many wonderful new feline and human friends who I absolutely treasure and adore. The number of cat lovers is astounding and I cannot imagine a better group of people to be a part of. Read more

For those of us in the vast cat blogosphere, I would wager only a small handful of us have not heard of the Petties Awards, as the event has become prominently mainstream as of late. I know for me personally, it seemed my whole life for the past few months had been consumed with little to nothing else.  Now that the dust has settled and I find myself with time to reflect, I realize that although it truly was an honor to be nominated for “Best Designed Blog,” I also realize the awards are highly subjective and not without certain limitations.  Read more