{"id":18755,"date":"2018-06-03T00:10:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T04:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=18755"},"modified":"2018-07-15T16:01:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T20:01:08","slug":"can-a-leopard-lady-change-her-spots-author-deb-barnes-plans-on-finding-out-at-the-cat-writers-association-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/can-a-leopard-lady-change-her-spots-author-deb-barnes-plans-on-finding-out-at-the-cat-writers-association-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Leopard Lady Change Her Spots? Author Deb Barnes Plans on Finding Out at the Cat Writers’ Association Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019ll be heading out at o’dark hundred this coming Thursday morning en route to Houston for our annual Cat Writers\u2019 Association Conference<\/a> that will be held June 7 -9. I\u2019m not a fan of packing at the last minute, so I took my time doing it this weekend. Right off the bat, something was different from my normal routine \u2013 a copious absence of leopard attire. Before you get all up in arms, don\u2019t panic. I still brought my trademark leopard cat ears and I will be wearing a leopard-themed outfit here and there, but this year I decided to show off my new line of custom-designed cat T-shirts instead.<\/p>\n

Jazmine nailed it from the get-go. While I was packing, she promptly fell asleep; completely bored with what I was doing. Seems apt, considering she did it next to the T-shirt with the bored cat, stating \u201cI\u2019m Busy. How About You Catch That Red Dot?\u201d I love this shirt – it’s actually my favorite of the line and I\u2019m going to be wearing it at a book signing event we have scheduled at the El Gato Coffeehouse Cat Caf\u00e9<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Jazmine is quite busy…busy napping!<\/p><\/div>\n

The conference is going to be a whirlwind of activity. We have Dr. Marty Becker as our Keynote Speaker on Friday and I\u2019ll be moderating our first-panel discussion that day, too (nerve-wracking \u2013 I\u2019m a writer, not a speaker). We have seminars on Friday and Saturday, along with more book signing events, and the Cat Fanciers\u2019 Association Gulf Shore Regional Cat Show will also be taking place during our conference.<\/p>\n

Saturday night will be our awards banquet in which we recognize the best in writing, video, photography, and illustrations from the entries we received. I had already shared on Facebook I was having trouble finding a leopard dress for the occasion, but I\u2019m so excited with what I finally found to wear!! You\u2019ll just have to wait and see after I share pictures when I get back!<\/p>\n

\"\"

Mia and Rolz are guarding my suitcases lock and key. Wouldn’t want my outfit to leak out to the press or paparazzi….<\/p><\/div>\n

And most nerve-wracking of all, I\u2019ll be taking over the reigns as the new President of the Cat Writers\u2019 Association. We\u2019re all going to miss our current President, Marci Kladnik, very much and I\u2019m so grateful for all she\u2019s done for our organization. I\u2019m quite nervous about the whole thing, but I know with Council by my side that somehow we\u2019ll get through it together!<\/p>\n

Happy Sunday and I hope everyone has a great upcoming week. Zee, he sums up his feelings quite succinctly. He slept the entire time I packed and he\u2019ll probably nap nearly 90% of the time I\u2019m gone and not even miss me. And P.S., if you’d like to peak at my new T-shirt line, please visit my shop at Zee and Zoey’s Cat Creations<\/a>. I’m quite confident you’ll find something that will tickle your feline fancy from these great captions:<\/p>\n

Cats are the Sunshine of My Heart<\/p>\n

Cat Lover From Meow to Eternity<\/p>\n

I’m Busy. How About You Catch that Red Dot?<\/p>\n

Unless You’re Talking About Cats, I’ve Already Lost Interest<\/p>\n

I Might Not Remember Your Name After We Meet, But I Will Remember the Name of Your Cat<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

While I call this image of Zee “Vintage Sunday,” I feel it could be “Any Day of the Week” vintage with him!<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ll be heading out at o’dark hundred this coming Thursday morning en route to Houston for our annual Cat Writers\u2019 Association Conference that will be held June 7 -9. I\u2019m not a fan of packing at the last minute, so I took my time doing it this weekend. Right off the bat, something was different […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1122,1118,1216,1336],"tags":[1346,176],"class_list":["post-18755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-and-nominations","category-blogpaws-cat-writers-association","category-sunday-selfie","category-t-shirts","tag-cat-writer-awards","tag-cat-writers-conference"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Jazmine-Dot.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18755"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18823,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18755\/revisions\/18823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}