{"id":21449,"date":"2024-06-23T00:10:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T04:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=21449"},"modified":"2024-06-23T10:12:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T14:12:50","slug":"ginger-interruptus-the-unwinding-of-a-cat-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/ginger-interruptus-the-unwinding-of-a-cat-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginger Interruptus \u2013 The Unwinding of a Cat Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blogging in the early days. Always with the help of my feline gang.<\/p><\/div>\n

I started blogging in October 2010. That\u2019s a long time. Since then, the journey has changed. When I began, it was a small climate of bloggers, newly emerging and growing together, each with our unique voices and personalities. But now, many of us in that initial clowder have quietly stepped aside or changed direction, including me. I have several reasons, but it boils down to three: my ginger cat, Jazmine, an oversaturated amount of cat-related facts and information on the internet, and my day job.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with Jazmine. It\u2019s very simple. I discovered inadvertently in 2019 that there is a day devoted to appreciating ginger cats (September 1). I created a graphic of Jazmine, shared it on Facebook, and was inundated with likes, comments, and pictures. I said (with complete naivete), \u201cHey, maybe I should write a book about ginger and orange cats because they sure are popular.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The photo that started “Ginger Interruptus.”<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, it\u2019s 2024, and I\u2019m still writing that book with no end in sight. Because the book focuses on ginger\/orange cats from arts, cartoons, movies, literature, TV, social media, real life, and more, the subject matter has been far more encompassing than I ever could have fathomed. Worse is the internet. Or what I like to call it, the bane of my existence.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, the internet is an amazing wealth of information. But it is also filled with conflicting reports, glaring falsehoods, and a horrendous lack of source citations, especially regarding photos and artwork. I won\u2019t delve into detail, as I will share that in the book, but I\u2019ve had claims of people being deceased who were not, artwork from artists credited to the wrong person, and so on. I discovered book covers with ginger cats, only to find out the cover had nothing to do with the real color of the cat in the book, which happened to be gray. Add to that trying to do the proper thing by reaching out to authors, artists, publishers, and estates for rights and permissions to use photos and images, and all I can say is that my writing journey has been less about writing and more about everything else\u2014a\u00a0LOT MORE.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This means I am trying to find the time to write this gargantuan book project between my demanding day job.\u00a0 That’s why finding the time to blog is even more difficult. But honestly, it\u2019s not just the book. The point of blogging has changed for me. I was once a \u201cgo-to\u201d source for cat-related information, and it was exciting to create new content. I can still be that, but for the most part, my audience already knows what I\u2019m trying to educate about, and I don\u2019t have the time to post about something just for the sake of posting.<\/p>\n

Cat information is quickly disseminated through endless sites devoted exclusively to that content. All the print media that used to educate us, such as Catster magazine, have gone to the wayside, informing us digitally.\u00a0 Not to mention, all the articles pumped out using AI. So, if you search for articles on spay and neuter, for example, my site will not be relevant, even though I\u2019ve written some excellent articles. That\u2019s okay. I\u2019ll still share pictures of my gang now and then and stories about them, too. I might still post educational content, humorous pieces, or whatever tickles my fancy, but I can\u2019t do it any longer or more frequently.<\/p>\n

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Zee and Zoey – always a love story.<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m not saying goodbye; I\u2019m just saying it\u2019s different. The legacy that started it all\u2014my beautiful Zee and Zoey\u2014is now just Zoey. Thankfully, I\u2019m still blessed with Mia, Peanut, Rolz, Kizmet, Jazmine, and Shadow, but it\u2019s a legacy winding down. Or perhaps I should say it’s a new chapter, ginger-inspired.<\/p>\n

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My beautiful muse, Jazmine.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Just one more quick thing. While I won’t be blogging with the same frequency I once did, I will share photos and graphics of my feline gang as much as possible on Facebook. Please visit Zee & Zoey’s Cat Chronicles<\/a> page for all things cat-related, as well as Orange Crush Ginger Cat Love<\/a> for updates on Jazmine and anything orange\/ginger cat-related.<\/p>\n

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