August 18, 2008 | Filed under: Stuff
So I had a set of galleys due today. It’s a print out of my book, and it’s the last time I’ll see it before it goes to print. It requires a careful read to catch any last minute mistakes. As usual, I waited until the last minute for this chore, and the whole manuscript was sitting in a neat stack, rubber-banded, on my bed. I came back upstairs after breakfast to get started and saw this on the floor:
Huh. That looks suspiciously like how my galleys might look if some not-to-be-named kitty cat had EATEN THEM. Panic time. I looked at the bed. No neat rubber-banded stack of manuscript pages. Just this:
Oh no. No, no, no . . . I narrowed my eyes at the other bundle on the bed, only a foot away:
Are you KIDDING me? Sadie Shalvis! Wake your butt up and face the music. She didn’t want to wake up. I suppose all that hard work destroying my galleys had tired her out. So Oldest and I had a good time torturing her, giving her stuffed animals to hug.
She still wouldn’t wake up. I think she was faking . . .
Just so I wouldn’t kill her . . . It’s a good tactic, as it worked.
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Judy F says:
I think she is smiling… LOL I bet the dogs set her up. LOL
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 2:56 amStacy ~ says:
AWWW! How can you be mad at a face like that? Even if she is as guilty as sin.
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 4:07 amAng says:
Oh…dear..and she even killed a bee for you last week.
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 5:52 amMaybe you need to borrow my mantra (I use it with my 8-yr-old)..”Just remember, God made her cute..so you don’t kill her”.
Ashley says:
Sorry about your script Jill, but it looks like Sadie had a major blast!!
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 5:57 amDoes she always sleep like that? It looks like a ballerina pose!
Karen Erickson says:
OMG bad kitty! Bad bad!
Is it me or does her belly look extra full? Probably of paper…
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 6:00 amsarah says:
Oh, no!
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 7:12 amI like animals, but maybe I’m not an animal “lover”…because the cat would’ve woken from its nap with a broom…
Elizabeth K says:
She is SO proud of herself. What a cat!
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 8:02 amLiza says:
Sadie is too cute for you to stay mad at for long. Just keep repeating to yourself that she killed the bee last week…
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 8:03 amSusan says:
There are all kinds of danger lurking in the Sierra Mountains!
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 9:19 amAmanda says:
Just think though, she may have twanged her nose with the rubber band!
PS. she is such a darling in the final pic! awwww
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 9:25 amRobin says:
Oh, Jill! I’m so sorry about your galleys! But that is one smart cat you’ve got there. I think when you weren’t looking she learned how to play dead - maybe from Ashes or Mountain Barbie? Not that I think they’re plotting anything. LOL
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 9:29 amCryna says:
OMG what a mess of your galleys! But how can you be mad at someone who is so peacefully sleeping - even when you torture her with stuffies to cuddle.
She has possum down pat…..lol
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 9:36 amkim h says:
oh bad kittie lol. hope uhad a backup lol. she is so cute. thanks for book, so funny
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 9:52 amSuzanne says:
What are you feeding her? That is the fattest cat I’ve ever seen, LOL.
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 10:06 amCheryl M. says:
My grandparents had a silver tabbycat that looked just like Sadie;
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 10:54 amThey called him Diablo and he was a devil!….I guess Sadie might just be Diablo reincarnated, lol.
Donna M says:
Sadie, you just might be in deep doo-doo!
Your galleys, oh no! I hope there is another copy, were there corrections made on those pages? Good luck Jill, might be hard for your editor to read those pages!! Another book coming out, yea! I’m behind as I have yet to be able to get a copy of Superb & Sexy! Soon I hope!!
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 11:26 amAmy says:
Silly ol’ cat.
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 12:12 pmjeanne says:
Sadie’s gotten big - must be all the paper she eats
My daughter has a puppy who unfortunately likes paper (the latest was a new book which she too is lucky that she’s cute), rugs (mine) and destuffs any stuffed animal.
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 1:11 pmBrandy says:
You wrapped a rubber band around it? Um, one of our kitties LOVES the smell of rubber bands and tries to eat them. Just saying. *G*
Posted on August 18th, 2008 at 2:48 pmI’m sure your editor will understand, we do! *G*
Laura says:
And she was just thinking “finally a manuscript I can sink my teeth into”. She does look contented in the last picture though, doesn’t she?
Posted on August 20th, 2008 at 7:23 pmMary M says:
Maybe little Sadie is an aspiring editor:) She’s a cute cat.
Posted on August 22nd, 2008 at 5:52 pm