Queen Paisley Meets the World

Many of you know that I have been working on a little book for a couple of years now. Well, I have finally finished it, more or less, and I recently published it with Lulu.com (which I can now officially recommend to those of you who are thinking of self-publishing). I ordered one copy for myself so I could determine exactly how embarrassing it might be to show the actual book to other people who are not my mother. Ever since the book arrived on Friday, I’ve been going through it and have found about 637 things I wish I had done differently. I think that’s pretty good, and I’m only somewhat embarrassed, so I’m ready to turn my sales pitch loose on you.

Queen Paisley the Magnificent is a little story about a day in the lives of our pets. Actually, it’s a story about the strangest day any of our pets has ever seen. The humans have disappeared, or so Paisley (a cat) thinks. What’s a cat to do when her humans are gone and there’s a household to be run? Declare herself queen, of course! So that’s what Paisley does. Adventure ensues, accompanied by mild hilarity (but not accompanied by sex, violence, or vulgarity).

I wrote Queen Paisley as a children’s chapter book, mostly for fun and to give to family as gifts. But, hey, I wouldn’t mind selling a copy or two. Go take a look at Queen Paisley the Magnificent. If you buy a copy, thank you—and be gentle with me when you run into some of those 637 things I wish I had done differently. If you don’t buy a copy, at least you’ll get to see a picture of my cat. I think she’s pretty darn cute—and she’d make a terrific queen.