I’ve been
thinking about this in connection with the Fat Cat book I’m writing. There’s
Quincy (the adorable, clever, and handsome, but pudgy cat), of course. But I’ve
added a rascally parrot for variety. I wonder if I should include another kind
of animal for the third Fat Cat book. I know, you haven’t read any of them
because the first one, FAT CAT AT LARGE, comes out in September.
For the same
reason, to have something out of the ordinary, I gave Nancy Drew Duckworthy a
pet pig. A certain reader has been pressing me to add a goat to their
menagerie, but I’m not quite convinced yet. I AM planning a pack of wild
Chihuahuas. It’s too bad I haven’t written that book yet, because it turns out
that Phoenix is having a problem with them, for real. I’m too late for that to
be original!
Besides cats and
dogs, what animals do you like to see in a mystery? Have you written about any
unusual ones? I consider anything besides a cat and dog to be unusual.
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