The Inspiration Behind Catnip, Plushie Balls, and Q-Tips by M.G. Rorai

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The Inspiration Behind Catnip, Plushie Balls, and Q-Tips by M.G. Rorai

If you loved Catnip, Toilet Paper, and Lasers, this new collection of cat poems will tickle your whiskers and your funny bone.

Title: Catnip, Plushie Balls, and Q-Tips: Cat Poetry: The Art of Being FelineAuthor: M.G. Rorai

Publication Date: September 30, 2023

Pages: 178Genre: Poetry/Cats

Ever wonder why there are “mews” in “amewzing”? This collection of cat poems will tickle your whiskers and your funny bone. They’re the purr-fect way to brighten your day and celebrate the furry friends in your life. Prepare to laugh out loud as you read about cat adventures with magnets, candles, strawberry milkshakes, and plush balls—but don’t let me ruin the surprise, you’ll have to read to find out! Get ready to laugh your tail off!

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Book Excerpt

The magnets are so cute

that I must knock them off

but get yelled at for this,

so the new approach is soft.

I sit by the fridge

staring at those squares

and when Human isn’t looking

I lick with tongue hairs.

All was going good

until one was quite sticky

leaving a bad taste,

and I’m not so picky.

I bite at the air

to get rid of the taste

then knock down that magnet;

good riddance, post-haste.**

TheInspiration Behind Catnip,

Plushie Balls, and Q-Tips

Kitty Elsaperches on a chair to slurp water droplets during shower time. If my husband orI don’t let her into the bathroom she cries at the door. When we do let her in,she drinks from our fingers until she gets bored, then abandons the shower togo slouch in a basket. Ah, the life of a Queen.

As you can tell,I think cats are adorable creatures, and as such I’m part of many cat groups onsocial media to get my daily fix of funny cat things. One day I was reading athread of real-life funny stories, and I thought how fun it would be to turn theminto silly poems. At the time I had been re-exploring my poetry, something Iused to write unpublished about ten years ago, and posted in the group ifanyone would be interested in reading such a book. The response wasoverwhelmingly positive.

I receivedpermission to use those stories, and that’s how the first book in the seriesCat Poetry: The Art of Being Feline came about. It’s called Catnip, ToiletPaper, and Lasers. Of course, my kitties Elsa and her brother Sockscontributed and became the theme of the book.

But I wasn’tdone. I started on the Catnip, Plushie Balls, and Q-Tips sequel withinspired cat stories and continued on with the antics theme of my own cats,along with writing other books. But then burnout hit, plus job issues needed tobe addressed (as I wasn’t writing full-time) and everything took a backseat. Ididn’t get back to the feline sequel until two years later. By then the worldhad righted itself, I had recovered from burnout through lots of rest andpursuing other activities, and I felt it was time to complete Q-Tips, which Ithink is better than the first poem collection.

When I firststarted this series, I was exclusively on Amazon. But with Catnip, PlushieBalls, and Q-Tips I’ve decided to expand my reach and publish at otherplaces, such as Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, libraries,and others. I want to share my laughs with many who appreciate the love ofcats. And now part I, Toilet Paper and Lasers, is wide as well.

But it’s morethan cats too. These books are also about sitting down and having a good momentwhen good times might be hard to come by. What better way to find distractionthan amewzing cat poems? A cat’s companionship can help tremendously on a badday, and I wanted to capture some of that for anyone needing a sillymoment.

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