{"id":1389,"date":"2020-03-03T00:32:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T00:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2020-03-03T00:32:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T00:32:03","slug":"interview-with-a-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/2020\/03\/03\/interview-with-a-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with a cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1390 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/study-in-mischief-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/study-in-mischief-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/study-in-mischief.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is an interview with a cat by the excellent name of\u00a0 Sir Edgar Allan Kipling, the magical talking cat extraordinaire from Lydia Sherrer&#8217;s <em>A Study in Mischief<\/em>. He is interviewed by Lydia Sherrer. Being a cat, he has some rather, shall we say, amusing, opinions. Read all <a href=\"https:\/\/el2.convertkit-mail4.com\/c\/27u3ld87vkf9u7rgn4c3\/07twh9hx9lqo0o\/aHR0cDovL2x5ZGlhc2hlcnJlci5jb20vZXhjbHVzaXZlLXRhbGtpbmctY2F0LWludGVydmlldy1hbmQtZ2l2ZWF3YXkv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/el2.convertkit-mail4.com\/c\/27u3ld87vkf9u7rgn4c3\/07twh9hx9lqo0o\/aHR0cDovL2x5ZGlhc2hlcnJlci5jb20vZXhjbHVzaXZlLXRhbGtpbmctY2F0LWludGVydmlldy1hbmQtZ2l2ZWF3YXkv&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1583203688972000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFUoOE2Lfetuokx2rXw1UzV_wO1QA\">about it here!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1391 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sir-edgar-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sir-edgar-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sir-edgar.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Sir Edgar Allan Kipling (named after his human&#8217;s two favorite poets)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breed:<\/strong>\u00a0Domestic Medium Hair (he likes to think he&#8217;s descended from Norwegian Forest Cats. Let&#8217;s not shatter his dream)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Magical\/Special Abilities:<\/strong>\u00a0According to him, being a cat is all the magic he needs. He was gifted with human intelligence and the ability to communicate with his human (Lily) by a mysterious entity, and he sometimes relays cryptic messages from said entity. Don&#8217;t ask him about any of this, he&#8217;ll just stare at you blankly and say &#8220;cat magic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite food:<\/strong>\u00a0Salmon, or if he can&#8217;t get it cream. If the world is in ruins and all else fails, milk will do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lydia:\u00a0<\/strong>So, let\u2019s get started. Sir Kipling, could you take a moment to tell our readers a bit more about this book series?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sir Kipling:\u00a0<\/strong>Must I? One would think\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lydiasherrer.com\/my-writing\/love-lies-and-hocus-pocus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a set of exceptional book covers<\/a>\u00a0is all one would need to become entranced with my story. But if you insist, I suppose I could summarize. Let\u2019s see\u2026Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus \u2013 the Lily Singer Adventures, is an epic tale about a noble cat saving the world from certain doom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lydia:\u00a0<\/strong>\u2026really? Fascinating\u2026except, as the author, I believe I can accurately say that is a very skewed description. Would you mind giving our readers a more\u00a0<strong>balanced<\/strong>\u00a0version?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sir Kipling:\u00a0<\/strong>That IS the balanced version, you humans are all biased\u2026oh fine, it\u2019s a fascinating study of the oddities of human behavior when mixed with magic, and my constant attempts to keep my human out of trouble. There, happy now?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lydia:\u00a0<\/strong>Um\u2026sure. So, Sir Kipling, tell us about the main characters of the story: archive manager and wizard Lily Singer, and her troublemaking witch friend, Sebastian Blackwell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sir Kipling:<\/strong>\u00a0You mean the supporting characters? Obviously I\u2019m the main character.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lydiasherrer.com\/exclusive-talking-cat-interview-and-giveaway\/\">\u00a0Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an interview with a cat by the excellent name of\u00a0 Sir Edgar Allan Kipling, the magical talking cat extraordinaire from Lydia Sherrer&#8217;s A Study in Mischief. He is interviewed by Lydia Sherrer. Being a cat, he has some rather, shall we say, amusing, opinions. Read all about it here!\u00a0 Name:\u00a0Sir Edgar Allan Kipling (named after his human&#8217;s two favorite poets) Breed:\u00a0Domestic Medium Hair (he likes to think he&#8217;s descended from Norwegian Forest Cats. Let&#8217;s not shatter his dream) Magical\/Special Abilities:\u00a0According to him, being a cat is all the magic he needs. He was gifted with human intelligence and the ability to communicate with his human (Lily) by a mysterious entity, and he sometimes relays cryptic messages from said entity. Don&#8217;t ask him about any of this, he&#8217;ll just stare at you blankly and say &#8220;cat magic.&#8221; Favorite food:\u00a0Salmon, or if he can&#8217;t get it cream. If the world is in ruins and all else fails, milk will do. Lydia:\u00a0So, let\u2019s get started. Sir Kipling, could you take a moment to tell our readers a bit more about this book series? Sir Kipling:\u00a0Must I? One would think\u00a0a set of exceptional book covers\u00a0is all one would need to become entranced [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[219,170,220],"class_list":["post-1389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guest-post","tag-a-study-in-mischief","tag-lydia-sherrer","tag-sir-edgar-allan-kipling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1392,"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions\/1392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.superversivesf.com\/fantasticschools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}