Agreed?

Your path is made for a journey, not a destination.

I was given a tiny Siamese kitten years ago that I eventually named “The Cat From Hell.” As this demon kitten grew into a cat, I genuinely struggled to control Sebastian’s bad behavior. Then, one day I realized that I was really working for him and I had no business trying to change Sebastian because, in truth, he was manipulating me. Back then, as I looked at the scarring claw marks on my forearms, it became quite clear that this adorably gorgeous cat was the one in charge.

Writing my new short novel Way of the New Moon Circle, I found myself looking back at my experience with Sebastian as I composed this story and particularly the character of the cat. During my research into Chinese culture, I discovered that cats were lucky mystical creatures with amazing spiritual powers. Reading further, I continued to learn about an ancient legend of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals that ran in a Great Race in Chinese mythology. I discovered that the cat was the looser of that race—and that interested me. It became quite clear that I wanted to write about what happened to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals twelve years after running that race and most especially from the cat’s perspective.