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Lornda
Procrastination can stop you from finishing your writing project. Get inspired to continue by taking a break with these animals for purr-fect results.
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"Everything I know I learned from my cat: When you’re hungry, eat. When you’re tired, nap in a sunbeam. When you go to the vet’s, pee on your owner."
~Gary Smith
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The Purr-fect Solution to Procrastination
Science has proved something that we already know: Watching cat videos makes us laugh. According to one study from the University of Indiana, it can boost your mood, reduce anxiety, and, surprise, surprise – increase creativity! What does this mean for us as writers? We can finally finish those writing projects and become famous by admiring cats. Skeptical?
Consider these facts about a few famous authors who own cats and were inspired by them:
 Stephen King:
A cat inspired him to write Doctor Sleep
Mark Twain:
He loved cats and wanted them around him all the time
Ray Bradbury:
While he was writing stories like The October Country and Dandelion Wine, he was surrounded by twenty-two cats.
Earnest Hemingway:
In 1943, he wrote a letter to his wife, describing a dozen cats that lived with him. He even taught one of them to drink Whiskey and milk.
The list is long, but here are a couple of other famous authors who adored cats:
 Neil Gaiman
William S. Burroughs
Edgar Allan Poe
Truman Capote
George Plimpton
If there’s no cat in your future like these famous authors, you can always check YouTube to inspire you to stop procrastinating and get the creativity moving. In 2014, there were over two million cat videos with almost 26 million views. One favorite cat channel, with 3,514,726 subscribers, is Simon’s Cat. Any one of these videos will guarantee you a laugh and that can lead to sparking some creativity!
Simon's Cat
Here’s the purr-fect solution if there are no cat's around and videos drive you bonkers:
Next time you find yourself pro-cat-stinating and need to get the creativity going, try taking a break and watch a cat video or spending time with them. Remember to stay paw-sitive when completing your writing projects. You could be the next Stephen King!
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Feedback from my last newsletter: "The Challenges of Writing a Bio" Thank YOU!
LJPC - the tortoise  : "Hi Lornda! I must admit I hate writing a bio, and with books out, there are so many places that want me to put one. My bios started out being amusing and welcoming. Now they're just terse and businesslike. Loved your examples! Great newsletter!"
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Thanks! Sounds like you're a professional bio writer.  Hey, did you know that job actually exists?  It's great to hear your humorous experience on writing these bios, and congrats, you're the winner of the 'Comedy' MB.
Elfin Dragon-finally published  : "I have a question. If you're writing a biography (autobiography) what rules do you use then? I know that I'm working on gathering information for my own and I had to get some photographs to jog my memory of certain events. I was wondering, can you use pictures to help tell your story, or should you leave them completely out?"
Rules? We don't need no stinkin' rules. Nice to hear about your current project! I think pictures are a great way to not only jog your memory, but also to use them within the book. I wouldn't stuff the book full of them, but I think dispersed here and there would add a great visual for the reader.
Quick-Quill  : "My bio is a promotion of my book, for now. I've been on this site since 2007. I don't think anyone has ever said, "I read your bio and wanted to know more about your writing." I've changed it over the years. For now its about my passion. A book I wrote that has been so well received I'm tickled when someone sends me a note or tells me they loved the book they could hardly put it down. Some didn't read it at one sitting. Maybe in 2016 I'll put the book bio away and talk about why I write and don't write in one genre. Its too boring. Check out my book. PB Available on Amazon or through me."
Congratulations on your book! I'm glad the bio can provide additional information for people when they stop by!
Patrece ~ : "Thank you for highlight my short story, which was written in response to a contest. It was fun to just be silly with this one!"
You're so welcome for the story highlight! I'm glad you had fun writing it. 
I received an email from Ren the Klutz! , and I had to include her comments about Robert Waltz  's bio: "Robert's has been my favorite since the day he wrote it! He has that magical flair!"
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