{"id":204,"date":"2017-02-05T01:05:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T01:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=204"},"modified":"2017-08-27T19:55:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T19:55:20","slug":"the-search-for-skittles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/the-search-for-skittles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Search For Skittles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am about to start undertaking my second book. The working title right now is just Skittles.<br \/>\nI actually am torn. I want to progress to the book idea of not being afraid (which would be<br \/>\nmy third book) because I have numerous ideas for it, and I really like how it visually is<br \/>\nbeing produced in my mind; however, I want to finish Skittles. I started this book a long<br \/>\ntime ago. You can read why I stopped it here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you\/\">http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you\/<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nI think I said in the past that I had three pages left, which was true. They were the main<br \/>\npages for Skittles to appear, and I didn&#8217;t like my Skittles pictures. Who is Skittles you<br \/>\nare probably wondering by now?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Skittles was a cat I had when growing up. He was a unique cat. I can&#8217;t imagine any one<br \/>\nhaving a cat like Skittles. He was utterly funny, and he acted like&#8230;.Skittles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ok, that&#8217;s not helpful; I realize that as I write it. I just can&#8217;t unpack his personality<br \/>\nadequately. I will try bullet points for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He chased pigs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>He tried to catch rattlesnakes.<\/li>\n<li>He lay in the nesting boxes of chickens&#8230;over the freshly laid eggs, and he would<br \/>\nswat the chickens out of their boxes when he wanted a nesting box for himself.<\/li>\n<li>He chased cows.<\/li>\n<li>He took naps in the motors of vehicles (found this out the hard way when we drove a<br \/>\nfew miles to the neighbors and he plopped out. Then we started checking the<br \/>\nvehicles before we cranked them. )<\/li>\n<li>He got caught in the dryer and was spun around until someone figured out it was<br \/>\nmaking such a racket and got him out.<\/li>\n<li>He could jump straight up in the air close to six feet when he got scared.<\/li>\n<li>He followed the dogs around on expeditions.<\/li>\n<li>He could be vindictive, and if you scolded him he would get even with you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He truly showed me why the saying of a cat has nine lives existed. He was actually run<br \/>\nover one time by a car. We rushed him to the vet. The vet said he was very &#8220;lucky&#8221;<br \/>\nan inch either way, and he would have been killed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Skittles&#8230;I just shake my head when I think of him. He was the best cat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I could tell you so many stories about him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anyways&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The book I am working on is about him with a bigger life lesson. I always felt Skittles wanted<br \/>\nto be something else. It made sense with the things he was always doing or trying. He was\u00a0an<br \/>\nunhappy, must prove myself, type of guy. Because of all the past events, his story just<br \/>\nswirls within my mind. I really want to share it, so this is why I am bumping it back to the<br \/>\ntop of my list of books to make.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The problem has been to find a cat that looks like Skittles. I, unfortunately, only have<br \/>\none picture of him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, an acquaintance was showcasing some pictures. He had some snapshots<br \/>\nof an ally cat that looks remarkably like Skittles. I wrote him and explained my project, and he<br \/>\nwas more than willing to help. It seems rather fitting that the ally cat is in Asia. It reinforces<br \/>\nhow unique this cat is to me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Onward with the next book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am about to start undertaking my second book. The working title right now is just Skittles. I actually am torn. 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