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Monty's Blog, April 2020 : A strange time - and our birthday!
Monty’s Diary : April 2020 It’s been a very odd time since I last meowed my thoughts to you like this. It all started when Mum and Dad...

Sheila Norton
Apr 16, 20203 min read
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Monty's Diary, February 2020 : Why dogs?
Every time I think I’ve worked out how this strange alien species – the humans – work, they do something even stranger. Take my female...

Sheila Norton
Feb 9, 20203 min read
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Monty's Diary, January 2020 : The thing they called Christmas.
Hello, it's me again, Monty the fearless cat, fluent in Human-speak. Yawn! You’ll have to excuse me if I fall asleep while I’m meowing...

Sheila Norton
Jan 10, 20203 min read
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Monty's Diary : December 2019
Hello humans. I’m meowing this between naps, as usual. I must say I find it amazing how you humans manage to stay alive, with so few...

Sheila Norton
Dec 11, 20193 min read
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Monty's Diary, November 2019 : Some surprises
Humans, I’ve decided, are very strange creatures. Just when I begin to think I understand them, they do something totally unexpected and...

Sheila Norton
Nov 12, 20193 min read
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Monty's Diary, October 2019 : Out The Front – a Dog – and some new sleeping places
Hello my human friends. Sorry to have been a bit quiet on this blog recently. It’s been an exhausting time, and I’ve needed more naps...

Sheila Norton
Oct 14, 20194 min read
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Monty's Diary, August 2019: Maddie's Scary Adventure
It’s difficult to find time to meow anything on Mum’s blog these days. I’ve been busy. We cats need our sleep, so we only have a few...

Sheila Norton
Aug 29, 20194 min read
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Monty's Diary : Guest Post by Maddie
Hello, humans. I’m Maddie, Monty’s sister. If you’re surprised to see that I’ve taken over Monty’s diary today, then I have to say that’s...

Sheila Norton
Aug 4, 20194 min read
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Monty's Diary, Part 7 : Our own door. And an unwelcome gift.
Hello again, humans. Mum says I must spend a bit of time meowing my journal again, to bring you up to date. Hope it won’t take long. I’ve...

Sheila Norton
Jun 26, 20194 min read
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Monty's diary, Part 6 : The Great Outdoors
A lot has happened since the last instalment of this journal. There’s been so much going on, in fact, that I haven’t even had time to...

Sheila Norton
Jun 14, 20193 min read
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Monty's Diary Part 5 : The holiday . . . and a loudly meowing human kitten!
Hello all, Monty here again. I’ve been a bit busy recently – new toys to play with, new favourite spots in the house to sleep in . . . ....

Sheila Norton
May 28, 20194 min read
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Monty's Diary - Part 4 : Visitors
Just as things were settling down, and we were beginning to forget the terrible traumas we’d been through, and were feeling happier in...

Sheila Norton
May 18, 20193 min read
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Monty's diary - Part 3 : Settling In.
I have to say, it didn’t take me long to settle in to our new home. The two humans who we were now employing to look after us were making...

Sheila Norton
May 10, 20193 min read
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Monty's Diary - Part 2 : The Forever Home
OK, humans, I’ve just about had enough sleep now to recover from telling you the first part of my story. Now, where was I? Oh yes – still...

Sheila Norton
May 2, 20193 min read
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Monty's diary - part 1
Hello humans. My name's Monty and the second picture is my sister, Maddie. Pretty, isn't she? But then, I've frequently heard myself...

Sheila Norton
Apr 28, 20193 min read
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'Up Lit'
I’ve sometimes felt a little bit stumped when people ask me what genre I’d describe for the novels I’m writing now. I’ve seen them...

Sheila Norton
Mar 7, 20192 min read
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Flawed characters, and why I love them.
Ever since I wrote my first novel – and even before that, when I was writing short stories for women’s magazines – I’ve loved to make my...

Sheila Norton
Mar 31, 20173 min read
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My friend Charlie (by Oliver the Cat)
(This post has been translated from Cat by Sheila Norton) Hello, all my human friends. I hope you remember me - Oliver the Cat. I live...

Sheila Norton
Aug 9, 20162 min read
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Currently catless! (But maybe not forever?)
With my second ‘cat’ story soon to be published, I’ve been asked by several people whether I’ve got a cat myself. It’s a fair question....

Sheila Norton
Jul 21, 20163 min read
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High Tea at the Cat Cafe
'How about we celebrate your publication day with tea at one of London's cat cafes?' my lovely editor Emily suggested during the lead-up...

Sheila Norton
Nov 1, 20157 min read
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