Cartoon Caption Challenge: Writer and Cat
By Debbie Ohi | June 4, 2011 |
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi writes and illustrates books for young people. Recent illustration projects for Simon & Schuster Children’s include books by Judy Blume and Michael Ian Black. Her blog for children’s book writers & illustrators: Inkygirl.com. On Twitter: @inkyelbows
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“It’s like this, cat…”
Writer’s block huh? hello?
“I’m not moving until you rework the character development in your third chapter.”
Watchya looking at? Play time is over. Feed me.
i take it the housetraining didn’t work…
Civil Disobedience
“No, my next book is not going to be about you.”
Which one’s the writer? ;)
“I still won’t make the hero a cute yellow cat.”
Let’s re-examine our priorities, shall we?
Sorry, but this isn’t a mouse you can play with!
“What do you mean, the character of the mouse is unrealistic?”
“Seriously. I’ve seen how you do it. Let me give it a try.”
“I hear the whole vampire-mermaid-dystopian worlds thing is over.”
“Go ahead. I dare you.”
I love this cartoon. Can I share it?
“Finally, Linda was able to identify the source of her writer’s block.”
“For the last time, ‘Fun in your Garden’ is not a cat-and-mouse thriller.”
“Do you have any more wadded up pieces of paper for me to play with?”
“Okay, let’s hear YOUR hook for the story!”
“I’m not leaving until you put a cat in this story. Or at least take the dog OUT.”
I am in your storiez, stealing your ideaz.
And from my son, Dark Omen:
“I was just updating my cat chat account.”
“I thought butt dialing was bad–how am I gonna fix your butt editing?”
“Fetching is NOT a trait of cats, so you’ll just have to rewrite my alter ego’s scenes!”
We do not use that language about pussies in this house. Ever.
Oh, I see. You can waste hours reading about Kim Kardashian’s new ring and Sarah Palin’s bus tour, but when I want a little affection it’s “time to write.”
Don’t blink, she’ll give in any minute…
The things you have to do to get a human to notice you in the age of technology.
“Because every time you start to purr, my hero gets the hiccups.”
You swore I’d get a byline this time.
I left my critique in the litter box.
Personally, I find LOLCats a tad offensive.
No, you may not “has cheezburger”.
I can’t believe you dedicated the last book to that lazy mutt.
Look! I need you to spit out that mouse immediately!
I’ll let you read it when it’s ready. Stop acting like the curiosity is killing you.
You’re only procrastinating anyway, so do something really useful and cuddle a cat!
Life is already full of distractions. Et tu, kitty?
“Great. Now, my writer’s block has a familiar.”
This is an intervention: twitter does NOT count as writing.
So how about breakfast? I was thinking less of the dry stuff and more of the wet stuff. Oh, um, and you have your auto-save on, right?
Lady: “Well, it’s not like I was writing anyways.”
“It was at that moment that Debbie decided to buy an iPad.”
I know it’s crap but I’m writing it anyway.
“I know that I wanted nothing to do with you twenty minutes ago, but now that you’re writing…”
“Come on. I didn’t name you ‘Muse’ for nuthin’. Inspire me.”
No, you can’t rename me “Writer’s Block” and use me as an excuse.
The dog asked me to remind you that he needs to be walked.
Where’s the mouse?
“No typing until you promise to put me in the story.”
But the keyboard is warm…
I don’t care if you DO want to be famous. I don’t WANT to write a cozy.
A cat, in its native element.
You can sit there as long as you want, Mr. Snuggles. But I’m not giving you a co-author credit.
My agent is not going to take “my cat ate my manuscript” as an excuse.
“Perhaps you noticed I did, in fact, eat the gymsuit.”
It’s a plastic mouse. Spit it out now.
“No… no… you’re totally wrong. You’re using the pluperfect subjunctive for the secondary sequence when you should be using the imperfect. What do you mean, ‘where’? Look! Look where my tail is pointing!”
Take me outside or I’m peeing on your hard drive
“Cat block your writing?”
or
“Alright, I’ll clean your litter box!”
I am not moving until you write an entire chapter about me. It’s always about Me. Don’t you know that by now? Meow!
I am the hero of your next children’s book, the source of your income. Without me there is no story, and–even worse–no catnip for me!! So why is 60/40 split of the profits so absurd a request?
Cat Distraction number 7,59. Word Count…2.
You don’t want water, food, or to be petted; you CAN’T have my story.
The dog offered me catnip if I’d sit here for the next two hours. Can you top his offer?
Watch for Deadly Gamble, coming this month!
The original ‘Take a Break’ app.
OK, first you take your paw off the delete key and then I’ll get the squeaky toy out from under the couch.
To remove writer’s block, fill dish in kitchen with tuna.
I was NOT playing solitaire!
Like me, you eat when the chapter is done!
” We can wait here all day, but it still doesn’t change the fact that I fed you twice already this morning.”
“How do you always manage to show up at all the wrong moments? Just when I get on a roll, you come scare off my muse and mess up my manuscript!”
Yeah, my cat does that all the time. If I’m on a roll, she’ll walk across the keyboard and add a bunch of gibberish or delete a bunch of text, sometimes both. My muse gets bored and wanders off while I’m fixing the damage.
“This blatant misappropriation of your chin tickling apparatus has got to stop!”
I am your muse. You must do what I say. . . Go ahead and Meow if you understand me.
Catachresis cataclysmic catalepsy
Now I am going to count to 3 and if that mouse isn’t back on my desk …….1….. 2…..
Bugger I meant to invoke Mercury not Basset!!!
This is what we call a Mexicat standoff
I can haz a subplot?
“Dis MAH ‘puter! You no getz!”
Old Jedi Kitty trick…you want to pet me not write…
“That’s it! It’s me or the mouse…”
Now that I have your attention, I’d like to talk to you about that dog…
So you’re writing a novel…
But how does that benefit ME?
The worst thing was that her editor preferred the bits of garbage caused by the cat sitting on the keyboard.
“I love to pet you but you’re not my muse.”
meeooowww….
I go out of my way to celebrate you getting that 2 book contract by ordering all those wonderful things for you from TreatsForMyKittyCat.com and now you’re upset at me?