Mother's Day

 

 

 

From Mom, Panzer and What's His Name

 

Happy Mother's Day

To the Moms Who Have Departed Over the Bridge

From Your Children

 

10 Myths of Writing About Crime - Writers Digest

When Panzer was washing the wind screen today, our fastidious kitty boy discovered a post stuck under the wiper blade. Pulling it out he discovered it was a post from the Writer's Digest site about crime writing myths.

 

They're all interesting.

In his post author Ron Franscell debunks ten myths writers have seen on TV about crime solving. For example, the ability to determine an exact time of death for the victim. This is actually a fallacy. However, because writers have seen it on TV a multitude of times, it has found its way into crime fiction. There are nine other myths that have also managed to become ingrained in crime writing. The post contains an explanation about why each myth is wrong.

 

Panzer says, "If you click the link at the end of the post, you'll be taken to signup for Ron Franscell's Writer Digest class."

 

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a brownie for today's reading.

 

To read the post tootle over to Crime Writing

HBO Isn't Hiding the Dragons in the Latest House of the Dragon Teaser - Tor.com

 As Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere today, suddenly the Panzermobile was shaken by clapping and cheering. Following all the hullabaloo took our brave kitty boy to the Tor.com site. It didn't take any digging at all to discover all the noise was about HBO's House of the Dragon.

 

Dragons!

The post by Molly Templeton explains the newest teaser is out for House of the Dragon. This is the ten part series which takes place two hundred years before Game of Thrones. The post includes a mini-synopsis of the story, a link to click at the top of the post to view the newest teaser on YouTube, a link to the previous teaser, and the character posters. The new series premiers August 21.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty can't wait for the series to start."

 

Note: Because of the character posters and teaser trailers, this is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and a large muffin.

 

To read the post and watch the teaser tootle over to House of the Dragon

Amazon Kindles now support EPUB Books (sort of), but MOBI and AZW support is ending in 2022 - liliputing

Panzer made a quick stop at the liliputing site today. With just a little digging in the posts our busy kitty boy found one about Amazon and EPUB formatted ebooks.

 

According to Brad Linder's post, Amazon now allows Kindle and Kindle app users to load EPUB ebooks to their devices. The post includes a list of all the formats Amazon currently supports for ebooks and documents to load on Kindle devices. Also included in the post are instructions about how to load the EPUB ebooks and the other formatted ebooks and documents on to the Kindle and Kindle apps.

 

Not good. Mom has a lot of mobi ebooks.

Panzer says, "Amazon is doing away with support for the MOBI and AZW formats this year. That means those formats can't be loaded on Kindle devices or the Kindle app after the support ends."

 

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a chocolate chip cookie (biscuit) for today's reading.

 

To read the post tootle over to Amazon Kindle

A Solar Eclipse on Mars

If you've followed us for a while you know Panzer loves Mars. 

If you look up, you can see Mars at night.

So he was excited to find a NASA YouTube video of a solar eclipse on Mars posted earlier this year. The eclipse was caused when one of Mars moons, Phobos, crossed the surface of the sun. The event was captured by the Mars Rover Perserverance.

Panzer says, "Enjoy the view."

 

To watch the video tootle over to Mars Eclipse

The Big Thrill

Today, Panzer made a stop at the International Thriller Writers site. There our ingenious kitty discovered the May issue of The Big Thrill is available.

I'm available for interviews.

This issue of The Big Thrill contains interviews with thriller authors, book reviews and articles. Hovering over the banner across the top of the page will allow you to click on some of the individual interviews. As you move down the page clicking on the individual books on the left will allow access to the review of the book. Under the paid advertising on the right side of the page is a Table of Contents for the entire issue and clicking on an entry will take you to it.

Panzer says, "There are a lot of interesting author interviews here. Unfortunately no cats were interviewed for this issue."

Note: This will be a long, long, long read. Depending on what you want to read, you'll have to decide what to bring for today's reading adventure.

To read the issue tootle over to The Big Thrill

A Panzerism

 Panzer on the basic cat tenet:

None. Got it? *

Cats do not behave badly ...

because ...

there are no rules for cats.

* From Cat Wisdom for humans

Beltane

Happy Beltane

From Panzer, Mom and What's His Name

Cartoon of the Day: Cats - Mystery Fanfare

Exactly what I would say.

While he was cleaning the Panzermobile today, Panzer found this cartoon from the Mystery Fanfare site.

Enjoy!

 

To read the cartoon tootle over to Mystery Fanfare