Thursday, March 12, 2015

Stupid Questions with Lucy:
Cat Conspiracies Edition Featuring Lisabet Sarai
(& A Giveaway!)





Blog buddy author Lisabet Sarai is here to give away a book and answer my stupid questions!  Gather round, friends...


1. Who would win in a war between cats and bears? 
 
As a devout ailurophile (that's a fancy name for a cat person), I have it on excellent authority that the cats would clobber the bears. Not in a physical contest, of course, but I'll bet on brains over brawn any day. Think about it. Have you ever met a bear with any kind of intellectual depth? Yogi? Pooh? Smokey? Even Paddington (and he's an outlier)? Give a bear a hug and a bit of honey and he's happy. The typical ursine would much rather nap than fight. Bears most definitely do not care about ruling the world. 
 
Felines, on the other hand, possess unbelievably Machiavellian sensibilities. Although they love comfort, they won't allow themselves to be seduced by a plate of fish or a catnip-stuffed toy if that interferes with their larger plans. This is especially true of black cats who have a higher average IQ than cats of other colors. (Miz Blackness is sitting next to my laptop right now, dictating.) 
 
 
Cats really do seem to have super powers sometimes. They can jump to impossible heights. They can disappear. They can see through walls. Not to mention reading your mind - and compelling you to do what they want. It's ridiculously easy to imagine a world in which cats are in charge. Um--right. 
 
2. Would you rather get a diagnosis of Benedict Cumberbatch or Engelbert Humperdinck?
 
Don't you think it's a bit insensitive making jokes at the expense of people with funny names?
 
I have to say I don't fully get the way women go all gooey about Benedict. He's nicely nerdy, but doesn't really float my boat. Of course, Engelbert had the girls of his generation drooling over him as well. So maybe there is something about funny names that gets the juices flowing. Although I seem to be personally immune. 
 
3. If you could have any fantasy creature for a pet, what would it be and why? 
 
I can't have a fantasy creature for a pet. My cats won't let me. 
 
4. Are aliens among us? 
 
See question number 1. Can you think of another explanation? 
 
I have it on unimpeachable authority that cats came here from a distant galaxy where they’d built an advanced civilization. After landing on earth many millenia ago, they began a systematic campaign to take over. They created the Nazca lines in Peru while hunting for prehistoric mice. They're responsible for Stonehenge; the megaliths were originally covered with wood and served as giant scratching posts. They supervised the building of the pyramids. Why do you think the Egyptians worshiped them as gods? 
 
They now control the Pentagon, the Kremlin, FaceBook and YouTube. Obviously. 
 
4A. Since there are aliens among us, what would you name a romance about them? 
 
How about From Fur to Eternity? Fifty Shades of Fur? Gone with the Roast Chicken
 
Just a second. I’ll see what Blackness thinks... 
 
5. Speaking of horrible aliens, how would you help Justin Bieber off the planet? 
 
His cat Tuts is working on it. http://www.eonline.com/news/431254/justin-bieber-s-cat-tuts-gets-her-own-twitter http://www.mtv.com/news/1876645/justin-bieber-cats/ Actually, from what I hear, Tuts plans to bring Justin back to the home world to investigate just how a human manages to elicit the sort of swooning adoration usually reserved for felines. 
 
6. If you were a superheroine or -hero, what would your special power be? 
 
Jumping to impossible heights. Disappearing. Seeing through walls. Reading minds. (I think you get the picture...) But I'd better not get too uppity. I know better than to antagonize my alien mistress. 
 
 

And if any of you are fellow ailurophiles, check out Lisabet's upcoming release The Eyes of Bast, which actually features a black cat as the hero. 
 
Here's the blurb: 
 
Trust your heart. Follow your dreams. 
 
Shaina Williams' grandmother bequeathed her that wisdom, along with an old pendant from the Islands, carved from an ocelot's tooth. When instinct tells Shaina to visit the feral cat trap she'd set in Central Park, she listens to that inner voice. She discovers she's caged a magnificent black tom, but the cat inexplicably vanishes after she tends to his wounds. Seeking the errant feline, Shaina encounters instead a handsome stranger whose slightest touch sets her body on fire. As the day dawns after a night of ferocious passion, her mysterious lover is forced back into his true shape—the tomcat she'd rescued. 
 
Born a cat, Tom was transformed into an unwilling shape shifter by a sorceress who craved a human plaything to satisfy her perverse lusts. Centuries old and irresistibly powerful, Delphine Montserrat will stop at nothing to find her runaway familiar. Shaina vows to do whatever is necessary to defeat the vicious but seductive witch and save the man she believes is her soul mate – even though it might mean losing him forever. 
 
The Eyes of Bast will be available at Totally Bound on the 27th of March. You can pre-order it now: https://www.totallybound.com/the-eyes-of-bast
 
 
And since you can't get that book yet, I'll give you a chance to win a copy of Incognito, another one of my novels with a cat (named Heathcliff) who has a crucial role in the plot. Just leave a comment on this post - with your email, please, so I can find you if I draw your name! 
 
About Lisabet 
 
Cat lover. World traveler. Belly dancer. Computer geek. Lisabet Sarai loves variety, in her life and in her writing. Her nine novels and dozens of short stories include contemporary, historical, paranormal, science fiction, steam punk, gay, lesbian, ménage, kink, and pretty much every other genre you could name, aside from cowboys. She even, occasionally, tries her hand at humor, though she'd never dare attempt an Olivia Newton-John sing-off. Follow her blog Beyond Romance (http://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com) for all her latest news (including frequent giveaways). Check out her website Lisabet's Fantasy Factory (http://www.lisabetsarai.com) for lots of free reading, excerpts from all her books, and more pictures of her cats.
 
 

25 comments:

  1. Hi, Lucy,

    Thanks for giving me the chance to be silly!

    I hope your readers like my interview. Blackness gave it two claws up.

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  2. I can't wait to read it!
    doglady@frontiernet.net

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  3. I love shifter books! sound great!
    sasluvbooks at yahoo dot com

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    1. Thank you, Stacey! Actually, this is one of my favorite books so far.

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  4. I love cats. Right now there are four in my house.
    debby236 at gmail dot com

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    1. Hi, Debby,

      Four! We had four for a while. It was crazy.

      Are any of them black?

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  5. Lisabet,
    I'm not a huge cat person myself (I'm very allergic, tends to be a drawback), but this was quite funny!
    rachaelkosinski@yahoo.com

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    1. Thank you so much, Rachel. It's a real stretch for me!

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  6. Miz Blackness is a cutie. Enjoyed the post. turtle6422 (at) gmail (dot) com

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    1. Thanks, Jana. She's a tough mistress, let me tell you!

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  7. Very entertaining interview!

    Trix, vitajex(at)Aol(Dot)com

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    1. Thank you, Trix!

      Lucy's questions are a challenge. For one thing, she always asked these pop culture things, an area where I'm pretty clueless.

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  8. Very entertaining interview!

    Trix, vitajex(at)Aol(Dot)com

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  10. I loved your interview. You always have entertaining answers to any question given you. I love not only small cats but large ones as well. My best time was many moons ago when I was able to pet a full grown cougar. It was the Lincoln/Mercury cougar that was used in the old television commercials and I was lucky enough to have been able to hug and pet her.

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    1. Hi, Gayle,

      I've had the opportunity to pet a baby tiger, which was amazing, but never a cougar. They might well be my favorite big cats.

      Thanks for your entry.

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  11. I'm with you on the Benedict Cumberbatch thing. To be nice, I'll say I find him plain, though I do like the accent.

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    1. Hi, Anne,

      He was great in "The Imitation Game". Since I don't watch TV, I haven't seen his Sherlock Holmes.

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  13. Great interview, Lisabet but I have to say, I'm more a dog person myself. Congrats on your new release! BTW I had to google Benedict Cumberbatch.

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    1. Ah Jasmine! That makes me feel better!

      It's interesting- when I became a cat person (when I got together with my husband), I started to like dogs better too. I hadn't really paid much attention to animals before then. (I was too busy reading LOL.)

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  14. Total cat person here!!! Love the post!!
    Ashley Applebee
    ash_app@hotmail.com

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    1. Thanks, Ashley.

      Obviously the mind control has affected you too!

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  15. Hello, everyone!

    I know it took me a while, but I've drawn a winner.. Congratulations to Jana B!

    I'll be having another contest at my blog on Sunday the 22nd. Drop by if you're free...

    And thanks for joining in the fun.

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