The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Author Archives: Meryl Yourish
Echoes of 1967
Charles Krauthammer sees echoes of 1967 in this week’s surprise joining of Likud and Kadima. The Six-Day War is legend, but less remembered is that on June 1, the nationalist opposition (Menachem Begin’s Likud precursor) was for the first time … Continue reading
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Thursday roundup
Yes, I know, I’m shocked, too: Iran is supplying funds for arms smuggling into Sinai. But not to worry, the Egyptian army is about to have a come-to-Muhammed moment with the arms smugglers in the Sinai. (Sarcasm aside, they will, … Continue reading
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This is why the Holocaust is unique
Time and again, I see in message threads and emails and statements from Jew-haters this theme: What’s so special about the Holocaust? Why is it any different from any other genocide? Because it is the only one in which one … Continue reading
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Nanoprinting: An Israeli breakthrough
Apparently, Israel is about to knock Germany out of the lead in commercial digital printing. With nanotech. Landa NanoInk is comprised of pigment particles a fraction of the size of a human hair. Powerful absorbers of light, these tiny particles … Continue reading
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Israel’s historic unity deal
Benjamin Netanyahu has just shown the world how incredibly smart and forward-thinking he is, and how petty and small-minded was Tzipi Livni, the former head of Kadima. Netanyahu and Shaul Mofaz made a unity deal that created the largest coalition … Continue reading
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Monday morning briefs
Trash talking: Israel is upping the threat level for Iran/Hezbollah, but let’s face it: The IDF was going to go into Lebanon next time they attack Israel no matter who is ordering them to do so. The warnings have been … Continue reading
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Working seven days a week again
Years ago, back when I found myself deeply in debt and unable to find a decent-paying full-time job, I signed up with temporary agencies and worked three jobs, seven days a week, until I found better and better (and better-paying) … Continue reading
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Lying liars and the lies they tell
Ehud Olmert is blaming “right-wing extremist” money from the U.S. for derailing his lovely little peace plan. And yet, he glosses over Mahmoud Abbas refusing to accept the peace plan Olmert offered while he was still in office. He admits … Continue reading
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Reposting Kris Rusch on royalties
Kris Rusch, the writer/editor who bought my first short story, had both of the blogs she tried to post the below on hacked. She has given us the word to post this far and wide. It’s of interest mostly to … Continue reading
Friday furballs
Sunlight. Gracie. It is Teh Awesome. Goofball. Tigger. It is Teh Usual.
Friday news roundup
Schadenfreude: It’s a guilty pleasure. Aw, I feel so bad for Turkey. Well, no, really, I don’t. They don’t like S&P downgrading them? They should probably stop concentrating on hating Israel and pushing Islamism and work on their economy instead. … Continue reading
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Thursday, briefly
Gee, I wonder who they could have been? “Unknown attackers” murdered 11 Egyptian protesters and wounded hundreds more, while police stood idly by–in front of the Defense Ministry. Hm. That’s a tough one. Who could have the mystery attackers been? … Continue reading
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Writing Wednesdays
I’m taking every Wednesday off for the month of May to push forward and finish my novel. I’m at 52,000 words out of a projected 75,000 so far. I’ve also started three short stories set in the same world to … Continue reading
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Peaceful, happy Occupy protesters arrested from sea to shining sea
Oh, those crazy kids. They totally got their message across. Wall Street is greedy? Nope. They are the 99%? Nope. Fairness and justice for all? Nope. They’re a bunch of spoiled, petulant thugs and criminals? You got it. New York: … Continue reading
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Tuesday briefs
Politician who nobody cares about quits her job that nobody still knew she had: Tzipi Livni, the utterly irrelevant former leader of Kadima, is quitting the Knesset. And while she slammed Netanyahu on her way out, let’s face it–nobody cares. … Continue reading