A sulky cat

What about ME?

A cat chat…
Alice: She’s usually very affectionate and friendly. However, yesterday, I had some guests over for lunch and I locked her in the bedroom so she wouldn't escape outside. After the guests left, she seemed really annoyed and didn’t stop flicking her tail for an hour. 
Zaha: Cats can be quite sensitive to changes. They don’t like having their routine upset for one.
Alice: Yeah, she’s a creature of habit.
Zaha: And she might think guests coming in are invaders of her territory. Bringing different sounds and smells.
Alice: So I could have introduced her to them, you think?
Zaha: That would help. You have to adjust to cat behavior speed.
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Voice-over
So introduce her to the guests then later put her in her favorite room, with some treats as reward. Some cats like attention.

Routines of Writing and Running

Would-be writers...

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Riordan: What will be your legacy?

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Miles: The house. The kids can decide what to do about that.

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Riordan: Property, yes. But ideas?

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Maugham as writer

Miles: Somerset Maugham, Haruki Murakami.

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Riordan: What about them?

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Miles: They wrote. Routinely. Somerset Maugham went upstairs to his study and wrote nine to noon every day.

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Riordan: Three hours.

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Murakami on Running

Miles: And then enjoyed lunch.

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Riordan: And Haruki Murakami?

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Miles: He uses his mornings to write not less than ten pages every day. And then goes out running. Ten k’s.

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Riodan: Because?

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Miles: Partly to ward off the effects of sitting and then eating. Vocational hazard. And to create a void of privacy.

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Voice-over

Reminder to self: Start running. Today. To nurture writing routines.

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