Serendipity

Thanks, Paul! Glad you enjoyed it!

Wandering, the cat always wins…at least in my house… lol! BTW, I always wanted to own a cat named Serendipity. My cat’s name is “Milo”. Not as inspiring. LOL!

Zolton, yes, in my experiences…cats do always win! LOL! Thanks for the comment!

Miri… those cats are usually the kings and queens of the castle! LOL! Thanks for the comment!

Jewels, I know…our cat thinks we’re his slaves. For Father’s Day, the cat left my dad a card that said “Happy Father’s Day…to a great lap!” LOL!

DBA, thanks for the feedback! I use British Accent when I am leaving it up to the reader to decide for themselves. I am not into giving too many details and like the reader to decide for themselves. So, I guess whatever accent that forms in the mind when reading this is the accent that it is meant to be. I guess it is like saying an “American accent”, when, really, accents here tend to vary by region. I guess I like readers to personally fill in the blanks themselves, like they are the directors of the story and I am just the screenwriter. LOL! But, good looking out! Thanks for the feedback! Cheers!

P.S. I personally envision Adam having a Scots accent because I viewed him as Gerard Butler when writing this. Hehehehe…

Micky, I have never heard someone use the term “North American accent”. North America is a continent (which also includes Mexico, so there would be Mexican accents as well), so not sure how it is the same. But, when I lived in London, I always heard people commenting on my “American accent” eventhough someone from California would have a much different accent than someone from North Dakota or Texas or New York. I did not mean to offend anyone by using the term “British accent”, and I know (first hand) how different the English, Scot, Irish, and Welsh accents are. I just wanted readers to decide for themselves. I have used this device in stories where use the term “American accent”, so that the reader can decide for themselves (in their heads as they read) where the character is from. I guess I think more like a screenwriter and do not like too many details. It used to annoy a writer friend of mine who wanted to know wever detaila nd she would critique my work accordingly. I guess some people like more detailed writing and others like to decide for themselves.

Natella, it seems that most figured out it was a cat, but my twist was more that it was a cat tower…lol.,.so, I am glad that you thought it was a dog…at least I twisted somebody! LOL! Cheers!

CanvasMan, thanks for the comment! That is so cool that you read to your cat and dog! I try readiing to my cat, Milo, and he just yawns and looks at me like he is thinking “And, I’m supposed to care about this, why?” LOL! Sure, if I shake the cat food jug, he comes running but he rarely gets involved with anything else unless it involves sitting on a lap. Oh, but he will watch American Idol. He actually watches the tv screen as if he could sing better! LOL!

Thanks, Alison! Cheers!

It’s all semantics and apples and oranges, really. I met plenty of people while living over there who referred to themselves as “British” during conversation. In fact, that is all we hear while living over there. “How do you like the British people?” “Are you finding it difficult to understand the British accents?” We even used think how cool it was when the accent sound when they would say the word “British”. I even asked my aunt who lives in Wales and is Welsh (yes, I have a whole slew of family over there), if it was okay and she said that if you are speaking in general terms about things and not people, then it is fine because they are all part of the British Isles and “things” can are referred to as such. My parent’s best friends are English and they sometimes refer to themselves as British. The dictionary even says that “British” is acceptable terminology. And, we totally got off track anyway, because I never called my character “British”...I said that his accent was “British”, which means he could possibly be from anyone of the countries… so, really, I am giving the reader the choice and not trying to offend anyone. And, after all, an accent is a thing. I am not even sure why it is that big of a deal, really. I am proud to be called North American, American, Californian, Angeleno…it really does not matter. It’s all good. I hope we’re all good too! Cheers!

Thanks, Craig! :o)