pets – Author Blog by Traci L. Slatton

Recent BROKEN Spotlights; Recent Pix

Posted on:October 29, 2014February 12, 2015

Kindly Jackie Burris, who brims over with a love of animals, recently hosted me on her fabulous blog, HOUSEWIFE BLUES AND CHIHUAHUA STORIES. I’m grateful for the exposure and she posted my guest article about “Writing, Yoga, and Dogs.”

Busy, multi-talented Drey of DREY’S LIBRARY hosted a guest post and shared her thoughts of BROKEN in a review, concluding with this very sweet comment, “Pick up Broken for a look at the artsy scene in Paris in the early days of WWII and the story of a conflicted young woman whose truth is so much more than she thought it could ever be.”

Meantime, I had some author photos done recently. See below.

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Yoga With Dogs

Posted on:October 16, 2014February 12, 2015

Gabriel is my boy. He is telepathically attuned to me, so he always knows what I am feeling. I can’t count the number of times over the last six years that he’s come to cuddle me at just the right moment, just when I most needed the creature comfort of his warm yellow fur, damp nose, soulful dark eyes, and eternally wagging tail.

Molly joined us three years ago. She’s a powerfully intelligent girl, a chocolate lab, a little reserved but deeply affectionate when it suits her.

About a year ago, Molly discovered that she could have some fun with me while I was doing yoga. When I do downward facing dog, she lies down beneath me, directly under the V of my body. When I do upward facing dog, she crawls over on top of me. When I’m doing jnana shirsasana, she puts a paw or her nose over my leg.

When she hears the “Om” chiming the start of my daily Yogaglo video, she trots in, and the game is on. It continues all the way through savasana, during which she stands over me and whines for me to KEEP MOVING.

So Molly and Gabriel must have talked, because now Gabriel wants in on the fun. Yesterday I tried to take some selfies. You can’t really tell but I’m in gomukasana and a reclined twist during most of the pix.

After Series · pets

AFTER Series Giveaway and Guest Post on HOUSEWIFE BLUES AND CHIHUAHUA STORIES Blog

Posted on:January 14, 2014February 1, 2016

I was searching for book review blogs and stumbled upon Texan Jackie Burris’ rather wonderful blog called HOUSEWIFE BLUES AND CHIHUAHUA STORIES. I queried her and we discovered that we both love our pets… So Jackie invited me to do a guest post and eBook giveaway to promote my books. Find them here.

I wrote about our dogs Molly and Gabriel, and how they’ve enriched our lives.

Some lucky winner will receive digital copies of all 3 books in the series, FALLEN, COLD LIGHT, and FAR SHORE. So be sure and enter!