Peaches and the 19 Cobras follows two little rescue dogs who set out to protect their mom after they misunderstand COVID 19 as 19 Cobras. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

When the Pandemic of 2020 and Covid-19 occurred, it was a very serious and scary time for everyone. All you heard on TV, radio and in the media was how serious, deadly and dangerous it was for everyone, and people needed to be very cautious if and when they went anywhere.   

They recommended that everyone stay home, but if they needed to go outside the safety of their home, there were certain precautions everyone needed to take. For example, staying at least 6ft from other people, wearing a mask and not touching anything or anyone, and that everyone should wash their hands frequently. After several days of hearing this information over and over, I decided that this was HISTORY and I needed to document this for myself and others for future reference. Everything was changing in our lives… everything… what we did at home and when we went anywhere outside our home and how we were reacting to things that were happening around us. I had two rescue dogs at the time and I was sure that they were wondering what was happening to make things so different. But they couldn’t ask questions about what was causing everything to be different. So, I decided to put myself in their place and start thinking like I was one of them. That’s when I decided to write a book and tell about our life from my dog’s point of view.

What was your favorite scene in this story? 

My favorite part of the book is the mask sequence, where I was trying to take a picture of my dogs in the fancy masks that I had made for us. It took me a couple of hours to get the picture because they didn’t want the mask over their nose and mouth and as soon as I put the mask on them, they would have it off before I could get a picture. It was very frustrating for me but funny at the same time.

What is the next book you are working on, and when will it be available?

My next book will be about my newest rescue from China. Her name is Molly and she is a Golden Retriever. She is very smart, cute and sweet, and I’m just gathering information new for a book about her, but I don’t have enough material on her right now to complete her book.. but one is “in the works”.

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