One misstep after another today. Hope it clears up as I get more awake, although I’m not holding out a lot of hope. Still, it was a pretty morning out there.
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“Misstep” made me think that you literally tripped or otherwise lost your footing, and got me wondering – – do you use a cane for additional steadiness when walking? I have always used either a cane or staff when hiking, with secondary usage for moving brush or objects aside, and emergency usage against attacking animals (never had to do that, but rabid animals are a thing here in NC).
Re: cat POV. The most challenging way to write the book would be 1st person POV from the cat’s POV, beginning when he wakes up at a veterinary hospital, or just before whichever accident led him to end up in same. Cat either has no memory of his time before the accident (amnesia, which allows for retconning later) or has full memory but can’t communicate with his new keepers (Roger & Co.) How to proceed from that point? Cat might hear words repeated over and over again and come up with a limited vocabulary – – watch the scene from the film The 13th Warrior in which the Arab protagonist has to learn Old Norse from his Viking captors (I’ll provide a link). As the book progresses, it becomes easier to understand as the cat’s vocabulary increases. Speculation: how much can the Fae at Shackleford House communicate with the cat? “Mulligan, the pixies say that the cat’s name is _______, don’t call him _____ anymore.” How much would the cat be aware of magical workings? Does the cat himself have any magic other than being able to see the Fae? Writing the novel in this fashion relegates Mulligan to a secondary character, but an important one, probably the most important of the secondary characters. Speculation: is the cat neutered? If he is, his outlook will be different than if he is intact – – I already joked about a tomcat spraying Shackleford’s lap blanket or trouser legs.
This might be the best solution: The Wizard’s Butler was Mulligan’s POV; let The Wizard’s Cat be the cat’s POV. Subsequent novels to be told from the POV of the titular character (falls apart if the title is of an object, not a person).
Language scene from The Thirteenth Warrior:
https://youtu.be/aVVURiaVgG8?si=3VJ9gA1f6tvouhwg
No. No cane. No staff. I’ve tripped and fallen before but I don’t think I’ve fallen while recording.
Mostly I was just stumbling metaphorically.