Pet Parade Spinoffs: GalleyDog and GalleyParrot

Despite our blog’s name, not all literary animals are cats. Reader and author Doug Koktavy sent this picture of his handsome dogs, along with this note: “Here are my GalleyDogs, the two guys who are getting all the talk since their book, The Legacy of Beezer and Boomer: Lessons on Living and Dying from My Canine Brothers, came out in November 2009 (B Brothers Press).”

Welcome to GalleyCat’s annual literary pet parade, a publishing holiday tradition established by former senior editor Ron Hogan during his four-year tenure at this blog. For a few crazy days, GalleyCat readers and their pets rule the blog. Follow this link to read more about the annual photo spread and find out where our former senior editor is headed next.

In other not-cat-related publishing news, reader Paula Morrow sent pictures of a high-flying editor. “Our parrot Harley was named honorary editor of the book “Polly Wants a Poem” after she showed strong opinions about the available photos,” wrote Paula.

Here she considers several pictures of other African greys … The book “Polly Wants a Poem” offers poetry and prose to read aloud to parrots, who can learn the little ditties and “read” them back to their people. Harley’s own favorite poem ends with the line, ‘Bring me vittles!’”

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