My orange tabby cat and littermate, Morris (Town) Bucci, was the inspiration I used to create and tell my granddaughter, Katie, an off-the-cuff story about a boy and his cat, Santa Paws, and how he saved Christmas during one of the worst snowstorms in Alaska during the winter of 1974.
While telling her the story, I carefully detailed all the nuances that kept her attention over forty-five minutes, not too bad for an eight-year-old to keep an interest.
I used her desire of wanting to know more and focus on everything from including comedy, drama, fantasy, and determination to save Hunter's missing parents and overcome a hopeless situation until Santa Paws led the way and brought them to Santa Claus to ask for his help.
This led the way for me to research and write this story injecting fact, fiction, fantasy, and reality to create the most believable story, including a sequel teaser to hunt for a lost civilization and treasure.
