Our series of worldwide blogging interviews continues with BlogPaws® 2017 and 2018 Finalist Herman at Wonderpurr. This popular blog is packed with adventure stories, and fun cat stuff, and is written by Kimberley Koz, supervised by Herman aka @Tattlecat.
Let’s introduce the cat of the moment!
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Meet Herman at Wonderpurr
Welcome to my part of the World! I’m Herman!!! note the 3 exclamation marks, I never go anywhere without them. I’m so excited to be a part of your Worldwide Blogging Series. Thank you for inviting me.
Where in the world are Wonderpurr?
I live in the South of the USA. I was born in Kentucky—at least I think I was. I showed up on my future mom’s property as an 8-month-old stray. But we now live outside of Memphis, Tennessee, about 20 minutes south of Elvis Presley’s Graceland. There is a lot of history in our area, and many famous people still live here, like the actress Cybil Shepherd, Justin Timberlake and the rock ‘n roll singer, Jerry Lee Lewis, who lives near our house. In fact, my pet sitter also pet sits for Jerry Lee.
What is your favourite part of creating your blog?
Storytelling! Wonderpurr.com isn’t your typical pet blog.
My mom, Kimberley Koz, is a humor author and sharing behind-the-scenes stories about our family is what we do best. Mom is a cat magnet, so there is always some new face applying for membership in the Wonderpurr Gang. That keeps our stories fresh since with every new face comes a change in the dynamics in our family.
What kind of readership have you discovered enjoys what you do?
Every day new readers discover my blog serial, Sherlock Herms Purranormal Mysteries. We will be celebrating it’s one year anniversary on May 22nd. That’s Sherlock Holmes Day and also the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first mystery, The Case of the Dancing Ghosts, was supposed to be a stand alone but the response was huge, so we kept writing.
What are the joys and challenges of being a worldwide blogger?
The joy comes when readers participate in solving a mystery through their comments. We never expected that. In fact, there have been times when we kinda sorta wrote ourselves into a corner and had no idea how to get out…until readers provided us with solutions. The challenge has been in keeping up the momentum of posting weekly.
There is a lot of thought and preparation that goes into one Sherlock Herms post, but to the detriment of all other creativity. Mom makes her living off of writing, and so she needs to keep selling books, but if no new books are being written, then…Dori has to cut back on her Smittens cat treats addiction.
So, as much as we love writing Sherlock Herms, we have had to pull back to posting a new episode every other week, and we will be taking a summer hiatus from Sherlock Herms. But, in its place, we will be entertaining our readers with Stories from The Whiner – a newsletter mom used to write about her fish-out of-water adventures while living in the Kentucky countryside. That’s where I made my debut into the family.
Will you suggest some of your favourite posts for our readers to discover more about you.
- Sherlock Herms in The Case of the Dancing Ghosts.
- Sherlock Herms Case Files.
- Frank: From Tabby Terrorist to Mama’s Boy.
- Traveling with Cats: Smells Like Punishment.
Social media links for Herman and Wonderpurr :-
Thank you Kimberly Koz and Herman for a terrific blog interview! Discovering many new and influential stars of the blogosphere makes our worldwide series exciting reading see you at our next interview!
Marv says
Woo!! Hoo!!! Time to meet another new Furrend! Wonderpurr and Herman will be on our list for sure!
Purrs
Marv
Lola The Rescued Cat says
We love Hermie and Dori! We just love reading about their adventures in their stories.
Three Chatty Cats says
Great interview, Harvey. It’s nice to get to know more about fellow bloggers!
Jenna Hughson says
Loved this interview!
Little Binky and Granny says
WOW! I think you have the best of everything inside of you, Herman. I mean, rock’n’roll and Sherlock Herms, what a mysterious combination 😀 Pawkisses for a Lovely Day and thanks for the interview 🙂 <3
Talent Hounds says
What a great interview! I love that the Purrnormal mysteries readers helped to solve some of the mysteries without you expecting it. What a cool idea, I can’t wait to check it out further.
Sadie says
Fabulous interview. I love the concept of the blog and audience participation!
Sweet Purrfections says
How nice to meet a new cat blogger and a Nose-to-Nose finalist! Thank you for the interview with Wonderpurr.
Robin says
What fun! There are so many great cat blogs out there. I will have to check Wonderpurr out! They sound so pawsome. 🙂
Ruth Epstein says
Great interview, thank you for introducing us to him
Kia says
Lovely interview! It’s always great to get to know about the person and pet behind the blog 🙂 I will have to check their blog out!
Heather says
I do love a good mystery! I think it’s so fun that the readers can comment and potentially influence the story. What a fun idea.
Karen says
Good luck Herman! I met Herm and his mom a few years ago at BlogPaws and it was great fun talking with them.
Seville at Nerissa's Life says
What a WONDERFUL – Or should I say, wonderpurr – interview! Peep #1 and I have been readin’ the Sherlock Herms stories right from the start and they are SUPER DUPER WONDERPURR, for sure. PURRS.
Jana Rade says
This sounds so great. I wish I had time to do more reading. Unfortunately, all I can find time for is “utility” reading; keeping up with vet med and things like that.
Beth says
Thanks for introducing me to another great pet blog. I will have to check it out! Sherlock Herms sounds like a lot of fun!
Tenacious Little Terrier says
The Sherlock Herms mysteries sound intriguing! I’ll have to check it out.
mommakatandherbearcat says
It’s not a true article about Wonderpurr unless it mentions Dori and her Smittens 😉 I love Hermie and Dori and their Mom … keep up the great job!
The Swiss Cats says
Nice to meet Herman, that was a terrific interview ! Purrs
Basil says
Great intermew guys, we just love Herms and The Wonderpurr gang, they’re totally pawesome and in fact we’ve just left their pawesome blog not five minutes ago aftur reading the latest, gripping episode of Sherlock Herms, which is totally riveting!
Have a great weekend
Bestest purrs
Basil & Co xox
Sonja says
Okay I admit I giggles like a crazy person. Will have to start following better. 🙂
erin the Cat (Princess) says
What a GREAT interview, it’s lovely to find out a little more about one of the MUST READ blogs on our list. Purrs, ERin
Johnny says
This is such an adorable interview 🙂
The Island Cats says
We think Herman is pretty cool…and the mom actually got to meet him at BlogPaws!
Memories of Eric and Flynn says
Great interview! I only recently discovered Herman’s blog and enjoy reading his mysteries.
Kamira Gayle says
Nice interview. It’s refreshing to see even Herman finds the need to scale back on doing too much too. I felt bad about doing so, but see sometimes it’s necessary. Congrats on the upcoming anniversary too.
Barney and Callie Munday ( and mum Debbie) says
We have been friends of Hermie and Dori on twitter for a while now. It’s always great to catch up with them. We are based in the U.K. ?? Their fame is worldwide! We love reading the wonderpurr adventures they have!
Brian says
That was a terrific interviewwe didn’t know them either!
Kitty Cat Chronicles says
Cool, thanks for the great interview! We’ve never heard of this blog before, until we saw their name as a Nose to Nose Finalist. We will head on over and check out the Sherlock Herms series – sounds fun!
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Herman TattleCat says
Harvey, thanks so much for intermewing me. I really appreciate being featured on your Wonderpurr blog!
Summer says
Awesome interview!