​My most recent book is the result of fan requests.  Our hero, Ears O'Fluffin, made his debut as a series of short mystery stories in the monthly free eMag, Bunnyzine.  The magazine's editor put a request to the Development Team for a regular monthly feature.  I thought back to some of my favorite authors, and remembered that Arthur Conan Doyle published the Sherlock Holmes short stories as magazine serials.  The idea was well received, I just had to figure out how to make it rabbit-related.  

At the same time, I was watching old episodes of the TV show, Castle.  One of my favorite episodes, The Blue Butterfly, features a typical trench coat wearing hard boiled PI.  I flipped through a book of rabbit breeds, looking for the least likely tough guy detective, and found the Dwarf Hotot.  Three pounds of white fluff and adorableness, I'd found my unlikely PI.

Of course he has a tiny trench coat, a fedora hat, and a bottle of carrot juice in his desk drawer.  Ears O’Fluffin is a Pet Private Investigator.  His office is a cardboard box in his human’s living room, complete with a desk, a chair, and a coat rack.  Other pets come to him to solve the mysteries in their lives, while Ears tries to maintain his tough guy persona.  

After about six months of serial shorts, I had run out of ideas for cases.  I asked the Bunnyzine fans for mysteries that Ears should solve.  I got several good ones, including an idea that deserved more than the short serial could provide.  I put the idea of an Ears O’Fluffin novel to the fans, and got overwhelming positive feedback.  

The Adventure of the Scarlet Bird is Ears’ most difficult case, to date.  The boredom of a Pet Expo is broken by a plea for help from a glamorous white cat.  A precious gem is stolen right under Ears’ nose dragging him into the seedy world of jewel thieves.  To top it all off, Ears is subjected to the sarcasm of a British hamster tasked with finding another stolen gem.  A room full of suspects, a hostile local police detective, and only two days to solve the case.  Can Ears recover the gem and preserve his reputation as the country's most successful Pet PI?

Without my rescue bunny, Peaches, I would not have been pulled into the wonderful world of house rabbits.  To give back to that community, and to help other rescued rabbits find their forever homes, I have set up a fundraiser for the Colorado House Rabbit Society.  For every signed copy of The Adventure of the Scarlet Bird ordered from me, I will donate $1 to the CHRS.  More information and purchase links can be found on my website at www.monicayoknis.com/earsofluffin.  

Follow the adventure of a dwarf rabbit detective as he solves a perplexing theft.  Appropriate for anyone ages 10 and up.
A boring weekend at a pet expo takes a dramatic turn for the mysterious when a bird made of rubies is stolen right out from under Ears’ nose.  With his reputation as the country’s greatest Pet P.I. at stake, Ears finds himself facing his most difficult case.  Is his client really a victim, or is she trying to frame Ears for the theft?  Can Ears find the jewel and apprehend the real thief before the expo closes?  Can he avoid being detained by the local police?  And can he work with a sarcastic British hamster?

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Tinthia lives on the Concord River with her black Lab, black cat, and assorted wildlife including a flock of Mallard ducks. When she’s not writing, she’s gardening, painting, eating ice cream, casting spells, and teaching. If asked about her favorite books, she'll tell you at the top of the list is Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, followed by The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

​She enjoys writing romantic women's fiction, although she would like to try her hand at a murder mystery someday. Why? Well, let's just say she has a score to settle with a certain gentleman from a certain dating website.
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​Would like to know more about Tinthia? Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and at www.tinthiaclemant.com. Ask her anything, she’s an open book.

Hi, I’m Tinthia Clemant, a 69-year-old earth witch with a passion for telling stories. My books fall into the women’s fiction genre and center on strong-willed (although they might not know it at the beginning of the book) female leads. As Clarissa Pinkola Estés wrote in Women Who Run with the Wolves, “Go out in the woods, go out. If you don't go out in the woods nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin.” Thanks to me, my characters spend a lot of time in the woods where they stumble and fall, wish and hope, and ultimately learn to face the hidden truths about themselves.

Woven throughout all my stories are golden strands of romance, because, after all, life’s no fun without muscular arms, warm skin, and deep kisses. My heroines deserve no less.
My writing journey started back when Marilyn Monroe took her last breath, the Cuban Missile Crisis was on every adult’s mind, and the Beatles released Love Me Do. The year was 1962 and, at the age of seven, I wrote an enchanting tale about a monkey named Harry and a beautiful peacock named Claire.

My mother was the driving force behind my writing, acting as my cheerleader, critic, editor, and sole audience. I stopped writing after her death in 1982, convinced no one would ever want to read my stories, and jumped into the rat race called adult life.

Fast forward ten years and the birth of my son. While he took naps I wrote…and wrote and wrote. As Hemingway is quoted as saying, ‘The first draft of anything is shit.’ Boy, was he ever right. By the end of the year I had a completed novel. And it sucked! I stored the pages in the attic and stopped pretending that I could write.

Somewhere around my 59th birthday I read the following quote: ‘Don’t die with your stories inside of you.’  The words worked their magic and I pulled myself up by my big girl thong and opened the dam. The words flowed. I published my first book, The Summer of Annah: A Midsummer’s Wish on June 21, 2016 and I haven’t looked back since.

​I’m often asked what advice I would give wannabe authors. Here goes: Have fun. As writers, we get to craft worlds where our readers will play, laugh, cry, fight, hide, shake with fear, and fall in love. What’s better than that? So have fun and write, damn it, write!

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