Guest Post by Giacomo Giammatteo **Warning graphic image in this post** One of my characters is Connie Gianelli, a tough-as-nails Brooklyn detective who was raised by a mob boss. She doesn’t often show her gentle side, preferring to hide it under a “Brooklyn” veneer. I gave her an aquarium to help out, but I knew that wasn’t enough, so I had her rescue a cat that a drug dealer shot through the chest with an arrow. The vet had to amputate the cat’s leg, but she took it home to care Read more [...]