Cathy Lamb's Blog, page 22

A Ferrari From My Father

When I was sixteen I told my dad I wanted a car for my birthday.

He laughed. There was about the same chance that he would walk in the front door with a giraffe on a leash as there was for me to get a car.

My dad was a great guy. Engineer, super fascinated by the first computer he saw which was the size of a large room. His own childhood had many challenges, and he made sure his kids did not have the same challenges.

He worked hard, was kind, and loved our mom.

He taught his kids a lot about money management. He told me, “Cathy, ALWAYS have savings. It’s not IF you will be hit with a financial disaster, it’s WHEN.”

So, in accordance with a VERY conservative money outlook, his parents survived the depression after all, there would be no cars for his kids on their sixteenth birthdays.

However, he did buy me the almost-exact model of this red Ferrari. It fit in the palm of my hand.

“Happy Birthday,” he told me. “Here’s your car, Cathy.”

When I saw this Ferrari outside of my local Starbucks it brought back all those sweet memories of my late father.

Writing And Confusion

For various reasons, it’s been a really long day today.

I was signing my book “The Man She Married” for a book giveaway and lost a few brain cells.

Can you see the mistake?

Yes. Tired. Yes. Confused. Yes, I need to go to bed.

Julia’s Chocolates Is Sweetly On Sale

Julia’s Chocolates was my first book.

After MANY rejections of other books, this was my last attempt into the publishing world, at least for awhile. If this one didn’t sell, I was going back to teaching school.

I was with my kids and my dad camping in a trailer on Orcas Island when I found out that it sold. To celebrate, my father made us buttermilk pancakes. It was a very sweet moment.

Julia’s Chocolates is on sale for less than six bucks on Amazon on kindle.

It’s about a woman who threw her wedding dress into a dead tree on a deserted street in North Dakota and took off for Oregon to begin a whole new life.

What I Remember Most Is On Sale For Less Than Three Bucks

Hello everyone,

My book, “What I Remember Most” is on sale for $2.99 on kindle if you need a spring break book.

This is the first chapter. It’s rather short:

I hear his voice, then hers.

I can’t find them in the darkness. I can’t see them through the trees.

I don’t understand what’s going on, but their horror, their panic, reaches me, throttles me.

They scream the same thing.

Run, Grenadine, run!

It’s them.

Teaching Students To Write

One of the best things about writing books is teaching students a little bit about writing!

My Book Put My Cat To Sleep

If you need a book for spring break, The Man She Married is my latest.

Hopefully it will not put you to sleep like it did Leroy, our very naughty cat who has ripped up our couch, chases our old cat, and insists on sleeping by Innocent Husband at night.

A summary? Natalie Shelton is in a coma. That’s not her only problem.

I PROMISE there is laughter in this story, too.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Man-She-Marrie...

The Craziness Continues

This is the kind of thing that Innocent Husband makes me do while he stands back and laughs.

Yes, I ran toward about 200 geese and made them fly in the air.

I think they thought a monster dressed in black was coming to eat them by the way I was hooting at them.

We are hitting our 26th anniversary tomorrow.

The craziness continues.

Looking UP!

One of my goals this year is to look UP more, so I don’t miss out on beautiful sunsets like this one.

Thanks For The Interview, Heather Gudenkauf!

Thanks for the interview, Heather Gudenkauf!

Heather: Thank you, Cathy Lamb, for taking the time to answer these 12 bookish questions about reading and writing for us.

What’s your favorite book from childhood?

Cathy: The Narnia series. I swear those books opened up my imagination. I’m a daydreamer – and those books are perfect for kids who like to daydream. I desperately wanted to go to Narnia and was quite disappointed we did not have a wardrobe in my childhood home to transport me there.

Heather: Favorite beverage/snack while you read or write?

Cathy: For nutritional purposes ONLY I enjoy decaf mochas, chocolate chip cookies, and See’s chocolates. If I’m being really wild and crazy I’ll eat movie theatre butter popcorn. There. Now you know my secrets.

Heather: What book would you like to be a character in?

Cathy: Can I be Stephanie Plum in the Janet Evanovich series? I want to, uh, “meet” Ranger and Morelli.

Click on the link for the rest of our interview…

https://heathergudenkauf.com/a-chat-w...

 

 

Thanks to Southern Lady Magazine!

Thanks to Southern Lady Magazine for featuring “The Man She Married” as a book of the month!

There are a few recipes here you all might like, my playlist when I was writing the book, tips for book clubs, and an essay about how my mother used to keep our black and white TV in the closet.

She was an English teacher and believed that kids should be outside playing or reading books. I tend to agree!

10 Tips for Brilliant Book Clubs