Cathy Lamb's Blog, page 9

A New Book is Coming Out…Soon

I have been asked when my next book is coming out after a four-year writing break.Here’s my answer: Soon.

Changing My Books…

The book I’m writing now is quite different from the books I’ve written previously.Sometimes ya gotta make a change.I sure hope you all like it.(We are five Lambs in our house, so I thought I’d toss this photo up.)

Editing Hell, But at Least I’m Writing…

This is a photo of editing hell.It’s a page out of my new book.I am trying to work while I have a cat sleeping on my arm.The cat, a rescue, will now and then bite me.I don’t know why he has to do that.

Back to Writing After Four Years!!

I’m back to writing after a lonnnng break.I’m working on a book now about a 70 year old woman who does something very daring.She had no intention of falling in love.None.But she did.On another note, you can see my faithful writing companion continues to help me by taking a nap.

AUCTION FOR UKRAINE / 4 BOOK GIVEAWAY / AUTHOR CHAT

Hello everyone,I have joined my publishing house, Kensington Books, and hundreds of other authors, for an online auction where all proceeds benefit relief efforts for Ukraine. The auction is now live!This is my page of the auction: https://www.32auctions.com/…/121017/auction_items/3635619I donated four copies of Henry’s Sisters. They’ll be mailed to ONE person. She will give the other three copies to friends/sisters/mom and I’ll schedule a book chat with you all via Zoom.Come explore all of the amazing offers:https://www.32auctions.com/benefitforukraineThe images of what’s happening in Ukraine are breaking my heart, and I know they’re breaking yours, too. This is one small way we can help.Wishing you all well.

An Interesting Thanksgiving

Oh, the excitement in my kitchen this Thanksgiving!

Take a look at the batter for my chocolate silk pie. See anything interesting?

Artist Montana Sister said, “Bird then dancing woman.”Firefighter Brother said, “An alien escaping from a pancake striving to devour you, Cathy.”Country Farmer Montana sister said, “A woman wearing a shawl and holding cherry blossom branches.”Also, I burned the marshmallows.Rebel Dancing Daughter said, “It’s okay, Mom. It wouldn’t feel like Thanksgiving if there wasn’t smoke in the kitchen.”Sigh…

A Smoky Thanksgiving

There’s smoke billowing out of my oven and into my kitchen which obviously means I’m cooking.Innocent Husband said to me, waving his hands around in the air, “Ah! Your Thanksgiving tradition begins!”Now he’s in big trouble.

A Deer, the Swan Mountains, and a Little Magic

When I was in Montana this last week, I looked out at the Swan Mountains and a curious deer in the middle of a trail and somehow those mountains and that deer told me – a writer fighting burnout – that I needed to add a little magical realism to the book I’m writing.I do not argue with the Swan Mountains or deer, so I dropped in a little magic and the burnout faded away a bit…Sometimes ya just gotta go to Montana so you can think.

Need A Little Summer Reading?

If you need a book for summer…

Wishing you lots of time to read and relax!

Hammer and Editing

When I think about whether I want to re-edit my book AGAIN or take out a molar with a hammer, I start thinking about the hammer…