Thinking…
I’m at the beach so I can think.
I’m outlining book two of Ten Kids, Two Lovebirds, and a Singing Mermaid.
Thinking can be hard.
Two Books, 19 Years Apart
After many rejections, my first book, Julia’s Chocolates, sold in 2005.
My last book, Ruthie Deschutes O’Hara has Ulterior Motives, came out in September.
Ruthie is number 15. It’s been quite a ride.
THANK YOU, I truly mean this, THANK YOU for reading my books. I am grateful.
Only available on Amazon.
The Writing Life
I have to write.
Some people have to make art or compose music or do yoga or sing.
I have to write.
Writing holds me together, it holds my life together. It’s my work and it’s my escape and it’s a joy and it’s a bad literary puzzle.
I knew I wanted to write when I was sixteen. My high school had a newspaper and I would read articles by classmates older than me, smarter than me, and certainly more engaging and cool, as I was about as awkward as an iguana.
I was in awe of their writing skills, and in awe that their names were actually in the paper…
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https://cathylamb.substack.com/p/the-writing-life?r=kayfq
Three Sisters and a Lingerie Business
Yes, indeedy, there is a red bra hanging off the “E” in this title. As the tagline says, “Three sisters, partners in their family’s lingerie business, know that a bra is not just a bra.” IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I SEE is only on Amazon, in e-book, paperback or Kindle Unlimited.
(“Old” book, new cover.)
LINK:
https://shorturl.at/OBLDE
Two More Books in Kindle Unlimited
Hello all,
The Language of Sisters and My Very Best Friend are available to buy as e-books, or paperbacks, and they are now also on Kindle Unlimited…just in case you need a book to take you away from life for awhile.
My Amazon page:
On Beauty and Devastating Events
A lot changed in my life from mid-2023 into early 2024.
There was so much beauty, and a hundred things to be grateful for, and yet one person created a devastating event.
Out of that beauty and the devastating event, my new book, Ruthie Deschutes O’Hara has Ulterior Motives, appeared. Word by word, paragraph by paragraph, chapter by chapter.
At that time, feeling like I was walking on charred embers, I needed someone like Ruthie in my life – entertaining, funny, totally herself, flamboyant, sincerely kind and compassionate, someone who might drink too much tequila now and then, dance with abandon, and take wild dares.
I needed someone I wanted to be.
CLICK ON THE LINK TO READ THIS ARTICLE ON SUBSTACK. YES, IT’S FREE.
Standing in a River Reading
READING IN A RIVER.
Yes, that is the wild Deschutes River here in Oregon. Innocent Husband “captained” our drift boat with help from Adventurous Singing Daughter and Darling Laughing Son.
Perhaps I SHOULD have been fishing (dull) but I WANTED to read a book (Fun), so that’s what I did. I have a feeling all of you will understand…Yay books!
My New Book, Ruthie Deschutes O’hara is out today!
NEED A WEEKEND BOOK?
Hello everyone! My new book Ruthie Deschutes O’Hara has Ulterior Motives is out today – paperback and e-book.
This is a book for people who believe in love at any age and who like to laugh. If your family is slightly crazy this one would be a good fit, too.
Have a good weekend.
She’s Almost Here…
Five more days.
Ruthie Deschutes O’Hara has Ulterior Motives is available only on Amazon. I hope, hope, hope that you will like it!
(E book can be ordered today, paperbacks can be ordered on the 20th).
Amazon:
My New Book is Out September 20th!
AND HERE WE GO…AGAIN.
My new book, “Ruthie Deschutes O’Hara has Ulterior Motives” will be out on September 20th!
You can pre-order the e-book NOW, and it will magically arrive in your kindle on September 20th. On September 20th, the paperback will be available to buy. Only available on Amazon. Here’s the link: https://tinyurl.com/33uysznu
A short and sweet synopsis: Ruthie Deschutes O’Hara is a 70-year-old retired English teacher on a reality TV dating show. She’s not there for the right reasons. She has ulterior motives.
A longer synopsis, just for fun, so you know this is a book that will, hopefully, make you laugh.
Ruthie Deschutes O’Hara is 70 years old. Her huge family, eccentric and rebellious, owns a popular tequila business in central Oregon, which they run off “the homestead.”
A retired English teacher who loves books, Ruthie has been widowed for five years. Her beloved late husband and she used to watch a reality TV dating show called Marry Me, along with their dignified old dogs, curious cats, snorting pig, and scary rabbit who sometimes screams.
The “grooms” on Marry Me had the intellectual capabilities of grunting cavemen, according to Ruthie, as they dated the “brides,” and yet, the show was oddly entertaining.
But Ruthie has a big problem that needs to be solved in a creative way. She decides to do something daring. Something out of character. Something…outrageous.
She will become a contestant on a new Marry Me for seniors! She’ll compete for a groom, along with two dozen other “mature” brides.
She has no interest in the groom, that would be ridiculous. She’s not looking to fall in love again, that would be silly. Good heavens, she’s certainly not looking to wed the man, but if she was chosen for Marry Me, she could probably solve her perplexing problem. All would then be well again…
Ruthie Deschutes O’Hara has ulterior motives.
She is not going on Marry Me for the right reasons.
She is not prepared for what happens next.
Ruthie Deschutes O’Hara has Ulterior Motives
