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June 2008
Dear
Readers,
Gotta
love Arizona! It's only June, and we've been having temperatures
in the 100's for weeks now. That's okay with me, I love the heat
and the bright, sunny days. I suppose if I could live anywhere else,
it would be near the ocean. The Atlantic ocean. That sounds weird
coming from a "desert rat" but I grew up in Connecticut and lived
for a number of years so close to the beach, we could walk
and did! All of eleven-years-old, no cell phones, and me and my
pals would spend the entire day at the beach without our parents,
dragging in sometime around supper, sunburned, hungry and tired.
Ah, those were the days.
With
spring, came another deadline for me. I just recently mailed off
my newest book to my editor, the second in my Bear Creek Ranch series.
As the rock band Queen says, "Another one bites the dust." This
book was a unique challenge for me. The hero, Jake, was "sort of"
the bad guy in Cowboy Dad,
book one in the series (which will be out this August). He was "sort
of" redeemed at the end of Cowboy Dad but did have a ways to go.
This second book is about that journey. The heroine is "sort of"
based on a gal I worked with some years ago. She (my heroine) has
never been able to have a healthy baby because of a genetic problem.
Yep, you guessed it. She winds up unexpectedly pregnant and is scared
to death she'll lose this baby like her previous ones. This is one
of the most emotional books I've ever written, and I'm really excited
about it.
Next
up is book three in the Bear Creek Ranch series. This book has a
little lighter theme and some humor tossed in. At my editor's suggestion,
I'm giving the hero five-year-old boy and girl twins who are a little
more rambunctious than this laid back, professional fisherman can
handle. It'll be fun drawing on memories of my own twins and the
mischief they got into when they were five was that really
thirteen years ago?
I
recently received some good news I hope you won't mind me sharing.
My book, Night Hunter,
was a finalist in the Golden Quill contest. Better yet, my book,
His Only Wife, won first
place in the short contemporary category. Life works out kind of
funny sometimes. Last year, I entered four local contests with The
Gate to Eden and only finaled in one (I wound up taking
first place). This year, I entered just one local contest and was
a double finalist. I must admit, it was quite the bright spot in
an otherwise dull week for me.
That's
about it this time around. Thanks again, my friends, for stopping
by my website home. And Happy Summer to you and yours.
Warmest
wishes,
Cathy
McDavid
P.S.
Be sure to check out my blogs at www.gabwagon.blogspot.com
and http://harauthors.blogspot.com
And for MySpace fans: www.myspace.com/cathymcdavid.

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