From the Pamlico Writers Group

The public is invited to lunch with author Lynn Cavanaugh-Blades at 11:45 a.m. Dec. 15 at Golden Corral restaurant in Washington.

Lynn has been writing all of her life, keeping journals and teaching writing since graduation from East Carolina University in 1978. She always dreamed of writing a novel, but never felt she could.

In a bookstore in 2012, she opened a book on the clearance table and read, “Write your book already!” After she laughed out loud, she knew that was just what she would do.

Lynn published her novel “Your Hand in Mine, We Will Go” in November of 2014. It is available from Amazon (rated 4.8 of 5 stars) in Kindle and paperback formats.

She spends her days writing the sequel, endlessly editing and proofing in her favorite swing over-looking the Atlantic Ocean at Kure Beach. She tends to her husband, Peter, and daughter, Summer, and travels whenever possible. She is sincerely grateful for each day she is alive, she says.

A synopsis of her book follows:  Lynn is a typical 7-year-old, growing up in the South in 1964, who loves her family, the Beatles, playing outside until dark, and twisting to Chubby Checker’s hit single. She also secretly dreams of being crowned a queen one day, just like Miss America.

One Sunday afternoon as she stands before the newly crowned queens at the Girl’s Auxiliary at First Baptist Church, she makes the decision to begin her own GA journey.

She discovers a huge obstacle that threatens to prevent her from achieving that goal. Cora, a middle-aged friend, dreams of being a queen too as she watches her favorite show “Queen for a Day.” Little does she know the same thing that threatens to keep Lynn from the crown also threatens to keep her from her future.

Will Lynn and Cora ever see their dreams come true?

It is what happens one stormy night on the Pamlico River that has the power to free both from all that is holding them back, if their hearts are strong enough to live through it.

It was a time of Southern 1960’s culture, of church picnics, five and dime stores, the birth of rock and roll, a love for the simple things in life, and the pursuit of the American Dream. Sweet and inspirational, “Your Hand in Mine” captures the power of renewed hope and the pursuit of dreams, blending the lives and struggles of two similar, but unlikely characters, set apart only by age.

It is a time before social change, injustice, war and unrest became such a huge part of our daily dialogue.

Lunch attendees should go through the normal buffet line at 11:15 a.m. and assemble in the private meeting room. Please leave a tip for your server so that we may reduce our facility costs.

Pamlico Writers Group is affiliated with Arts of the Pamlico and meets as small critique groups on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m. at the Turnage Theatre. Novice and published authors are invited to join our groups.

Pamlico Writers Group and Arts of the Pamlico co-sponsor the annual Pamlico Writers Conference and Competition to be held on March 18-19, 2016. Look for this and other events on our web site at www.pamlicowritersgroup.org where you may also join our group.