About Cathy

A former techie, she worked with engineers in the Aerospace industry for over fifteen years. At 46, she decided to complete her MBA then follow her heart wherever it would lead. She founded her own business, CJM Communications, Inc., in 1991 and began freelance, ghost and contract writing as well as editing, marketing, and media relations for small businesses. Over the years, as she published a variety of articles under her clients' names, she developed a taste for seeing her words in print.
With the business established and successful, her own creative voice began clamoring for attention and she began writing more and more for her own expression. The result was her first book published under her own name, Peeking Over the Edge ... views from life's middle.
While Peeking Over the Edge was a result of Cathy's own experiences with middle age, her second book, Breathing Again ... thoughts on life after loss, was born as she searched for ways to help two very dear friends find their way through the debilitating grief of losing their soul mates.

Asked what inspires her to write, Cathy says, "I spent a lifetime learning how to love myself. When I turned 50, it was as if I grew into my own power. My whole life's experience came together for me and I saw everything filtered through a more positive light than ever before. Now, it's as if the ideas that have been growing in me for years have finally ripened to the point where I have to give them life. It's a transformation that reaches to my core and demands to be shared."
Cathy has twice been honored to receive awards in Women Writers of the Desert Annual Essay Competitions that were open to national and international entries. In 2004, she won for Ripples in a Pond and in 2006, she won for The White Suit. Both essays are included in Peeking Over the Edge.
In her spare time, Cathy is also an award-winning photographer, having won ribbons for everything from Best of Show to Honorable Mention for her work. Her first-place photograph, Eagle's Home, is the cover design for Peeking Over the Edge and her photograph Cactus Heart is the cover design for Breathing Again.