Author Fun
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Name my scooter
I need your help!
Since this scooter is going to be my close friend for the coming weeks, I think we should name it!
Any good ideas? Do tell!!
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Take The Shot. Face the Penalty.
Athletics have been in my life since the fifth grade. I played tennis in junior high and high school. I played in college as well, thankful for the resources it provided for me to pay for college. After college I found competitive inline speed skating, road & mountain biking and now I’m into the ultra endurance running.
It felt only natural for me to jump into writing a novel about athletes. Especially when it came to women in athletics. As a female athlete, especially one who was wicked-competitive, I faced off with plenty of resistance from men-even other women who were threatened by me.
In PENATY BOX, a book I co-wrote withKelly Anne Blount, I wrote Brodie’s point of view (POV). Now, if you’ve read any of my other novels, especially the Wasteland & Bound by Hades Trilogies, it’s all from the Male POV. I love writing guys.
Yeah, I’m weird. LOL.
With this project, specifically, it was even more fun to write Brodie’s POV because I am a female athlete. I’ve experienced some of the ignorance guys exhibited toward me as a female competitive athlete. So,it was fun dig super deep into what motivated Brodie and his reactions to female athletes. His hockey team is his family, and when Willow storms onto the scene…well, let’s just say, it was super fun to write his reactions.
Willow is a strong, competitive, and highly talented female, and it took him by surprise. Not only that she was an amazing athlete, but it challenged some of his beliefs about female athletes being on guys’ teams. It challenged his confidence and made him face off with his relationship issues.
I got to work through some of his narrow-minded, self-fish thoughts and behaviors, which was very enlightening. And frustrating sometimes. LOL.
So ladies…Tell me, what are some of your fun stories about being a female athlete?
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A peek into my crazy mind…#TheRunningWriter
Yep. There’s a look into my scary mind.
And no, it’s not scary that I get up at 4am to run. It’s scary that I need an alarm to remember to get into the shower.
LOL.
I seriously lose hours when I’m writing. My characters keep chatting, changing directions, or just flat out talking up a storm. I legit forget to do things.
That’s why I have to set alarms. My hubby jokes that I need to set one to remember to breathe.
It’s not quite that chaotic in my head.
Yet.
What are your little tricks to staying on task–and on time?
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Want to be my Secret Santa?
Come join the first International Secret Santa fun!!
You could be my Secret Santa…or I could be yours. How fun would that be?
I’ve joined up with Agency Sib and friend, Kelly Anne Blount, for this fun adventure, so it’s sure to be a blast.
Check it out HERE and sign up. It’ll be wicked fun! It’s only open for a limited time so spread the word!
Merry Christmas, my friends!
~Lynn
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#TBT 50-miler
Boy do I have a Throw Back.
December, 2016. 52 miles running.
11 hours 54 minutes.
I was reminded of this because last weekend I went on a hike at Lost Dog (picture on your right). And I saw the top of Thompson’s Peak…the one I climbed during this 50-miler. Yeah, it’s that massive mountain with the towers on it behind me in this top pictures.
It’s the one I have nightmares of… 😉 I’m kidding (mostly). They’re fond nightmares…er…memories.
After 32 miles of running, I faced off with that massive mountain, and I made it. It was an amazing experience, and I’m a different person after having done that.
So, here’s a throwback picture of that exciting time. And maybe a little video.
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Absolutely Almost Human (The Bot Trials #1)
It’s been a blast jumping into the fun-filled world of middle grade writing. I’m super excited to introduce Bot to you all.
Here’s the blurb and a sneak peak into the first few lines of the story….
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Eleven-year-old Robert “Bot” Trials comes to terms with becoming a cyborg-the very thing that has turned his friends and their families against him.
His desperate need to prove he can be a normal human boy pairs him with an unlikely friend: the mysterious girl who just moved into the Haunted House on the Hill. The bullies, haters, and frightening urban legends won’t stand in their way of finding a talking dog that showed up the same time mystery girl did.
With his wacky new friend and his long time best friend at his side, they set out on an adventure that leads them into a world of secret societies and technology warfare. Everything spirals out of control when deadly family secrets are exposed.
Secrets that could kill them all.
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THE DAY I DIDN’T DIE
Lightning flashed, and the entire, beaten-down house on the hill was visible in the blast of yellow. The shattered windows on the main floor morphed into dark mouths with jagged glass teeth. Ones that could chomp anything to shreds.
Thunder clapped. My tree house roof rattled. I stepped away from the telescope and held my breath to listen.
Wind howled, moaning through the gaps in the walls of my little hideaway. Branches scraped along the wooden roof.
Like a monster clawing its way in.
A monster sent by The House.
