Many
of you know that golf is a hobby of mine which means Palm Springs is a mecca for me. Ah…the warmth, the beautiful
courses backdropped by massive mountains.
In fact, now that I’ve updated my golf bag with a new driver and three
wood, I’m really happy with my game.
But
I golf alone, the rare wife whose husband is not interested in the sport. I sign up as a single and I’m placed with
strangers for the four to five hours it takes to conquer eighteen holes. You guessed it, I’m usually playing with men.
I
am always pleased with my blind-date
golf partners. They are gentlemen,
supportive of my game and life-style (they’re enamored by the four months I
live on our boat), and supremely interested in my life as a published author. Most have never met a professional writer
before, much less played golf with one.
By the nineteenth hole, I’m handing out my postcards and getting
promises from my new friends to buy my books.
Frankly, it’s become a lot more fun to be a golfer and writer.
Now
listen to this. Last Wednesday, at
Mission Hills, I played a round with two women from Long Beach. Good golfers, exuberant, adventurous
types. It gets better. They are retired LAPD. Worked sex crimes and homicide. (You remember I write suspense!) Even better?
They’re working cold cases as consultants in their retirement; I’m
writing about a 1932 murder in Petersburg, Alaska. Are you sitting down? They want to help me look at the case,
offering to fly up to Alaska and walk the crime scene with me. I got a follow-up e-mail that evening from
them to underline their serious interest in helping me.
I
say again. I’m one lucky writer. I meet the nicest people on the golf
course!
Remember,
my action-packed SWOON, from the Funeral Planner Suspense Series is out
now. Here’s what Brenda Novak says about
it along with a blurb.
“Don't miss SWOON
by Rolynn Anderson! If you like an interesting cast of characters, a heavy dose
of mystery and a lot of fabulous surprises, you'll be happily turning pages
late into the night.ˮ
~ Brenda Novak, NYT and
USA Bestselling Author of WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES
****
Her dead clients won’t
rest in peace.
When
the dead tell tales, Jan Solvang’s first reaction is to RUN! But then she gets caught up in their
mysteries.
Jan’s
a boutique funeral planner, new to risk, hired to bury a missing woman and
memorialize an infamous man. Yet when
she digs for clues to write their eulogies, she disturbs family secrets and
unmasks killers.
Roman
Keller, hard-driving documentary writer, is in complete control of his life and
his stories, until he falls for Jan, a woman who trusts her dog, her
faint-dreams, and her instincts more than she trusts him.
Can
they make the sacrifices necessary to cement their relationship or will the
mayhem caused by the dead ruin their second chance at love?
PURCHASE
SITES:
Website:
http://www.rolynnanderson.com
SMASHWORDS: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/252721
4 comments:
Serendipity, Rolynn!
You're right Ana. I always like being surprised!
What an incredibly lucky break! I think I'll hit the links and see what I come up with. Keep us updated!
Rolynn, girl, you are on a roll! Keep us posted.
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