Linny Lawless

My favorite childhood memory is playing outdoors with my sister and friends. There was a creek nearby where we'd play. I remember the change of seasons, especially the fall season and the weather turned cold with the leaves changing color to red, brown and orange.

Oh I read so many through the years I can't even count, from historical romance, to horror to memoirs. My most favorite authors are Anne Rice and Jean M. Auel.

It wasn't until a few years ago when I started to read contemporary romance and learned of self-published authors. I connected with them through social media and began to do my own research. I networked with authors, editors, assistants and readers and decided to write my first book, "Salvation in Chaos" in 2017.

I love action, suspense growing up watching mobster movies. I've been riding on the back of a motorcycle for 15 years with my husband and love the biker lifestyle. I love to write about the anti-hero - the bad guy you should hate, but end up loving because you can relate to them in some way.

I was at the annual Bike Week event in Ocean City, Maryland and my characters, Ratchet and Sam, along with a story began to develop in my mind. This was the first book I published as an MC Romance.

I was watching the movie "John Wick" and Keanu Reeves character inspired me to write my first book in the series titled "Pushed".

Mine - "The Heavy Crown"

The model on the cover, Joe Worden actually inspired me to write the character. Joe helped me name my character Stryker and the other characters in the book too. Joe, his wife, Erica Worden are now dear friends of mine and have attended book signings with me.

It was January of last year and I guess I was hit by an arrow by Cupid. I wanted to write a short novella for Valentine's Day.

Most of my characters are in their 20's or 30's so I hope that helps interest the younger readers to my stories.

I didn't really have any challenges because some of the story is based on my own experiences of that fabulous decade. Since I graduated high school in 1986, I remember when there were no cell phones, internet or social media. The music and style of clothing was so fun back then.

I feel different emotions when I write my stories from sadness to anger at my characters and even a bit turned on! Ha! A normal day for me is like most people- working a day job and binge watching TV or playing with my 2 dogs.

Toughest criticisms I received were for my book "The Heavy Crown" and the way the female characters were treated. The book contains violence and triggers but I didn't get upset over it because that's the kind of story I wanted to portray. Not every romance is happy and pleasant. The best criticism was that my first couple of books needed more attention to the editing, so I now work with an amazing editor and proofreader.

I'm currently working on a Paranormal Romance titled "Blood Moon" and co-writing with my long time friend of 20 years, Rowan St. George. The story is about werewolves, witches and bikers!

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