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Heal the Wounded
Please check out the new cover of Heal the Wounded - the 2nd book in the "Wounded Trilogy" and sequel to Shoot the Wounded!
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Lynn
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Blessings,
Lynn
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My Interview with Rocky View Weekly Newspaper
Cochrane author releases second book in trilogy
Dec 07, 2010 06:00 am | Trevor Bacque
A life of working with youth has inspired a Cochrane mother to turn her experiences into a book trilogy.
Lynn Dove’s fictional books series parallels the struggles of students she witnessed during her 30 years in education.
She began the three-part series by penning Shoot the Wounded, a book she started in 1999.
“It covers some of the angst of some of the real serious issues, particularly with bullying and gossip,” said Dove, a part-time teacher at Bearspaw Christian School.
Dove experienced her own trials when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, relegating her novel to the shelf.
In 2003, Dove beat her cancer and enrolled at the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary in Cochrane where she procured a Masters of Religious Education.
“After I graduated seminary and re-evaluated and saw what God wanted… suddenly God opened doors for me,” said the mother of three. It was a conversation with her husband in 2009 that encouraged her to pick up the pen.
After finishing Shoot the Wounded in November 2009, it took Dove less than a year to write the follow-up, Heal the Wounded, published by Word Alive Press.
“I thought Shoot the Wounded would be the end, but young adults and teens especially, seem to really like sequels,” said Dove. “Teens kept asking ‘when are you going to come out with the next one?’”
The series centres around three main characters and their adolescent battles, said Dove, who noticed teens tend to bully peers if they are going through hardships rather than build them up.
“I really wanted to point out a message to my young readers that that kind of behaviour isn’t tolerated,” said Dove. “My daughter was bullied something fierce when she was in high school but she still has the scars from those bullying incidents.”
For Dove, writing is more of an organic process, but when she gets on a roll, there’s no stopping her.
“With Heal, it took more thought and preparation because I wanted the characters to continue their journey,” she said. “Once it started going, it was nose to the grindstone for a couple months.”
Dove inserted herself into Heal the Wounded when main character Jake’s mother is diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I’ve elected to share a bit about my journey,” she said. “It took me 10 years to write about my experience.”
Dove is currently writing the final book of the trilogy, Love the Wounded, and hopes to release it next year.
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Dec 07, 2010 06:00 am | Trevor Bacque
A life of working with youth has inspired a Cochrane mother to turn her experiences into a book trilogy.
Lynn Dove’s fictional books series parallels the struggles of students she witnessed during her 30 years in education.
She began the three-part series by penning Shoot the Wounded, a book she started in 1999.
“It covers some of the angst of some of the real serious issues, particularly with bullying and gossip,” said Dove, a part-time teacher at Bearspaw Christian School.
Dove experienced her own trials when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, relegating her novel to the shelf.
In 2003, Dove beat her cancer and enrolled at the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary in Cochrane where she procured a Masters of Religious Education.
“After I graduated seminary and re-evaluated and saw what God wanted… suddenly God opened doors for me,” said the mother of three. It was a conversation with her husband in 2009 that encouraged her to pick up the pen.
After finishing Shoot the Wounded in November 2009, it took Dove less than a year to write the follow-up, Heal the Wounded, published by Word Alive Press.
“I thought Shoot the Wounded would be the end, but young adults and teens especially, seem to really like sequels,” said Dove. “Teens kept asking ‘when are you going to come out with the next one?’”
The series centres around three main characters and their adolescent battles, said Dove, who noticed teens tend to bully peers if they are going through hardships rather than build them up.
“I really wanted to point out a message to my young readers that that kind of behaviour isn’t tolerated,” said Dove. “My daughter was bullied something fierce when she was in high school but she still has the scars from those bullying incidents.”
For Dove, writing is more of an organic process, but when she gets on a roll, there’s no stopping her.
“With Heal, it took more thought and preparation because I wanted the characters to continue their journey,” she said. “Once it started going, it was nose to the grindstone for a couple months.”
Dove inserted herself into Heal the Wounded when main character Jake’s mother is diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I’ve elected to share a bit about my journey,” she said. “It took me 10 years to write about my experience.”
Dove is currently writing the final book of the trilogy, Love the Wounded, and hopes to release it next year.
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Shoot the Wounded and Heal the Wounded named as Anti-Bullying Resources
Shoot the Wounded and Heal the Wounded have recently been selected as Helpful Resources on the world's largest anti-bullying sites: http://www.bullying.org/htm/main.cfm?...
Quite an honour!
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Quite an honour!
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Finalist in the 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards
So excited to announce that "Heal the Wounded" is a finalist in two categories: Christian General Fiction and Young Adult (Coming of Age) in the 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards. My debut novel (and the first book in the "Wounded Trilogy" - "Shoot the Wounded") was a finalist in that same contest in 2010!
Winners will be announced in September but I am just thrilled to be included amongst such a great group of authors!
Winners will be announced in September but I am just thrilled to be included amongst such a great group of authors!
The Little Engine That Could
I remember when I was a little girl one of my most favorite books was "The Little Engine that Could". Now for all of you X, Y, Z and subsequent generationers (...is thatuntitled even a word?), you may never even have heard about this book! Basically I believe that every Disney, Pixar, Family Channel movie etc. is founded on the same basic principle and message of this classic children's book. "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!" the Little Engine repeats over and over and over. It is the story of the littlest choo choo train accomplishing a task that other more powerful locomotives refused to try. It is the consumate underdog story of someone (or in this case something) who can accomplish BIG things if he will only believe in himself.
"A little railroad engine was employed about a station yard for such work as it was built for, pulling a few cars on and off the switches. One morning it was waiting for the next call when a long train of freight-cars asked a large engine in the roundhouse to take it over the hill "I can't; that is too much a pull for me," said the great engine built for hard work. Then the train asked another engine, and another, only to hear excuses and be refused. In desperation, the train asked the little switch engine to draw it up the grade and down on the other side. "I think I can," puffed the little locomotive, and put itself in front of the great heavy train. As it went on the little engine kept bravely puffing faster and faster, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."
As it neared the top of the grade, which had so discouraged the larger engines, it went more slowly. However, it still kept saying, "I--think--I--can, I--think--I--can." It reached the top by drawing on bravery and then went on down the grade, congratulating itself by saying, "I thought I could, I thought I could."
Now I'm a big fan of "underdogs". I love stories where the least likely of all the characters becomes the greatest of heroes. There is something so satisfying to have the "little guy" win against all odds even when pitted against the most powerful opponent.
Sometimes I think in the book publishing world, I'm this "teeny tiny little fish" swimming in the current with all these huge blockbuster "big fish" and every once in a while it is so satisfying to swim past them, even if it's just for a few hours. For a couple of days last week, Shoot the Wounded was actually on two best selling lists on Amazon.ca I felt sort of like the movie character "Jack" on the Titanic being "the king of the world"...well,.. for a few hours at least...then the boat sank...
Good thing I know how to swim!
My "Wounded Trilogy" has received praise from around the world and just recently the third book, "Love the Wounded" won not only the prestigious "Seal of Approval" but also the Silver Medal for Faith-based fiction from Literary Classics for excellence in children's and young adult literature. Although the accolades are wonderful the most heart-warming for me are the comments from my readers and most recently an excited call from a dear friend in Edmonton who said she "couldn't put the books down" and now she wants to give a copy to each member of her youth group. Wow!
I remember when I wrote "Shoot the Wounded" that I would be thankful if one person read it and I would praise God for that. Well, He has gone far and above what I could ever have hoped for; taking my little stories to heights I could never ever imagined. You could say that He pushed that little engine up the hill and I'm just hanging on enjoying the ride!
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
"A little railroad engine was employed about a station yard for such work as it was built for, pulling a few cars on and off the switches. One morning it was waiting for the next call when a long train of freight-cars asked a large engine in the roundhouse to take it over the hill "I can't; that is too much a pull for me," said the great engine built for hard work. Then the train asked another engine, and another, only to hear excuses and be refused. In desperation, the train asked the little switch engine to draw it up the grade and down on the other side. "I think I can," puffed the little locomotive, and put itself in front of the great heavy train. As it went on the little engine kept bravely puffing faster and faster, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."
As it neared the top of the grade, which had so discouraged the larger engines, it went more slowly. However, it still kept saying, "I--think--I--can, I--think--I--can." It reached the top by drawing on bravery and then went on down the grade, congratulating itself by saying, "I thought I could, I thought I could."
Now I'm a big fan of "underdogs". I love stories where the least likely of all the characters becomes the greatest of heroes. There is something so satisfying to have the "little guy" win against all odds even when pitted against the most powerful opponent.
Sometimes I think in the book publishing world, I'm this "teeny tiny little fish" swimming in the current with all these huge blockbuster "big fish" and every once in a while it is so satisfying to swim past them, even if it's just for a few hours. For a couple of days last week, Shoot the Wounded was actually on two best selling lists on Amazon.ca I felt sort of like the movie character "Jack" on the Titanic being "the king of the world"...well,.. for a few hours at least...then the boat sank...
Good thing I know how to swim!
My "Wounded Trilogy" has received praise from around the world and just recently the third book, "Love the Wounded" won not only the prestigious "Seal of Approval" but also the Silver Medal for Faith-based fiction from Literary Classics for excellence in children's and young adult literature. Although the accolades are wonderful the most heart-warming for me are the comments from my readers and most recently an excited call from a dear friend in Edmonton who said she "couldn't put the books down" and now she wants to give a copy to each member of her youth group. Wow!
I remember when I wrote "Shoot the Wounded" that I would be thankful if one person read it and I would praise God for that. Well, He has gone far and above what I could ever have hoped for; taking my little stories to heights I could never ever imagined. You could say that He pushed that little engine up the hill and I'm just hanging on enjoying the ride!
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
