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Introduction to Hookers, Flankers and Locks
First of all, thanks for your interest!
Hookers, Flankers and Locks is a book that actually started as a class assignment for one of my Masters courses at Johns Hopkins. I wrote a four-page story about a young woman who had joined the Yale rugby team and who came out during a rugby 'drink up.'
My professor was kind enough to pass the piece on to a publisher, Bare Knuckles Press. They encouraged me to expand it. And Hookers, Flankers and Locks is what came from it.
Some background on me: I did, in fact, play rugby for Yale; I also participated in many drink-ups. The book, though, is entirely fiction. But realistic, I think.
For anyone in the rugby community, you will know that rugby has an amazing culture. I think women's rugby, in particular, attracts a certain kind of person--someone who is open-minded, generally speaking, unconventional in one way or another. I grew a lot and learned a ton from my rugby teammates. This book deals with many of the themes and things my teammates and I were thinking about during those college years.
(One last note: Hookers, Flankers, and Locks are all positions on a rugby team.)
Hookers, Flankers and Locks is a book that actually started as a class assignment for one of my Masters courses at Johns Hopkins. I wrote a four-page story about a young woman who had joined the Yale rugby team and who came out during a rugby 'drink up.'
My professor was kind enough to pass the piece on to a publisher, Bare Knuckles Press. They encouraged me to expand it. And Hookers, Flankers and Locks is what came from it.
Some background on me: I did, in fact, play rugby for Yale; I also participated in many drink-ups. The book, though, is entirely fiction. But realistic, I think.
For anyone in the rugby community, you will know that rugby has an amazing culture. I think women's rugby, in particular, attracts a certain kind of person--someone who is open-minded, generally speaking, unconventional in one way or another. I grew a lot and learned a ton from my rugby teammates. This book deals with many of the themes and things my teammates and I were thinking about during those college years.
(One last note: Hookers, Flankers, and Locks are all positions on a rugby team.)
Excerpt and Where to Buy
I thought I might also share just a little excerpt from the beginning of the book--so you might get a feel for the writing style. If you like it, it is available on Amazon now, and will be available in other e-book formats in late July.
http://www.amazon.com/Hookers-Flanker...
Here is the excerpt:
Mary Duay, Doc to her teammates, wasn’t surprised so much that Eva had hooked up with a girl. During her four years on the Yale Women’s Rugby Football Club, Doc had seen at least five other “straight” girls develop into switch-hitters. But for Georgie? Granted, Georgie was nice. She had a sexy German accent. At 5’11” and maybe 230 pounds, she was certainly a force on the pitch. And she was a math genius. But so was a quarter of the team. Georgie’s only conversation topics: beer, women, differentials, and Germany. And she hadn’t even grown up in Germany. Her parents were terribly busy and important people who emigrated to New York before she was born. She spoke German at home and English at school— and was fluent in both without having a sense of humor in either.
“How’d it happen?” Doc asked, remembering that she should be supportive.
“I mean, I don’t know.” Eva kept pausing between sentences and running her hands through her long blonde hair. “We were at Liffey’s with KT and Jacks.” Pause. “Georgie said she had to go home so she could watch Das Boot for her German Lit class.” Pause. “I said I’d never watched Das Boot— wasn’t allowed to watch it at home. Too many curse words.” Pause.
This time the pause lasted long enough that Doc knew Eva wanted her to interrupt. She was tempted to ask if banning subtitled curse words was a common parental practice in the Midwest, but she didn’t want to get Eva off track.
Eva was forced to conclude: “So Georgie says, oh, you haven’t seen it? It’s a classic. So we go to her room. And yeah.”
The old “you haven’t seen [fill in the blank]” move. Not a bad move— though Das Boot wouldn’t exactly be the ideal mood-setter. Then again, it probably put Georgie in a good mood because she could very efficiently hook up with Eva while completing homework.
“How’d you like Das Boot?” Doc asked.
“Uh.”
“You happy?”
“I’m OK, I guess,” Eva said. Doc had heard enough about Eva’s family to know that her parents would not exactly be supportive of a bi-sexual daughter. Her dad was some kind of a preacher or something; her mom was already preoccupied with the notion of grandchildren.
Jean Roller. Hookers, Flankers, and Locks (Kindle Locations 79-99). eVega Online Media.
http://www.amazon.com/Hookers-Flanker...
Here is the excerpt:
Mary Duay, Doc to her teammates, wasn’t surprised so much that Eva had hooked up with a girl. During her four years on the Yale Women’s Rugby Football Club, Doc had seen at least five other “straight” girls develop into switch-hitters. But for Georgie? Granted, Georgie was nice. She had a sexy German accent. At 5’11” and maybe 230 pounds, she was certainly a force on the pitch. And she was a math genius. But so was a quarter of the team. Georgie’s only conversation topics: beer, women, differentials, and Germany. And she hadn’t even grown up in Germany. Her parents were terribly busy and important people who emigrated to New York before she was born. She spoke German at home and English at school— and was fluent in both without having a sense of humor in either.
“How’d it happen?” Doc asked, remembering that she should be supportive.
“I mean, I don’t know.” Eva kept pausing between sentences and running her hands through her long blonde hair. “We were at Liffey’s with KT and Jacks.” Pause. “Georgie said she had to go home so she could watch Das Boot for her German Lit class.” Pause. “I said I’d never watched Das Boot— wasn’t allowed to watch it at home. Too many curse words.” Pause.
This time the pause lasted long enough that Doc knew Eva wanted her to interrupt. She was tempted to ask if banning subtitled curse words was a common parental practice in the Midwest, but she didn’t want to get Eva off track.
Eva was forced to conclude: “So Georgie says, oh, you haven’t seen it? It’s a classic. So we go to her room. And yeah.”
The old “you haven’t seen [fill in the blank]” move. Not a bad move— though Das Boot wouldn’t exactly be the ideal mood-setter. Then again, it probably put Georgie in a good mood because she could very efficiently hook up with Eva while completing homework.
“How’d you like Das Boot?” Doc asked.
“Uh.”
“You happy?”
“I’m OK, I guess,” Eva said. Doc had heard enough about Eva’s family to know that her parents would not exactly be supportive of a bi-sexual daughter. Her dad was some kind of a preacher or something; her mom was already preoccupied with the notion of grandchildren.
Jean Roller. Hookers, Flankers, and Locks (Kindle Locations 79-99). eVega Online Media.
