Wow, I’ve been remiss! Look at all the unanswered comments!
Mary, Ron, Ashley, Susan, Angie, Leah, Patricia, Ann, Cindy, Kent, Kelly, Jayne if you don’t end up winning, I hope you’ll try one of the books anyway. ☺
Rita, hockey heroes are the BEST. I love writing about the brotherhood of their teams, their maleness, their old-fashioned values, their sexiness. The list goes on and on. I especially enjoy writing what I like to call uncensored man banter—the type of thing they say in the locker room to each other when we women aren’t around.
Sandra, I am a hockey FANATIC, but I’m monogamous. LOL
Sharon, you simply MUST try a hockey romance. Doesn’t have to be mine. I cut my teeth on Rachel Gibson’s Chinook series. However, I have to say, I include more actual hockey than a lot of hockey romances I’ve read.
Deborah, you and me both, sister. Have you ever seen that picture of Joffrey Lupul in the ESPN Body Issue? To die for.
Tina, I’m so glad you enjoyed one of my books. I like watching hockey any which way, but I still don’t know as much as I ought, so I like how on TV they educate you a little with the replays—at least Jim Fox does for the Kings games.
Laurie, I watched a college game here in my area when the evil evil lockout was going on a couple of years ago. It was fun!
Lynn, I know the name of a roller derby book. I’ll get back to you here with the title.
Elaine, the Zamboni is the name of the machine. Someday, I’d love to ride on it.
The hockey games themselves...intense, serious, sometimes funny. What I like to show in my books is the behind the scenes stuff you don't see on TV or at the arena. There are pranks and hockey fun to be had in both books. :)
Lisa, I tend to agree. I like starting at the beginning with series, but I HAVE started in the middle before and not really suffered too much. Depends on the author.
L Lam, I hope you decide to try a hockey romance. Hockey is the best sport in the world, for so many reasons. I'd tell you all of them, but it would take too long!! LOL
Bonnie H., it's a super-fun book, in my very subjective opinion. That's not even the end of the prank. The guys decide Fishy's not quite convinced, so they go a little bit farther. LOL
Whoa! Didn't realize people were commenting! Howdy!
Seriously, I respect the Sharks. They're an awesome team. I'm proud of all three California teams! However, we WILL be beating them in the Playoffs. LOL
I do not have personal experience with them, although I met and interviewed ex- NHL player Jim Fox. I watched lots of YouTube video and shows like 24/7 and NHL Revealed. I also notice on Twitter, the guys are generous with the cuss words. Oh, and at a party with co-workers once, I really watched the guys' interaction and listened to how they talked to each other. It was really interesting. I'm really excited to hear that I portrayed their speech patterns accurately. :)
Girls will be girls and boys will be boys. I try really hard to think like a man when in the hero's point of view. Especially when describing the heroine. He's not going to use beautiful descriptive language or notice a lot of detail about her clothes and accessories. He's going to narrow in on body parts probably, with only a vague awareness of anything she's wearing. Ice fishing sounds like a total blast!
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