Welcome!

By Lynn Slaughter / October 18, 2017 /

Welcome to my new web site! I’m so glad you’re visiting, and I hope you’ll visit often. I’ve been writing a weekly blog for a few years now (would love for you to check out my Archives), but this is the first blog I’ve written for my new site. I don’t know about you, but…

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Things Could Be Worse

By Lynn Slaughter / July 22, 2017 /

In many ways, this has been a wonderful year for me. I’m so excited about my new YA novel coming out in January, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU, and I continue to be crazy

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You Could Never Do That? Don’t Be So Sure!

By Lynn Slaughter / July 15, 2017 /

As part of community-building efforts, my church includes “Question Time” during the service. You’re encouraged to talk

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Students Say the Darndest Things

By Lynn Slaughter / July 8, 2017 /

Don’t get me wrong. In years of teaching dance, writing, public speaking, and sociology, I’ve had some fabulous students and some deeply appreciative ones. In May, I got a note from one of my writing students that didn’t just make my day. It made my year. 

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LAST STOP: THE MEMORY CARE UNIT

By Lynn Slaughter / July 3, 2017 /

As my mother grew older, she regularly scoffed at the suggestion that she should consider purchasing nursing home insurance. Indeed, the thought of my powerhouse mom shut away in a long care facility seemed preposterous.

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Parenting: The Ultimate Crap Shoot

By Lynn Slaughter / June 24, 2017 /

My husband and I are in Manhattan at the moment visiting my older son, beautiful daughter-in-law, and our precious two and a half year old grandson. The adjectives give me away.

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What’s In a Name?

By Lynn Slaughter / June 18, 2017 /

I’d barely unpacked my bags for my first grad school residency when I heard about one of the most revered teachers and mentors in the program, an accomplished horror author. “He’s brutal in his critiques,” an upperclassman informed me, “but if you survive, he’ll help you become a really good writer.”  He paused and said, “You’ll never get…

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The Other Reason Authors Write Series Books

By Lynn Slaughter / June 11, 2017 /

I’ve been working on revisions of my third YA novel, Gone. This process can, of course, go on for weeks and months.

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My Post-Colonoscopy Glow

By Lynn Slaughter / June 3, 2017 /

Woody Allen once said: “It’s not the idea of death that bothers me. It’s the hours.” I feel that way about colonoscopies.

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Making It Legal

By Lynn Slaughter / May 28, 2017 /

Last night, I attended a wedding.  After sixteen years together, a lovely couple at my church got married.

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