The first one I called gave me a job as a copywriter. As soon as I became a published author, I looked up some Ad agencies in the telephone book. When I sold my first book, THE SHY ONES, I was a secretary in a juvenile parole office. *I was a vet assistant and once worked with a professional dog handler. What kinds of jobs did you do before you began writing? You also need to be comfortable with being alone with your words. You need to arrange big chunks of time to get into your fictional world and character. *Self-discipline is very essential to writing. What advice would you give to aspiring writers? So I wrote a second story called THE SHY ONES with that in mind and it did get published. Things just happened to the main character. The first book I wrote did not get published because the main character failed to grow or change. I studied them by looking at why some were good and some were bad. *I went to the library, checked out a bunch of YA and MG books, and read them. How did you learn how to write? What steps did you take to write your first novel? *a sheltie, a golden retriever, and many collies, Bedlington terriers, and English cocker spaniels. I’m hoping this post will find its way to an editor/agent who loves dog stories enough to consider bringing some of Lynn’s dog (and/or horse) stories back into print. Many of Lynn’s books are sadly out-of-print, but can be found on Amazon. I had picked it up at Forbes Library in Northampton, Massachusetts because I loved reading mysteries and/or dog stories. I say “re-discover” because when I tried to find Lynn Hall on-line to ask her if she would do an interview with Dog Reads, through my search I recognized a lot of her covers from my youth such as MURDER AT THE SPANIEL SHOW. I re-discovered Lynn Hall again when not long ago I read RIFF, REMEMBER about a borzoi so devoted to its pet boy, Gordy that Riff seeks justice when harm has come upon Gordy.

Let’s welcome Lynn Hall to Best Dog Books, a blog that features authors and/or illlustrators who’ve created a dog story for kids. Bernard, Uncategorized.ĭog Reads would like to start the New Year off with Lynn Hall, an author who has written numerous dog stories for kids. Posted Januby amob & filed under Bedlington Terrier, Borzoi, Collie, Doberman Pinscher, Golden Retriever, Irish Wolfhound, Lynn Hall, Mixed breed, Multiple Breeds, Newfoundland, Russian Wolfhound, Saluki, Scottish Deerhound, Springer Spaniel, St. Best dog books – Q & A with Lynn Hall: Author of too Many Dog Stories to List Here

The Shy Ones by Lynn Hall