L.L. Eadie's Blog
March 31, 2020
Featured on North Florida Blog Tour
If you haven't had a chance to read my featured article on the 300 North Florida Writers Blog Tour yet you should really take a look. We all hope you and your family and friends are helping to support us local North Florida published writers by buying our books, checking them out at our local libraries, writing reviews and recommending those you like on your social media pages. Yes, we are all scared right now and don't really have a lot of money to spend on books and extras but talking about books you have already read, adding all of us North Florida Writers on your "To-Read" list on Goodreads and asking others if they have read certain writers doesn't cost you anything. Check out your local library's eBook collection. Who knows quite a few of us might even be on there? Please stay safe out there. Be kind to each other. AND BUY LOCAL as much as possible! I thought you might enjoy my promo video from the tour. :-)
February 25, 2020
Will the Real Author Please Stand Up
So, they say I'm an author. Okay. So, now what? What does an author look like? How do they talk? Behave? What are their hobbies? What do they eat? Who are their friends? The questions are endless. So, let's start at the beginning, Like an author. Once upon a time, I stared into my closet. In search of, The author's wardrobe. A buttoned-down White blouse starched. Perhaps. Nada One. Hmmm... A tweed jacket Perhaps. Nada One. Hmmm... An A-line skirt Perhaps. Nada One. Hmmm... A pair of navy blue pump heels Perhaps. Nada One. This author ensemble was not going well. So, To the department store I went. Nope, Not to my usual sections. Active wear or Junior department or Chic adult. But, To the women's fashions. There it was, The suit. I was sure every female author wore. The jacket buttoned across my bust. The one not to be exposed. The skirt's length hit square in the middle of my knees. The ones not to be exposed. All I needed to complete my author look was a pair of pumps. Wait! Stockings were a must. Legs were not to be, exposed. Color? Black nada Nude nada Tan, or nada White. Tada! I now looked like an author. But... I didn't look, Like Myself. So, it's possible, Perhaps That you may be In need of, A woman's suit. I'd say I have one But, I don't. Nada any longer. Instead, Check-out your neighborly Thrift shop. There may be more than just my Author's white buttoned-down starched blouse. Jacket that's buttons across the bust. Skirt That hits square in the middle of Your knees. And, A pair of Navy blue pumps.
February 18, 2020
Got a Review from Chanticleer for YFTU
Chanticleer Book Reviews
Reviews, Book Awards, & Editorial Services Y.F.T.U.: Shorthand for “yearning for the unattainable.” It’s an ongoing condition in the life of 16-year-old Gentry Wickleham, very much a 21st Century teenager whose life thus far has been a series of shifting sands: a father who can’t seem to hold a job, a mother who disappeared long ago, Rawsom – her obnoxious older brother, a seemingly endless of series of Dad’s girlfriends with maternal skills that verge on the non-existent, and a constant life on the move. “Damn,” she says at one point. “Maybe I’m not sure where I belong. Maybe I don’t.” So, when Dad and Nikki, his nubile new girlfriend, and Rawsom move to the small town of Wiregrass, Georgia, and move into her great aunt Tom’s decrepit old mansion, Gentry has no expectation of the wild, exuberant ride awaiting her. Who knew that secrets, ghosts, and murder awaited her, along with new friends, a new exciting life, and even love was right around the corner? More specifically, who knew what revelations about her family’s past, as well as her own unique relationship with a dead girl from another time, was happening right upstairs in the attic of the old house. Yearning for the Unattainable is an enjoyable brew of multiple storylines that keep readers bouncing through Gentry’s life. Central to the story is her near-identical resemblance to Sylvie, her Aunt Tom’s daughter, whose early, mysterious death at 16 during the 1960s affected virtually everyone who lived in the small, close-knit town, and who even today are influenced by her suicide—or was it murder?—a half-century ago. But this is no usual whodunit. We live in Gentry’s sensitive yet yearning skin as she navigates through the rigors of growing up. Is she pretty enough? Can the young man she lusts after, a nearly perfect boy named Legend, even begin noticing her when he’s constantly surrounded by hoards of busty competitors that keep Gentry constantly reassessing her own ability to compete? In her world, if boys are Sirloins and girls are Sirens, then what is she? It takes skill to tell this kind of tale. There are multiple threads to follow from the dead Sylvie to the mysteries of Aunt Tom’s mansion, to Gentry’s lustful fantasies about Legend and her reluctant development of a relationship with her father’s girlfriend among them. And, author, L.L. Eadie effortlessly takes us with her from storyline to storyline in what ultimately is a complex tale. Y.F.T.U. also keeps providing new details about each key character, making it easy to recall who’s who, which allows us to know these people even as the mysteries of Wiregrass reveal themselves all the way to the last page. The language is often salty. Some might find that offensive, but this is a contemporary book dealing with themes as old as mankind itself. Author L.L. Eadie serves up a Southern Gothic Y/A novel in a fresh new way and succeeds admirably.
Reviews, Book Awards, & Editorial Services Y.F.T.U.: Shorthand for “yearning for the unattainable.” It’s an ongoing condition in the life of 16-year-old Gentry Wickleham, very much a 21st Century teenager whose life thus far has been a series of shifting sands: a father who can’t seem to hold a job, a mother who disappeared long ago, Rawsom – her obnoxious older brother, a seemingly endless of series of Dad’s girlfriends with maternal skills that verge on the non-existent, and a constant life on the move. “Damn,” she says at one point. “Maybe I’m not sure where I belong. Maybe I don’t.” So, when Dad and Nikki, his nubile new girlfriend, and Rawsom move to the small town of Wiregrass, Georgia, and move into her great aunt Tom’s decrepit old mansion, Gentry has no expectation of the wild, exuberant ride awaiting her. Who knew that secrets, ghosts, and murder awaited her, along with new friends, a new exciting life, and even love was right around the corner? More specifically, who knew what revelations about her family’s past, as well as her own unique relationship with a dead girl from another time, was happening right upstairs in the attic of the old house. Yearning for the Unattainable is an enjoyable brew of multiple storylines that keep readers bouncing through Gentry’s life. Central to the story is her near-identical resemblance to Sylvie, her Aunt Tom’s daughter, whose early, mysterious death at 16 during the 1960s affected virtually everyone who lived in the small, close-knit town, and who even today are influenced by her suicide—or was it murder?—a half-century ago. But this is no usual whodunit. We live in Gentry’s sensitive yet yearning skin as she navigates through the rigors of growing up. Is she pretty enough? Can the young man she lusts after, a nearly perfect boy named Legend, even begin noticing her when he’s constantly surrounded by hoards of busty competitors that keep Gentry constantly reassessing her own ability to compete? In her world, if boys are Sirloins and girls are Sirens, then what is she? It takes skill to tell this kind of tale. There are multiple threads to follow from the dead Sylvie to the mysteries of Aunt Tom’s mansion, to Gentry’s lustful fantasies about Legend and her reluctant development of a relationship with her father’s girlfriend among them. And, author, L.L. Eadie effortlessly takes us with her from storyline to storyline in what ultimately is a complex tale. Y.F.T.U. also keeps providing new details about each key character, making it easy to recall who’s who, which allows us to know these people even as the mysteries of Wiregrass reveal themselves all the way to the last page. The language is often salty. Some might find that offensive, but this is a contemporary book dealing with themes as old as mankind itself. Author L.L. Eadie serves up a Southern Gothic Y/A novel in a fresh new way and succeeds admirably.
February 1, 2020
Kirkus Review of Mistaken Identity
If you haven't had a chance to view the Kirkus review of my first book, Mistaken Identity, it is quoted below. Visit their website for the entire review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re... KIRKUS REVIEW Sixteen-year-old Tuesday Greenwood is a teen rock star in Eadie’s young-adult debut. Tuesday is a beautiful, talented and obedient child star, ordered around by her bipolar stage mother, Constance, and her agent, Uncle Monty. The two adults are Tuesday’s entire, lonely, rule-filled world until the singer meets Zelda—the daughter of Tuesday’s housekeeper and a fellow teenager—who plots to show Tuesday a good time. Horrified by Tuesday’s sheltered and puritanical life, Zelda compels her to re-examine the way her mother pushes her around, spending her daughter’s money and not allowing her any freedom. The two grow close as Tuesday recognizes how isolated she has become, having only her song lyrics for solace. Under Zelda’s influence, Tuesday begins to fight back, demanding to change her image from a clean-cut role model for tweens to an edgy rocker who sings about harsh, personal conflicts. ... An insightful but also fun tale about a young celebrity taking charge of her life. Pub Date: Aug. 25th, 2013ISBN: 978-1491213704Page count: 244ppPublisher: CreateSpaceProgram: Kirkus IndieReview Posted Online: Feb. 7th, 2014 I will be contacting them sometime next week to update my author profile page with my new website and new book :-) https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/...
January 31, 2020
Kirkus Review of YFTU
Good morning all my great reading fans out there. I have received a letter from the Kirkus Reviewing company in regards to my latest books - Yearning for the Unattainable. It turned out really nice. Oh, yea, jumping up and down when I received this one.
January 30, 2020
Welcome to My New Website
I am truly excited about creating my new website for all my reading fans and fellow writers. I hope it will be a place for my fans to keep track of what's happening with my books, events I will be attending and updates on new books coming out. I will also be posting fun posts about how I write, some of my favorite hobbies and what I do to relax and even trips I have or want to take. This will be a place for marketing my books, sharing my writer's tips with my fellow writers and just have some fun. Please bookmark this page and check out my social media pages as well. https://www.facebook.com/L-L-Eadie-14... https://twitter.com/lindaeadie
