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Lindsay McKenna:
Hi Lindsay, I just want to say I enjoy your books, especially how you incorporate your knowledge of flying and other life experiences into your books. They not only entertain me but also provide so much information. Thank you! Do you still volunteer as a firefighter?
Lindsay McKenna
Hi Paula
sorry so late in visiting here to answer your questions. It's just me. I don't have an assistant who helps me out, so I apologize. to your question, no I'm no longer a volunteer fire fighter. I did it for 3 years, worked on 400 out of the 600 calls that came in yearly.
I write "close to the bone," which means I usually am writing real life things that either happened to me, or someone I knew or at times, will go to a newspaper or the internet to look up certain things I need for a story. I do have several black ops consultants. One is a retired US Navy SEAL who was on ST6. The other is a British RAF chap who is now an American (he married a lovely American girl...what a love story...) and he worked for the Spooks (CIA). These guys are my go to people on equipment, weapons, and what is reality vs. fiction if I have a particular plot in mind. I like keeping my stories based IN reality and could REALLY happen. I was in the US Navy and held a secret clearance for my work, so I appreciate my consultants and never ask them anything that would let loose a secret that wasn't supposed to be revealed. But yes, my life has been very, very exciting...I've often said to my friends that I feel like I'm living 6 different lifetimes at once, haha. Warmly, Lindsay McKenna
sorry so late in visiting here to answer your questions. It's just me. I don't have an assistant who helps me out, so I apologize. to your question, no I'm no longer a volunteer fire fighter. I did it for 3 years, worked on 400 out of the 600 calls that came in yearly.
I write "close to the bone," which means I usually am writing real life things that either happened to me, or someone I knew or at times, will go to a newspaper or the internet to look up certain things I need for a story. I do have several black ops consultants. One is a retired US Navy SEAL who was on ST6. The other is a British RAF chap who is now an American (he married a lovely American girl...what a love story...) and he worked for the Spooks (CIA). These guys are my go to people on equipment, weapons, and what is reality vs. fiction if I have a particular plot in mind. I like keeping my stories based IN reality and could REALLY happen. I was in the US Navy and held a secret clearance for my work, so I appreciate my consultants and never ask them anything that would let loose a secret that wasn't supposed to be revealed. But yes, my life has been very, very exciting...I've often said to my friends that I feel like I'm living 6 different lifetimes at once, haha. Warmly, Lindsay McKenna
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