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Author Lindsay Lake to sign books at Crest Hill’s Book Market
New author will sign her first book
Joliet-area author and WriteOn Joliet member Lindsay Lake will chat and sign her first novel, “Flower Power,” from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May 1, 2021 at The Book Market, 2365 Plainfield Road in Crest Hill.
The event is free and open to the public.
Lake is a registered nurse with a degree in psychology. She worked with mentally ill adults, teens, and children.
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Born in Ohio she has lived in the Midwest most of her life. She started writing at age ten. An avid film buff even then, she rewrote movie scripts. She also wrote short stories, poems and lyrics for an all-girl rock band.
Lake published a fanzine for ten years and toured with a rock band. She has written three lengthy Avengers fanfiction novels published on archivesofourown.org.
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Inspired in 2019 by the 50th anniversary of the events of 1969, “Flower Power” was written as an amusement over the pandemic.
It addresses everything missing from her life at that time: fun, adventure, excitement, crowded military barracks rooms, alpha males, laughs, travel, romance, intimacy, and sex.
As a nurse she studied all human body systems. Yet no body part fascinated her as much as the brain and the human behavior it directed. As a result, Lake’s characters are flawed and full of psychic complexity.
As a feminist she writes to liberate her male characters from toxic masculinity for only then will the earth be free of aggression and war.
WriteOn Joliet is a welcoming, diverse group of writers of varied skills, interests, and experience. The group includes professional journalists, fiction novelists, bloggers, screenwriters, musicians, and poets.
The group provides a safe, comfortable, and supportive atmosphere for Joliet-area writers to share their work, and constructive feedback so that everyone can benefit from its members’ shared knowledge.
WriteOn Joliet is a proud partner of the Joliet Public Library and The Book Market Sales and Trading Center in Crest Hill.
Contact Lake at lindsaylake2001@yahoo.com.
For more information about WriteOn Joliet, visit www.writeonjoliet.com
For more information about the Book Market visit www.bookmarketjoliet.com
