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Written in her unique style, An Author's View on Writing
is engaging, entertaining and, most of all, useful. Sherrie decided to write a reference guide for aspiring authors to help
them negotiate the maze that is getting published in today's overcrowded marketplace.
Like the characters in her
books, Sherrie’s writing style is edgy. Nevertheless, she writes very naturally and the voice is easy to listen to.
The content is strong and I think aspiring writers -- poor souls -- will find her suggestions, such as keeping a journal,
focusing on the bottom line for publishers, etc, very useful.
As an author, Sherrie Lynn is often asked questions
about her craft -- questions that she herself used to ask before she got published. Every writer hoping or struggling to get
that first advance, or even those with a book or two already under their belts, should own a copy.
Reviewer- Charlie
Livingston
 The setting for A FORWARD MOTION is the 1970's where we meet Crystal Alexander and her cousin Danielle. They were surrounded by drugs and crime but had fun in spite of it all. Just like the young generation now loves B2K and my generation grew up loving New Edition, Crystal and Danielle and their friends were in love with The Jackson 5. They would have done any and everything to meet their favorite celebrities face to face. We follow Crystal and Danielle from their teen years to their young adult years, through all the trials and tribulations we are there. We watch as they materialize from young immature girls to strong women. Reviewed by
Eraina B. Tinnin of The RAWSISTAZ Revi
NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW ON-LINE A Forward Motion
Set in the 1970s this is a coming of age tale of a group of friends trying to negotiate a course between the straight life of education and church-going and the wild side of drugs, nightclubs and unprotected sex. Many of the scenes are very lively with dialogue that represents the character's background: the hood. This may be difficult to negotiate for non-Americans. A number of scenes cannot fail to remind readers of their own teenage years. Young girls at a Jackson Five concert dreaming of being the one selected by their favorite Jackson, yet not really wanting anything to intrude on the fantasy. The peer pressure to become sexually active or to follow the group against your own better judgment. The desire for education but the fear of alienating your less academic peers. The writing in these and similar scenes is fresh and sharp. The author does sometimes tend to labor the point about the period setting with quick history lessons that appear as just that. One of the strengths of the novel and one that will appeal to a youthful readership is the inclusion of section headings that relate to other media. For example, instead of a list of chapters and parts there is a MAIN MENU . Other parts are listed as SOUNDTRACK, TRAILER and DOCUMENTARY. In an age when literary theorists are keen on reading the meaning of non-narrative parts of a text, this is both modern and inclusive. Lynn obviously has a lot to say about the pressures of growing up in inner city America that are relevant today.
reviewer: Anne James.
The challenges of the teen years are particularly heightened for Crystal, when she falls in love with Julian Parker. The difficulties that this interracial relationship presented to them both, their families, and their friends, lend a raw emotion to A Forward Motion. Lynn’s dramatic plot and strong cast of characters make A Forward Motion an excellent candidate for film. -Airleaf Marketing
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 Seldom does a book come along that changes us fundamentally, like Backstage
Pass. Jade Sheldon gives us insight into who we are. Her story may be told from an African
American point of view, but in the end it’s every woman’s story. She lets her character speak
their mind… no matter how skewed those thoughts might be. The language Lynn uses is unique and fascinating.
She paints a picture that brings the characters to life in full three-dimensional color. We laugh
and we cry feeling the truth that Lynn brings to the page, which is what makes a book a classic.
-Robin Landry- The Compulsive Reader
The overwhelming
impression I get from this book is that I am almost intruding on some ones life. A bit like reading someone's diary.
I didn't like the epilogue, didn't think it was needed. To summarize the book. Well written, pretty private and
introspective calling for an interest in the lifestyle of people in the music business. That's a positive not a negative.
-James Rouch Author Management
Backstage Pass, The Jade Sheldon Story
by novelist Sherrie Lynn is the engaging story of a woman who, after having her hopes for a first novel dashed, creates
a second novel. The result is a work of fiction that will forever change how humanity sees and know the world.
Backstage Pass is explicit at times, compelling, and deeply personal; an intriguing and rewarding novel, borne of
the author's own human experience and filled with the joys and sorrows of everyday life.
-Midwest Bookreview
Jade Sheldon conducts a part-time, stop-go affair with
the funk-rock musician, Reed Dion. Sometimes, fleetingly, she convinces herself that theirs is a love-match; most of
the time she knows better. Much of the action take place around the music business. Lynn's writing is lively and
entertaining and in Jade and Reed she has created a couple of vivid characters. Through the medium of their relationship,
she gives us a fresh, funny and unblinkered account of the way in which men and women short change one another.
-Tony Grist, New Hope International Review
Having read the first 25 or so pages
of this neat little volume, it certainly made me want to pick up the pen and holler. On the surface level this collection
of essays is a private rant. But much of it makes the most exquisite sense. I've reviewed a number of essays
penned by thoughtful people who clearly want to make the world a better place. It would seem that we all aspire to the
same thing.
Ah but do we? Isn't it that we all like to have our own way? There's no compassion or humility
anymore. The corporate monster has eaten into our very heart and soul. Think about that for a moment. As
a youngster I was frequently berated for my lack of drive. Managerial types told me to go grab myself a big slice of
the cake. Well, if the world's a cake, then how many slices can it be divided into?
As I write this review
I feel I am on the edge of something. Like it, or loathe it, and lets face it, we are on the brink of war. This
could be another big one. God help us if it is. And as one gentle soul said to me this morning: If they start
this thing, where will it all end? Where is the freedom of choice? As the author of this fascinating collection
so poignantly states in the short piece entitled OVERPRICED: No one's laughing now.
Reviewer:
Sarah Crabtree, New Hope International Review / March 23, 2003
I'll
Holler At You! second edition... contains new essays as well as the
originals plus blog posts.
This memoir present various events and relationships
that take place within the so far nine years the author spend living back in one of Chicago’s forgotten low-income inner
city communities. Excerpts included, you’ll get the backstorys that lead to scenes in her novels,
BACKSTAGE PASS! and A FORWARD MOTION. Introducing the cast of characters that cross her path will be a
attention-grabbing surprise to most as the author don’t bother to camouflage any of their flaws including her own.
With this fourth book
where all the real names have been changed, the author embraces the popular phrase ‘Remember where you came from.’
Sherrie prefer to remember the happy hopeful little girl she was swinging on her grandparents back porch looking out
to her grandmothers beautiful flower garden and all the wonderful possibilities that await her.
Reviewer-
Neka Yalc
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