Lyn LeJeune

46, Female

New Orleans

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:: New Orleans
About Me:: Featured in The New York Times today. Check out Freakonomics blog there.
The Beatitudes now available at Amazon.com. Go to books and search by Lyn LeJeune. YOu will see the New Orleans Public Library there with me; that because all royalties go directly to the New Orleans Public Library Foundation.
I Am A:: Writer
Website:: http://www.beatitudesinneworleans.blogspot.com
Books And Authors I Like:: Dante's Divine Comedy, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Magdalen Martyrs by ken Bruen, Marquez' One Hundred Years of Solitude, Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, Chine Mieville's Iron Council, James Lee Burke's In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead. 20 lifetimes to read them all . . .again.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Brother Where Art Thou, Now, Voyager, The Third Man, M, The Great Dictator, The Swimming Pool and so many more it would take a lifetime to watch.

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Declan Burke

Hi Lyn - Yep, I know Ken, I think everyone knows Ken at this stage ... the guy's such a total gentleman, he goes out of his way to help people, and especially writers trying to scrape by ... Re: the project on New Orleans libraries ... hugely commendable, I think it's a fabulous idea ... if you want to write me about 150 words as to what you're doing, and send me a link to the book, I'll run a post up on my blog, Crime Always Pays, next week, and be delighted to do so. You can get me at dbrodb(a)gmail.com ... Cheers, Dec

Aug 10, 2007
Kim Smith

Hey Lyn,

Thanks for stopping in at my page. I would love to do more VBT's so if you want to do that just let me know!! PS.. love the library idea.

Aug 10, 2007
Cass

Hi Lyn - Thanks for adding me! That so gerat that you're helping to raise money to restore libraries in N.O. I hope the town will eventually be back to its fantastic self!

Aug 10, 2007
Sunflowercat

Hi, Lyn -- currently working on a novel here. Congratulations on the Beatitudes. Sounds like a great program to get N.O. back on its feet with the libraries -- keep us posted on how it works out?

Aug 10, 2007
Jackie Tritt

Hi Lyn

Great to hear about your work for New Orleans libraries

Jackie

Aug 10, 2007
Regina Williams

Thanks for the invite Lyn.

Aug 10, 2007
colin cotterill

hello lyn,
sorry for the delay. just got back from bangkok. the fellow beside me in the picture is colin cotterill. he's a writer. nice chap by all accounts. once i get unpacked i'll take a look at your lib net page and write again. best wishes. cc

Aug 10, 2007
Steven Dunne

Thanks for your support. I'll certainly check out your blog.

Aug 10, 2007
Jennie Bentley/Bente Gallagher

Thanks, Lyn. In my other incarnation - that of Realtor - I'm actually thinking of applying for HouseHunters; I just have to get a buyer under contract first, that I can persuade to join me. Thanks for the invitation to beyour friend!

Aug 11, 2007
Elysabeth Eldering

You are just as busy it seems - thanks for posting on my site - I'll put on my blog as well - you never know where it will be seen or by whom - Will look forward to your book in the fall - E :)

(PS - get with Andrea Sisco on Armchair Interviews if you'd like a review that goes on amazon.com as well - we have lots of reviewers or you can request specific reviewers to do the review if you want. She also can pass the word along about doing the benefits toward the library system - E :)

Aug 11, 2007
Lyn LeJeune

Thanks Elysabeth....that's wonderful. I'll let you know as soon as the book is available.
Lyn

Aug 11, 2007
Lee Lofland

New Orleans is a great place and I admire you for your dedication.

Aug 11, 2007
Charles D. Allen

I'm very glad to see that there are others with the same interest in paranormal/crime novels... And I will definitely be looking for your book. Have a great day and good luck with your book!

Aug 11, 2007
Amanda Stevens

Hi Lyn! Your book sounds great. New Orleans is the perfect setting for a paranormal thriller.

Aug 12, 2007
Debbie Behrens

Hi, Lyn, your excerpt from Death of a Friend is intriguing!

Aug 13, 2007
David L. Hoof

Lyn,
Connection: I'm writing a suspense mystery set in New Orleans during Katrina and aftermath. Inside help comes from former prep school classmate, Jed Horne, Metro Editor at the Times-Picayne and others. If you like noir, have a look at www.littlegods.net and see if you might like my latest, Little Gods. Many did. Coming up soon is a trip to New Orleans. If you're interested, we could meet. If not, you could hide.
Best,

David

Aug 13, 2007
Rick Mofina

Hey Lyn, thanks for the note. Love your title. Hope it does well,
Thanks for the welcome,
Rick

Aug 13, 2007
Arkansas Cyndi

Hey Lyn. Thanks for the add. Good luck with your book and with your library project. N.O. is always a great setting for a book.

Aug 14, 2007
Peg Brantley

Lyn, wishing you all the best.

Hugs,
Peg.

Peg Brantley
Tyro Suspense Novelist

Aug 14, 2007
Matthew Ogborn

Evening Lyn

Sadly I haven't had the time to get to book fairs in the UK this year. As you say, Harrogate is the best one for crime and mystery. I am, however, coming your way in November hopefully and it would be fun to meet up. Your project sounds great. Libraries should be the lifeblood of every community and I think your desire to see the New Orleans ones kept going is very admirable.
Best, Matt

Aug 14, 2007
Marcia Moore

Hi Lyn,

I have owned this hat for years and really like it. However, I am not a member of the red hat club.

I am so happy that I found this site as I have been writing for years, but have not attempted to get published. I always feel that I am not good enough. Perhaps this site and folks like yourself who have been successful will motivate me to publish.

Marcia

Aug 14, 2007
Daniel Hatadi

Lyn,

Please read the section on promotion in the help pages. I've seen you promoting your book explicitly on many chat walls and this does not follow the policies I have in place.

Regards,
Daniel

Aug 14, 2007
a g bennett

Hi Lyn,

Lots of aspiring writers in this neck of the woods- must be the water? Or, where I am, the lack of it...
Good luck with your mission. It is a fine cause.

Cheers
Andrew

Aug 14, 2007
Sarah Baker

Thank you for the invite! I love what you're doing for the library -- I've sent them books and plan to send more. ~~Sarah

Aug 14, 2007
Delphine Cingal

Very interesting indeed. Thanks both for the invite and the comment!
Looking forward to sharing ideas about books.

Aug 15, 2007
Harry Shannon

Howdy

Aug 15, 2007
Cyndi Martin

Thank you for adding me! I'm looking forward to The Beatitudes.

Aug 16, 2007
sue neale

Harrogate was great though I found it quite tiring. I went to the writers' day on the Thursday where various speakers discussed different areas of the writing process from plot to publication. The speakers varied in their approaches though the ones who tried to involve the audience seemed to keep the attention better and made points which stuck. Met some lovely people too who I came across again during the weekend.

The speakers in the bigger hall were packed in and it was hard to find the energy to go to all sessions. Some panel sessions were better managed than others by the chair. On these the individual writers on the panels had time to talk about their way of working, or their particular take on the question the panel were discussing. Others sometimes descended into a hot-headed fight with the audience just that and not involved. I prefer to have an interviewer with one author where you can delve more deeply into aspects of their workl

Aug 17, 2007
Nancy Gardner

Hi Lyn,

Nice to hear from you. What does it mean to become a Beatitude? It's a great word!!!

REgards,
Nancy

Aug 17, 2007
Nancy Gardner

Hi Lyn,

Thanks for telling me what beatitudes means. Recently I read Stephen King's Lisey's Story. It was amazing. King's ability to reach into and show our the dark, shadow side in a way that is uplifting amazes me.
Next week my husband and I are attending the Cape Cod Writers Conference. I'm hoping to deepen my own ability to work in shadow as well as light.
By the way, one of my short stories, Birthday Bash, is in this summer's issue of Mouth Full of Bullets (www.mouthfullofbullets). It's about two homeless women and a crime they stop in Salem, MA.
Any way, nice to talk to you.

Regards,
Nancy

Aug 17, 2007
Shirley Wells

Hi Lyn, and thanks for the invite.
Good luck with The Beatitudes!

Aug 18, 2007
Karyn J. Powers

Lyn, I was lucky enough to spend some time in New Orleans before Katrina struck. Ironically, my traveling companions and I chose the Big Easy as a diversion from the devistation in Gulf Shores. We drove a gulf coast highway that will never look the same. Thank you for your efforts to restore the city's libraries. We can't let the bureauractic amnesiacs forget their promises.

Aug 18, 2007
Maryann Mercer

Lyn, Just sent you a 'friend request'. I was fortunate enough to visit NOLA many times over the course of the three years my daughter and son in law called it home. They wr transferred to Portland, OR just one month before Katrina and their old house was in the 20% of the city that did not flood. They did have many friends who lost it all and are still getting back on their feet. I have not been back since they moved, but they have, and they tell me the city is slowly(too slowly) recovering. NOLA is in my heart, even though I was only a visitor... is there a definite date for Beatitudes?

Aug 19, 2007
Harry Shannon

Yeah, I am losing track of all the websites from facebook to Myspace to Linkin and Crimespace, but have to admit it's all fun. Meeting a lot of new people.

Aug 19, 2007
Maryann Mercer

I'll definitely check it out...I've discovered so many great stories just because I love reading about places I've been. That's how I started reading James Lee Burke. His narrative is amazing, and I like Dave. I also read Alafair Burke's novels, set in Portland (which is where my daughter is). I think I'm a 'travel through reading' junkie.

Aug 20, 2007
Glen C. Allison

Lyn, thanks so much for your kind comments. I'd be happy to get involved somehow with the effort to help rebuild New Orleans libraries. And I'll be on the lookout for your work. Take care.

Aug 20, 2007
Maryann Mercer

How cool! I just bought his latest book of short stories and am in awe! One question...better to buy from Amazon or at the website? I haven't checked either. Want to go where it does the most good.

Aug 21, 2007
Glen C. Allison

If JLB had made the offer, I'd not be shy about asking for his contact info. You have nothing to lose, Lyn. Good for you on that contact! It will benefit the libraries of NOLA if it goes through. Let me know how that goes.

Aug 22, 2007
Breanda Cross

Hi Lyn, I've finally got around to visiting with you. Hope you find a good agent and that your project is successful. It's certainly a worthy cause.

Aug 23, 2007
PulpStar

Hiya, Lyn. Thanks for the invite and friendly comment. Here's pulp in your eye!

Aug 28, 2007
Maryann Mercer

Lyn...I'm more than halfway through the book and so anxious to see how it turns out that I have to force myself to stop at the end of a chapter so I can get to where I need to be. Love Scrimp and Pinch (and Romeo is growing on me).

Sep 6, 2007
Maryann Mercer

Finished! Great ending. Check Amazon for the review :o)

Sep 9, 2007
Lyn LeJeune

Ny goodness.....thank you. I'm going there now - should have waited. Back to in a few....
Do you think I should do some more on crimespace...but I don't think I am supposed to talk about my own book here even though I'm doing this as a cause.

Sep 9, 2007
Maryann Mercer

You're welcome. I think everyone talks about their books to some extent. It's all about word of mouth, especially when there are readers and writers in the same place. You can always put your thoughts in the blog on this page. People will read it.

Sep 11, 2007
Charlotte Williamson

Lyn,
I'm really impressed with your profile. I should be so lucky. I'm still looking for an agent, too. Got any good advice? Query letters somehow just don't make it.

Sep 20, 2007
Charlotte Williamson

Lyn,Thanks for the info. I'll try it.

Sep 22, 2007
Charlotte Williamson

Lyn,
Downloaded your info on agents, but what is the "LuLu" you mentioned? I'm kinda new at this.

Oct 2, 2007
carole gill

you bet I'll get it! so glad to hear from you !
I've done my first draft and have just gone onto the second. woah! what a lot of work!

Oct 24, 2007
carole gill

thanks so much for that! I will keep you posted. all the best!

Oct 25, 2007
Charlotte Williamson

Lyn,
Thanks for the compliment. You're doing a wonderful thing, contributing for the Library. Where would we be without libraries? The books there are keys to the world.

Oct 25, 2007