It’s official: my second novel, Lie Lay Lain, is out in the world today. The book is about a special events planner who witnesses a hit-and-run, and makes an impossible promise, a church secretary who turns her life upside down to make a lie true, a paramedic whose whole life is a lie, and a child no one will admit is missing. In short, it’s about so much that I find myself practically rewriting the book every time I try to describe what it’s about.
In honor of its release, I’m giving away a few copies.
First of all, if you drop by Goodreads, you can enter to win one of two copies. You just have to click to enter by April 27th.
If you’re not into Goodreads, you can enter to win right here. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post, and I’ll choose two winners at random on April 8th. If you’re not sure what to comment, I’m taking questions about what it’s really like to be a church secretary.
*I hope that Lie Lay Lain will turn out to be my sophomoric effort from a strictly numerical standpoint, as my second book, and not in the sense of ill-informed or lacking maturity.
Bryn Greenwood 
My mom was a church secretary. I remember the smell of the mimeo machine. I could get sort of high on that smell. Also I loved Last Will, got BookBrowse to let me review it and I am a huge fan of your writing. I hope I win a copy!
The secretary knows everything… Well, so far you’re sure to win. 😉
Yay!
I am going to post also so I hope that we are the only two Judy! 🙂 While I was growing up my best friend’s mother was a church secretary for a local Baptist church. We used to go to the church with her sometimes and we loved playing in the sanctuary because it was huge and carpeted. We also played in the choir loft because it was a neat place to hang out. It was really fun to be part of the “secret club” of people that got to see what a church is like on just regular days.
I can’t wait to read your new book Bryn! It sounds really exciting!
When I was a child my family did custodial work at a local church, so I know about the joys of playing around in the sanctuary and the baptismal pool. Definitely like a secret club.
Yay, happy Book Birthday to you and LIE LAY LAIN!
May my students know how to use them correctly at some point…
Also, secretaries know EVERYTHING!
so…as a church secretary, do you think churches should should be exempted from paying taxes (this is tax season after all).
happy happy book birthday!
(we will see you in 11 weeks or so for the Nick Cave extravaganza. !yay!)
I absolutely think churches should be taxed. In the age of massive corporate stadium churches, I think there’s no way to justify not taxing them. They should get deductions, just like regular people, for money spent on charitable pursuits, but otherwise they need to be as responsible to the community as any other business.
WOOT! Nick Cave!
yep – that’s what I think too – only $$ spent on direct charitable endeavours should be tax deductible, not the moneys for new buildings, salaries, “outreach”, etc. there’ll be pigs flying when it happens, and I look forward to it.
NC!NC!NC! AND we get to meet you (W00t) and both sets of princesses, and Kansas City, and BBQ, and its going to be epic.