Lady Reader's Bookstuff: Ann Marie Frohoff speaks on Bullying & A Rockin' Giveaway

Friday, October 19, 2012

Ann Marie Frohoff speaks on Bullying & A Rockin' Giveaway

3:42 PM | Posted by lady reader |

Today I have Ann Marie Frohoff, author of SKID OUT, a novella prequel to her upcoming trilogy. Much thanks to Annie for taking the time to speak about bullying and for her donations.

A novella prequel to the edgy Heavy Influence Trilogy about young, intense and reckless love between a rising rock star and his younger muse. Follow their journey through temptation, deception & forbidden love.

17 year old high school senior, Jake Masters, front man of a rising rock band, finds new interest in his younger freshman next door neighbor Alyssa Montgomery. Their relationship breaks hearts; stirs jealousy and band infighting. When they’re brought to new found awareness of body and soul, will rightful boundaries be crossed? Will the right decisions and choices, which are detrimental to the band and its future, be made through the haze of infatuation? Will Jake’s absences on the road lead to another filling his shoes? Jake and Alyssa’s lifelong friendships are strained and tested; secrets are kept, admitted and shared. Family bonds are broken, as others grow stronger. Who knew a first love could cause so many problems? Then again, in their eyes, there are no problems as long as they’re together. In the end, will his new found muse bring down everything he’s worked so hard to achieve or will she inspire positive creative change; that will carry him and his band to stardom.

I think if you ask anyone, they'll have their own bully story. We've all had it to some degree, I'm sure. For me, it was mainly in the 7th grade by a girl who was once my friend. She too was bullied relentlessly by others, and then turned onto bullying me. I let her slap me around and call me names at school, in front of everyone at snack. I didn't fight back because I'd been taught that fighting would get me in trouble. So I suffered silently, not wanting to make it worse. The thing is, most parent's know that something isn't right with their kids, even when "we" don't want to share. My mother knew something was wrong. We kept getting prank calls to the house, by said bully, and one day my mother finally cornered me and asked me what was going on. The tears came streaming down and through staggered sobs, I told her. Then the phone rang again, she grabbed the phone from my hands and spoke into the receiver this: "If you want to fight my daughter, you come here and fight her on our front lawn, and I'll watch!" - As a parent now myself, I'm not sure that's how I'd handle it, but what I do recall so profoundly was how uplifted I felt to know that my mom had my back. She gave me the courage to stand up for myself. Kid's, talk to your parent's, tell them what's going on. They have your back.

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5 comments:

The Happy Booker said...: Thanks so much for the giveaway and for sharing your story. As a mother, sometimes it's hard to know how to react to your child being bullied. You may not react the same as your mother did but I'm sure you would be equally supportive if it was your child.; October 19, 2012 at 8:27 PM
Mandee said...: Can't wait to read this series! It sounds awesome!; October 19, 2012 at 9:39 PM
Ann Marie Frohoff said...: Amy! Thank you so much for inviting me to share my story! xo - Annie; October 20, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Ann Marie Frohoff said...: Thank you Mandee!! I can't wait to share it! I'm in the final read through before it goes to the editor, I'm hoping for it to release by the end of the year! So much has happened to throw off my timeline! xo. Annie; October 20, 2012 at 1:33 PM
Ann Marie Frohoff said...: Thanks for reading my bully story!! :)) Indeed, it's tough hearing what goes on these days! xo.; October 20, 2012 at 1:38 PM