Need to know
- Former NHL star Sean Avery releases his debut novel Summer skateboarding Tuesday
- Avery, 45, co-wrote the book with romance novelist Leslie Cohen
- The main character of the book is a young NHL player who struggled with a lively romance with a bestselling author
Sean Avery has a lot of NHL careers that he never thought of.
Since the New York Ranger Executor hung up skates before 2012, he has been like Patriot DayChristopher Nolan purposeeven Nolan’s 2023 Academy Award biopic Oppenheimer. He spent a summer at Vogue, started his own role model and even wrote a memoir about his fierce and often confrontational 12-year NHL career.
Although Avery never thought of doing anything herself – even forged sick leave to get rid of the drama camp's mom, forcing him to sign up as a kid – writing a romantic novel is surely the last on his list.
But Avery releases his first new romantic novel Summer skateboarding Tell people Tuesday that he is excited about his new career path — perhaps more than he has been in a long time.
“I kind of perform,” Avery, 45, said of his path to becoming a writer. “It's my blood. I feel it. That's what makes me wake up every day, you know, chase it. So, it's a fun journey, but I think I found my best spot and I started to really settle in and have fun.”
Sean Avery.
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The former hockey star-turned-Moulti artist was in trouble with people before it was released Summer skateboardinghis romantic novel with Leslie Cohen, tells the romance between a young hockey player and a bestseller, hoping to escape her harsh deadlines and maternity life.
This book is Avery Ice Cream: Memoirs of Quick Life and Tough Hockey. Ailly said the project stemmed from the idea his agent had proposed to him.
“He just called me out one day and said, 'I just finished your autobiography. Are you interested in writing a sports romance novel?” “Elley recalled. “And I didn't know the category was so big, he educated me, and soon: I said, 'Yes, absolutely. 'But, I said, you know, writing with women, we all need a woman's touch, you know, no woman's touch, because they're just more intimate and more patient and patient than men. ”
Avery and Cohen spent the night, having a candid and open conversation about sex and how their characters interact. “I mean, sometimes you brag in the real voice of our words because it’s like, oh my god, we’re saying these things,” Avery recalls. “I’m Leslie and I, we’re laughing all the time, but we had a heated conversation.”
One's father said that learning the difference between “I think women want and what” is also an “eye-opening” [Cohen] Think women want and vice versa. ”
“It's nice that someone can say, yes, it's probably a little too much, or I don't know, I'm not sure if everyone likes this kind of thing,” Avery said. “So we fought. But, like great teams, people can't see the fight in the locker room anymore. But to make something great great and the bonds strong, you have to have friction and tension. That's where the juice comes from, so I really like the process.”
Sean Avery and Leslie Cohen’s summer skateboarding.
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Avery took inspiration from his life to attract him and Leslie’s protagonist Carter Hughes, though Carter wasn’t exactly Sean: “I didn’t go to American college, Carter was much taller than me. He was much taller than me, you know, he wasn’t a little player. He wasn’t a very high draft pick. He wasn’t a very high draft pick.
“We have a lot of runways with this guy,” Avery said. Summer skateboarding.
“I'm so happy to have spent Carter's entire career,” the author said. “And I hope we've poured in enough for everyone, romance, hockey, youth, famous and famous suffering and ordeal.