Biography
Jim Flynn grew up in Connecticut.
After college he spent 35 years in the financial industry. He and his wife Jennifer have three grown children.
Jim and his wife take care of horses on their farm in rural Connecticut.
After brain surgery changed his life and forced him into retirement, Flynn began to write and has produced five books, three in a series of financial thrillers and two standalone humorous books.
After college he spent 35 years in the financial industry. He and his wife Jennifer have three grown children.
Jim and his wife take care of horses on their farm in rural Connecticut.
After brain surgery changed his life and forced him into retirement, Flynn began to write and has produced five books, three in a series of financial thrillers and two standalone humorous books.
How Being on Jeopardy got me started as a Writer-Eventually
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In 1991 I was a contestant on Jeopardy
I lost-bet it all on the Final Question and got it wrong Still-it was a Bucket List experience, and it is kind of cool when somebody asks me a question and I know the answer, and they say: You should be on Jeopardy, and I get to say: I was on Jeopardy. For those of you who say that you usually get the Final Question, I say: It's harder when you're there than when you're sitting on the Barcalounger. On the plane home I began to write a journal of my experiences on odd bits of paper, and eventually my story was published in The Hartford Courant Sunday magazine. Response to the article was positive and I even got fan mail and calls from strangers. Many encouraged me to we a writer. Since I had three kids who wanted a better menu than just eating library paste, I continued my day job for the next 25 years. A few years ago I retired and began to write Be Sincere Even When You Don't Mean It, starting it on a flight from Hartford to Albuquerque when I couldn't find a book to read in the gift shop and resolved to write a book that I'd like to read. |
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Proudly I uploaded my first book, Be Sincere Even When You Don’t Mean It to Amazon. It does ask you if you want to publish under another name. Why would I want to do that?
It takes a while for the book to get on the site, and when notified that it was now live I searched for it by Author’s name and: I noticed there were already five other Jim Flynns there–and there are seven James Flynns! And using my middle initial didn’t help either.
I was inspired by Korean Woman golfer Jeongeun Lee 6, who legally changed her name to add the “6” because there were already five Korean women golfers named Jeongeun Lee!
After considering the alternatives, I’m publishing from now on under Jim Flynn Six, and I wish I was as good a golfer as Miss JL6
It takes a while for the book to get on the site, and when notified that it was now live I searched for it by Author’s name and: I noticed there were already five other Jim Flynns there–and there are seven James Flynns! And using my middle initial didn’t help either.
I was inspired by Korean Woman golfer Jeongeun Lee 6, who legally changed her name to add the “6” because there were already five Korean women golfers named Jeongeun Lee!
After considering the alternatives, I’m publishing from now on under Jim Flynn Six, and I wish I was as good a golfer as Miss JL6