Mani-Ax @MNRG and Me

Mani-Ax and Me

Jessica and I have been attending Minnesota RollerGirl bouts for over five years and held season tickets for four of those years. Yes, I'm a fan - a sports fan -, except that I don't like football, and I'm underwhelmed by baseball and basketball. Instead, I love Roller Derby, especially the WFTDA. 

My favorite Minnesota RollerGirl teams are the Garda Belts and the Dagger Dolls. This year, it looks like the Dagger Dolls is team to watch. They are making Minnesota RollerGirl history by winning. That's right, they're winning. Until this season, they've lost every bout for five years. I liked to cheer for the underdogs, especially since they were the team most known to start a fight! However, they are now leading the Minnesota RollerGirl pack. Who knew!   

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I love the Minnesota RollerGirl so much that I had to include them in my fiction. My story, "What's For Dinner," is about Penny.  She is an over weight woman turning thirty. Not only must Penny confront her age, her weight, her loneliness, but the changing landscape of food. Oil has run out, genetically modified foods are rampant, so Penny must change her life and the way she eats. Not only does Penny change the way she eats, she changes the way she thinks about herself, and part of her transformation is becoming Penny Slots - a Minnesota RollerGirl.

"What's For Dinner" is available in a the collection Cifiscape Vol. I: The Twin Cities, which is on sale now. 

I hope that you will join me at the next Minnesota RollerGirls bout on December 11th, when the Dagger Dolls beat the Atomic Bombshells to clench a perfect season!