Pascoe, who represented New Zealand on the road and track as a tandem cyclist, launched her debut novel at the Invercargill City Library last Saturday.
The book, Falling Amidst Waves, is the first of a three-book romance and drama series, with a fourth companion book planned.
Some of the material in the book was written about 26 years ago when she was a teenager, Pascoe said.
After a talk to the Southland Women’s Club at the start of 2025, Pascoe was inspired to have another look at the writing.
Writing the novel connected her to her 16-year-old self, Pascoe said.
"It’s been quite a cathartic experience ... when you reconnect with your young self and you remember who you used to be.
"I found writing again, and it’s almost like it relaxed my brain and stopped me from stressing out over things that didn’t need stressing over."
When she was young she dreamt of publishing her stories but self-publishing was not common then.
"It’s a bit surreal because when I was younger, I never even thought it would be possible.
"My young self would be freaking ecstatic right now."
She also had many laughs as she worked on the book.
While it was like she found her happy place, she still loved "my sport".
"I still train and do an event every now and then."
She wrote in the first person and used her mind to imagine what the character would say.
"I see the whole thing before I write it all down."
As she typed, the computer programme she used read the story back to her.
"I edit differently to sighted editors because I can listen to the story."
However, she was in the "dog box" with her husband Nicholas Crawford who did not know she was a writer.
"He knows me as the athlete."
He encouraged her the book was good and so she decided to self-publish.
The book was launched at the library last saturday and
will also be available in e-book format via Apple Books, Amazon KDP, Ingram, and Draft2Digital.
"I’m also working on making sure it’s made available in accessible formats for blind and low vision readers.
"Audiobook is proving to be the tricky one because of the cost involved in producing it."
Some of the proceeds from book sales will go towards the Chasing Dreams fund which Pascoe started to support blind and low vision athletes.
