And so it ends. This
special edition is the last chapter of my Musical Stories. I've been
a bit self-indulgent this week, so I hope you'll forgive me but I'll
get to that in a moment. We have three Fridays before The A-Z of
Blogging begins, and I thought I'd use that time to try out the new
series before I take a break. This could be absolutely brilliant, or
I could fall flat on my face, but we'll see.
I was going to give you
all the details here, but it made this post far too long, so I'll do that separately on Monday. If you're interested in taking part,
all you need to do right now is have a short pitch or query, whatever
you like, ready to email to me after Monday's post. It will be up to
you whether or not you allow critiques. There's no word limit, but
remember, shorter is usually better (leave me something to
work with though!).
To end Musical Stories, (and I suppose to introduce the new feature, although there's no
blurb), I decided to choose three songs that represent the story I'm
currently revising right now. Like I said, self-indulgent, but I'm
really excited about this project, (turns out I didn't hate revising,
I was just working on the wrong story), and I want to share. Just for
fun, see if you can guess what genre it is. And 1000th
Monkey, you're not allowed to guess :-)
No explanations this
week, just enjoy the music.
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ReplyDeleteThanks Traci, I'm going to try to get to this on Wednesday :-)
DeleteCurious to know more about the new series!
ReplyDeleteDetails will be up as soon as I've responded to these comments :-)
DeleteIsn't it interesting how we just know when we're working on the right story. Everything just wonderfully syncs and the words work well together ... Happy writing and revising to you!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Joanne, I'm feeling much happier about things now :-)
DeleteWell, that last one changes the game, doesn't it? :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the music!
Heh, I thought it would give it away, but no one came out and guessed it :-)
DeleteI love Psycho Killer, but I've never heard of the other two. Once again, I can't listen to them now - I have a sleeping Hubby, at 3pm! To be fair he did have a late gig last night, and will be on his way to Taunton soon. I'll pop back later to guess the genre!
ReplyDeleteWhy did I think of cider when you mentioned Taunton? I don't even drink the stuff :-)
DeleteCongratulations on your win. I like the blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much :-)
DeleteI stink at making guesses like this. Hmm...is your story about friendship? Loss?
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the end of a beautiful series, Sarah. You've done well!
Both of those things come into it, kind of :-)
DeleteAnd thanks Emily, I appreciate that.
romantic suspense?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely no romance :-)
DeleteI love Billy Joel's music, and Honesty is such a great song!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it beautiful?
DeleteAs ABBA would say..thank you for the music and for giving it to me:)
ReplyDelete'I'm nothing special, in fact ...' :-)
DeleteI don't think I've ever seen that version of Billy Joel's song before.
ReplyDeleteI found a cover by Beyonce, but thought I'd stick with Billy :-)
DeleteI quite like revising - but only when I'm sure the story I'm working on is worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree, and sometimes it takes a while to answer that :-)
DeleteLove them all! Especially number one. :) As for guessing, I have no idea!
ReplyDeleteYes! That first one always makes me happy :-)
DeleteI just love the s Honesty by Billy Joel thanks for putting the video on.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
You're very welcome :-)
DeleteInteresting songs! It's always fun to find out what inspires people's writing. :)
ReplyDeleteContemporary/Realistic Fiction?
Well, it's definitely contemporary :-)
DeleteBilly Joel? Excellent choice! on a limb i'm saying post apocalyptic, mainly because I'd like to hear songs in that genre :)
ReplyDeleteAnd this is why we should never judge a book by it's cover - I wouldn't have pegged you for a Billy Joel fan :-)
DeleteNope, not post apocalyptic, I'm afraid.
Congratulations to the end of your series Sarah. And here is to new beginnings! cheers~
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely raising my glass to those new beginnings hon. Wrapping you in my purple furry friendship blanket xx
DeleteI missed your song suggestions...Hope it's not the final final end. Very good selections.. Oh haven't heard the Billy Joel one for ages.
ReplyDeleteI'll be putting all the titles up on a separate page at some point - you know, in my spare time :-)
DeleteRing out the old, ring in the new. Great choices Sarah. Ah, how many of us will be taking an A-Z break? Great disruption in the blogging world.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your new format.
Denise
The internet is gonna 'splode :-)
Delete(Why, yes, it was necessary to respond as though I'm three :-)
I love Honesty.....the song and the value.
ReplyDeleteMe too, very definitely.
DeleteAh, the end of a series. It was a good one. But A-Z will be a blast... and yanno you could do songs from A-Z. ;)
ReplyDeleteI really really wanted to do that but thought it might be a cop out :-)
DeleteI'm not familiar with A-Z. I've heard about it several places, but I've never dug deep enough to figure out what it's about.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your new piece.
R
You already blog every day :-)
DeleteBasically people blog every day during April, starting with a post to do with A, then B and so on. It should be interesting :-)
I love the Talking Heads song, and if I had to guess genre--well, Sarah W. was right on when she said "Pyscho Killer" changed the game. Suspenseful romance? I keep leaning toward something paranormal, though I think that's a personal bias more than anything else. Looking forward to seeing your series. Glad I caught the end here. :)
ReplyDeleteNo paranormal I'm afraid, and no romance. Maybe some suspense though :-)
DeleteI could never had guessed "Honesty" was by Billy Joel. Like all things, this is coming to an end. Well, it has been a delight listening to so many nice pieces of music. Thanks !
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely isn't it? I'm glad you've enjoyed the series :-)
DeleteWah on it being the end. But looking forward to what you have next!
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty much how I feel too :-)
DeleteI'm very curious what you have planned. I'll be back tomorrow to check it out. :D
ReplyDeleteIt'll be up within the hour :-)
DeleteWhat a diverse collection of songs. Very intriguing that they're all about your WIP.
ReplyDeleteI just hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew with the setting :-)
DeleteThis has been a brilliant feature Sarah, I very much look forward to the next one!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rebecca, hope you'll love it just as much :-)
DeleteCan't wait to see what the new one brings!
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy it :-)
DeleteHi! I’m awarding you The Versatile Blogger award. You can get it at: http://carmenschronicles.blogspot.com/2012/03/versatile-blogger-award.html
ReplyDeleteThank you Carmen :-)
DeleteI forgot that song Honesty by Billy Joel. They place his music so much on Long Island (because he's from there) that he's become cliche to me. But he's talented and several of his songs have stood the test of time.
ReplyDeleteLong Island sounds so wonderful and exotic to me :-)
DeleteWhat a cool idea... I missed most of it so now I have to backtrack...!
ReplyDeleteGive it a few days and I'll post them all up on their own page :-)
DeleteI love that Billy Joel song--it's one of my faves!!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the new series Sarah :)
Hope you like it!
DeleteAh a nostaligia trip with talking Heads and Billy Joel :O)
ReplyDeleteNow that's a trip :-)
DeleteLove me some Billy Joel and Talking Heads! :) Ravonettes is new to me though. I loved the vid.
ReplyDeleteOne of the girls on that video looked exactly like my character :-)
DeleteBilly Joel - YES! *pumps fist in air* I love him.
ReplyDeleteI'll join you, 'cause I do too :-)
DeleteThis is such a great idea! And agreed with everyone else - Billy Joel is a great choice!
ReplyDeleteYep, he definitely seems to be this week's favourite :-)
DeleteBilly Joel! :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the A to Z challenge. I'm doing it this year and boy oh boy, I'm crossing both fingers and toes I can make it through the whole month.
Thanks for sharing your musical stories. They've been fun and enjoyable!
Good luck to you too! And thank you so much :-)
DeleteI read your comment on Lee's post. Good luck on the A-Z
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Welcome to you, Debra. I hope it didn't sound too harsh! Good luck to you too :-)
DeleteThank you for the music. I'm still trying to come up with a theme for A-Z as most experts agree...a theme makes the blogging easier. I may just end up talking about my book half the time.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind you talking about your book, I'm looking forward to it. I keep changing my mind about themes. Originally I just wanted to post a music video every day, but I thought it might be a cop-out.
DeleteI love that Talking Heads song.
ReplyDeleteMy guess on genre is mystery.
I'm both nervous and excited about A-Z.
If I know you, your posts will be great.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, not mystery :-)
Thanks for sharing the music. I too am participating in the Blogging A to Z challenge next month. I look forward to reading your posts!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Cynthia. I know it's going to be fun :-)
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