Philippa Dowding's Blog - Posts Tagged "birches"

Once in a while I do something other than write books. Okay, actually maybe I do something as well as write books.

This week, my long-time editor and musical collaborator, Allister Thompson, and I have produced our second guitar album.

Please give a listen to Birches on the Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Phi...

You'll find eight guitar pieces, lots of finger picking, sometimes lighthearted, like Sequined Mountain Ladies, and sometimes pretty creepy, like the Lovecraft-inspired, Mountains of Madness. Also, if you've ever wanted to hear an Ethereal Folkie sing about loss, you'll want to check out Moonlight, in which I sing my heart out.

For a longer blog post about my latest musical endeavour, read: http://phdowding.blogspot.ca/2017/10/...

Enjoy!

As December 2017 draws to a close, I realize that somehow I've been blogging (on my other blog) for 5 years. I've written about my books and about writing. I've posted poetry, music, photos of my kids, my dog, or sunny images from a summer of sailing. In total I've posted 275 times, an average of 55 posts a year, or pretty much once a week. For a relatively reserved and quiet person, who knew I had so much to say?

Here's the blog: http://phdowding.blogspot.ca/2017/12/...

So, what does it all add up to? Did it sell more books? Possibly, but who knows. Did it draw new fans? Maybe. Was it fun? Yes. Will I keep doing it? For a while, anyway.

Monsters, music and memoir. And what were the top 5 blog posts (by views) in those 5 years?

Number five was a memoir about the Christmas Eve that my brother pulled a prank that turned into one of the defining moments of my early life. Number four was a memoir about the time when I was eleven and almost died from measles. The third most popular post was about my first guitar album.

But the number one post in 5 years of blogging? A KIRKUS REVIEW of my book Myles and the Monster Outside : http://phdowding.blogspot.ca/2015/07/...

For a longer blog post about the top 5 (plus 5 more) posts from 5 years of blogging, and a few thoughts about blogging in general: http://phdowding.blogspot.ca/2017/12/...

Thanks for all the reading!