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October 12, 2015
Three Tips for Writing Memorable Characters ~ A guest blog for @BestsellingRead
I’ve written a guest blog for the site Bestselling Reads about creating memorable characters.
The site is a collective of bestselling authors, and I’m happy to be amongst them.
Please hop over and read: Three Tips for Writing Memorable Charactersby hitting the graphic below.
Hope you find it helpful, and all comments are welcome, either here or on the Bestselling Reads site. ;)
~ eden
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October 11, 2015
Music Monday and Comfortably Numb #GuitarSolo
This is the perfect song for Canadian Thanksgiving because I’m sure I’ll be comfortably numb after a big turkey dinner.
I’ve featured David Gilmour’s guitar virtuosity on my blog before, and no tribute to great guitar solos would be complete without his name on the list, especially since this song has two solos. Whee!
The first one starts at the 2-minute marker and goes on for 35 seconds.
The second one – much longer at almost two minutes starts at 4:30 and goes to the end.Both are terrific,...
October 4, 2015
Music Monday and Johnny B. Goode #GuitarSolo
For the remainder of the Mondays this year, I’m featuring great songs with guitar solos in them.
I love the guitar, but I’m no fan of a solo shoehorned into a song merely to showcase the virtuosity of a guitarist. A superhuman-fast solo or “shred guitar” does not impress me if it doesn’t serve the song.
With this in mind, some of the more well-known solos may not make my list, but hopefully you will discover new ones you like.
Chuck Berry’s guitar solos and showmanship became major influences...
September 29, 2015
Anatomy of a Book Cover
A short time ago, I started thinking about changing some of my book covers to better represent the genre and tone of my stories. For this post, I’ll talk about the changes I made for my latest mystery/suspense novellas—A Snake in Paradisereleased April 9, 2015, and SEAL of a Monk released July 26, 2015. Both were written for the Lei Crime Series in Kindle Worlds, based on the books of author, Toby Neal.
Original covers – Early attempts
I don’t like busy covers with too many images. I prefer...
September 28, 2015
New Release by @Maria_Savva ~ A TIME TO TELL
Friend and author, Maria Savva has a new book out shortly, and I’m happy to highlight it. Learn more about A TIME TO TELLand watch the video below. It’s available for pre-sale now and releases October 14th!
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A family saga spanning fifty years and three generations…
Cara fell for the tall, dark, handsome stranger, fifty years before. Now Frederick is about to return to her life. Can true love stan...
September 27, 2015
Music Monday and Oasis #Britpop
I’m finishing September and the Britpop series with one of the biggest hits for the band, Oasis.
“Don’t Look Back in Anger” received its title inspiration from David Bowie’ssong “Look Back In Anger.” You might also notice the piano intro resembles that of John Lennon’s “Imagine” and “Watching the Wheels.” Both Bowie and the Beatles were heavy influencers for Oasis.
Hope you enjoy the song, and like it says, don’t look back in anger. ;)
Have a terrific week,
eden
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September 20, 2015
Music Monday and The Verve #Britpop
Continuing with Britpop for September, here’s The Verve with their catchy tune “Bitter Sweet Symphony.”
Although the song’s lyrics were written by The Verve’s vocalist Richard Ashcroft, its distinctive string passage was sampled from the 1965 Andrew Oldham Orchestraof “The Last Time,” which inspired the Rolling Stones’ song of the same title.
A legal controversy surroundingplagiarismensued, and songwriting credits changed to include Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The Verve also lost all thei...
September 15, 2015
50 and SINGLE ~ My story for @RBwood’s 50th episode of the Word Count Podcast
You can also hear me read this story on: Episode #50 of R.B. Wood’s “The Word Count” podcast.
This milestone episode asked that we use the word FIFTY in our story and provide a photo with FIFTY in the image. The above was mine … a tongue-in-cheek snapshot of being 50 and single.
Hope you enjoy the story!
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The year I turned fifty saw me single again after I buried my husband. Thomas had been sick for some time. Still, when he died … I almost expected the heavens to open up or trumpets t...
September 14, 2015
A Book About A Film is a #NewRelease from @C_W_Schultz
C. W. Schultz is the pseudonym for American writer Calen Sifferman, and I interviewed him on my blog last year. I’m happy to announce he has a new book out. Learn more about:A Book About a Film.
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September 13, 2015
Music Monday and The Stone Roses #Britpop
Feel like some Britpop for a few weeks? A subgenre of rock and pop music that originated in the United Kingdom, Britpop emerged from the British music scene of the early 1990s. It was influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s and indie rock from the 1980s.
Let’s start off with The Stone Roses and“Fool’s Gold.”
Have a great week,
eden
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