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The Power of Music and Magical Adventures
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B. Roman is the author of The Moon Singer, a Young Adult fantasy series that comprises three Books: The Crystal Clipper; The War Chamber, and The Wind Rose. She is also the author of a suspense fiction, “Whatever Became of Sin?”
“You are born to what you will be in life,” said a noted ballet dancer as I interviewed him for a newspaper article. For him, it was dance. For me it was singing. I knew my future had been ordained at age 3, as I romped down the movie theatre aisle singing along with Shirley Temple. I consumed movie musicals and every Disney animated film, learning all the songs therein. But I also loved to read, every Grimm’s fairy tale, every magical children’s book. In time, I fell in love with the Great American Plays and read them all. I loved how the stories moved on the page/stage with little narrative; all character, dialog and emotion.
As time went on, singing professionally now, song lyrics were my thing. The story in the song. Hundreds of songs, every note and nuance, the meaning of each word. When I began to write as a journalist, editorials on music, dance, theatre, and film were my specialty. At the same time, collaborating with musicians on music and lyrics with a metaphysical tone, I began exploring the power of music to improve our lives and our health. The subject matter manifested my first book titled, “Music Power,” picked up by a New York publisher. Magazine articles and teaching workshops resulted. I was born to write about this subject. It was Informational, Motivational, Transformational.
But then a funny thing happened. Visions of children’s stories with musical themes danced in my head and moved my pen. I composed original songs for them and dreamed of them as films. Animated ones. Award winners (of course), when the perfect illustrator appears.
The Crystal Clipper began as a children’s story about a boy with a magic crystal shaped like a boat that transformed into a flying, shimmering clipper ship that transported him on magical adventures. At first a picture book, then a screen play, it ultimately found its truest form as a novel. A trilogy of novels. The Moon Singer trilogy. (Which, of course, will one day be films. Fantasies inform many aspects of my life!)
For me, one creative art nourishes another - music and writing are complements. Just as I sing at concerts the magnificent lyrics written by masters of poetic language - Gershwin, Porter, Hart, Mercer...), I write my stories with music in my head.
It is no accident or plot device that The Moon Singer trilogy is all about this powerful art form, how music has the power to heal, to transform, to create life - or destroy it. The books are quick reads, but profound, and filled with the language of music. As I write about David Nickerson’s real life problems in each book, it is the musical codes in the crystals, the Universal Truths they contain, that give him his traits of courage and selfless resolve to save a life that means more to him than his own and to create miracles for everyone he loves.
I used my own knowledge of music, and much research, to develop David’s and the other’s characters. There are additional facets to the stories that are informed by my own feelings about social issues, war, ethics, personal integrity, and discovering how one’s “disability” (David is a deaf teen) can be one’s greatest gift. But it is the art, the desire, of creating something more magnificent than mundane that the characters all share and move the stories vigorously along, and inspire me as well.
Through writing and music - for most of my 73 years - I have developed personal insights as a mother, grandmother, and as a creator. Both art forms compel me to be disciplined, focused, committed to a cause, and respectful of my audiences. I fall in love with my stories just as I do the songs I sing or write. With literature, as in music, every word must count, a picture painted, a vision revealed.
I have made my home in several cities from coast to coast, now residing in Carlsbad, CA. I still work at a very rewarding day job at a retirement community. But becoming a Creativia author and partnering with Miika Hannila who shares my vision is a serendipitous opportunity. The Moon Singer trilogy (and a 4th book -a suspense fiction, “Whatever Became of Sin?”) will have a fresh new look and a global audience. One day, writing is all that I will do. But a song will always be in the air.
The rest is up to my Muses.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.creativia.org/the-power-of...
B. Roman is the author of The Moon Singer, a Young Adult fantasy series that comprises three Books: The Crystal Clipper; The War Chamber, and The Wind Rose. She is also the author of a suspense fiction, “Whatever Became of Sin?”
“You are born to what you will be in life,” said a noted ballet dancer as I interviewed him for a newspaper article. For him, it was dance. For me it was singing. I knew my future had been ordained at age 3, as I romped down the movie theatre aisle singing along with Shirley Temple. I consumed movie musicals and every Disney animated film, learning all the songs therein. But I also loved to read, every Grimm’s fairy tale, every magical children’s book. In time, I fell in love with the Great American Plays and read them all. I loved how the stories moved on the page/stage with little narrative; all character, dialog and emotion.
As time went on, singing professionally now, song lyrics were my thing. The story in the song. Hundreds of songs, every note and nuance, the meaning of each word. When I began to write as a journalist, editorials on music, dance, theatre, and film were my specialty. At the same time, collaborating with musicians on music and lyrics with a metaphysical tone, I began exploring the power of music to improve our lives and our health. The subject matter manifested my first book titled, “Music Power,” picked up by a New York publisher. Magazine articles and teaching workshops resulted. I was born to write about this subject. It was Informational, Motivational, Transformational.
But then a funny thing happened. Visions of children’s stories with musical themes danced in my head and moved my pen. I composed original songs for them and dreamed of them as films. Animated ones. Award winners (of course), when the perfect illustrator appears.
The Crystal Clipper began as a children’s story about a boy with a magic crystal shaped like a boat that transformed into a flying, shimmering clipper ship that transported him on magical adventures. At first a picture book, then a screen play, it ultimately found its truest form as a novel. A trilogy of novels. The Moon Singer trilogy. (Which, of course, will one day be films. Fantasies inform many aspects of my life!)
For me, one creative art nourishes another - music and writing are complements. Just as I sing at concerts the magnificent lyrics written by masters of poetic language - Gershwin, Porter, Hart, Mercer...), I write my stories with music in my head.
It is no accident or plot device that The Moon Singer trilogy is all about this powerful art form, how music has the power to heal, to transform, to create life - or destroy it. The books are quick reads, but profound, and filled with the language of music. As I write about David Nickerson’s real life problems in each book, it is the musical codes in the crystals, the Universal Truths they contain, that give him his traits of courage and selfless resolve to save a life that means more to him than his own and to create miracles for everyone he loves.
I used my own knowledge of music, and much research, to develop David’s and the other’s characters. There are additional facets to the stories that are informed by my own feelings about social issues, war, ethics, personal integrity, and discovering how one’s “disability” (David is a deaf teen) can be one’s greatest gift. But it is the art, the desire, of creating something more magnificent than mundane that the characters all share and move the stories vigorously along, and inspire me as well.
Through writing and music - for most of my 73 years - I have developed personal insights as a mother, grandmother, and as a creator. Both art forms compel me to be disciplined, focused, committed to a cause, and respectful of my audiences. I fall in love with my stories just as I do the songs I sing or write. With literature, as in music, every word must count, a picture painted, a vision revealed.
I have made my home in several cities from coast to coast, now residing in Carlsbad, CA. I still work at a very rewarding day job at a retirement community. But becoming a Creativia author and partnering with Miika Hannila who shares my vision is a serendipitous opportunity. The Moon Singer trilogy (and a 4th book -a suspense fiction, “Whatever Became of Sin?”) will have a fresh new look and a global audience. One day, writing is all that I will do. But a song will always be in the air.
The rest is up to my Muses.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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"Hubert in Heaven - a hi-tech angel gets his wings" October 2 - 6
"The Wind Rose" - Book III of The Moon Singer Series October 8 - 12.
Both books are very personal to me.
"Hubert..." is a humorous look at our attachment to hi-tech devices, to the detriment of our ability to rely on our own talents, instincts and efforts. As Hubert has discovered, this addiction does not bode well especially in Heaven where you "have to figure things out for yourself" if you are ever to earn your Angel Wings. I think I'm the last hold out for getting a Smart Phone - my cell phone is a relic and is hardly ever on, unless I need to make a call or I'm expecting one. I love to be without any reliance on a "device" to live my life, find quiet time, and enjoy just being.
"The Wind Rose" speaks to my belief that music has powers that go beyond making us feel good or evoking emotions and energy that improve our quality of life. The universe - our bodies, too - are comprised of musical vibrations that resonate throughout the cosmos, and can create or destroy life. In the story, I do try and impart the magnificence of the Pythagoras theory and the Music of the Spheres. Of course, it's a story and it's meant to entertain as well as enlighten. Read how a mad music professor uses his brilliance as a musician for malevolent purposes and how music prodigy David Nickerson counters his evil plan by using his own musical "soul codes" for a higher purpose.
I hope you enjoy both books! Remember, reviews are most welcome and very much needed.
"Hubert in Heaven - a hi-tech angel gets his wings" October 2 - 6
"The Wind Rose" - Book III of The Moon Singer Series October 8 - 12.
Both books are very personal to me.
"Hubert..." is a humorous look at our attachment to hi-tech devices, to the detriment of our ability to rely on our own talents, instincts and efforts. As Hubert has discovered, this addiction does not bode well especially in Heaven where you "have to figure things out for yourself" if you are ever to earn your Angel Wings. I think I'm the last hold out for getting a Smart Phone - my cell phone is a relic and is hardly ever on, unless I need to make a call or I'm expecting one. I love to be without any reliance on a "device" to live my life, find quiet time, and enjoy just being.
"The Wind Rose" speaks to my belief that music has powers that go beyond making us feel good or evoking emotions and energy that improve our quality of life. The universe - our bodies, too - are comprised of musical vibrations that resonate throughout the cosmos, and can create or destroy life. In the story, I do try and impart the magnificence of the Pythagoras theory and the Music of the Spheres. Of course, it's a story and it's meant to entertain as well as enlighten. Read how a mad music professor uses his brilliance as a musician for malevolent purposes and how music prodigy David Nickerson counters his evil plan by using his own musical "soul codes" for a higher purpose.
I hope you enjoy both books! Remember, reviews are most welcome and very much needed.
What Kind of Musical Instrument Are You?
I wrote my newest children’s book, “The Prince Who Was a Piccolo,” decades ago, before the struggle for “identity” was widespread and infiltrated society’s psyche. In those days, if we struggled with who we were it mostly referred to self-esteem or searching for meaning in our lives. Just as I wrote “Hubert in Heaven - a hi-tech angel gets his wings” long before there were hand-held computers and smart phones, the Prince story’s significance as it is revealed today takes on an entirely new dimension which, when first written, was purely a sub-conscious - or prescient - notion.
The Prince Who Was A Piccolo teaches children about self-esteem, asserting independence, attitudes, and being comfortable with their own identity. They will also be informed about different musical instruments and the influence of music on our lives and emotions. There are mystical qualities in the story as it metaphorically touches on meditation, intuition, and spiritual guidance. In a whimsical and colorful way, it also addresses dealing with authority figures, compassion and compromise - and not a little bit of faith in a higher self.
For young children, the story of a Prince being terrible at his musical experiments yet willing to keep on trying until he finds his happiest, most personal “sound,” is a fun reading experience. Yet for parents and teachers it is an opportunity to help them joyfully discover who they are in this world, and that whoever they choose to be they are perfect.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
The Prince Who Was A Piccolo teaches children about self-esteem, asserting independence, attitudes, and being comfortable with their own identity. They will also be informed about different musical instruments and the influence of music on our lives and emotions. There are mystical qualities in the story as it metaphorically touches on meditation, intuition, and spiritual guidance. In a whimsical and colorful way, it also addresses dealing with authority figures, compassion and compromise - and not a little bit of faith in a higher self.
For young children, the story of a Prince being terrible at his musical experiments yet willing to keep on trying until he finds his happiest, most personal “sound,” is a fun reading experience. Yet for parents and teachers it is an opportunity to help them joyfully discover who they are in this world, and that whoever they choose to be they are perfect.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Inspiration From Unexpected Sources
Why Did I decide to make David's character deaf? I own a Singer crystal, shaped like a small sailboat, that inspired the Moon Singer trilogy’s first adventure, “The Crystal Clipper.” I found this uniq
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