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"Unrequited Waves" is now available

It's live! Amazon just published my eighth book, "Unrequited Waves". The seven musical compositions hyperlinked to in the text, all work. They all went through successfully. It's available for purchase here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MZI37BY

"Unrequited Waves" - Final Phase

My current play that I've been working on, "Unrequited Waves", has now entered its final phase of editing before I publish it. I designed two possible covers for it, and am going to go with this one, which you can view on my deviantART account here:
http://arthurtrenton.deviantart.com/a...

I've close to 250 hyperlinks included in the text in my last published book, Five Seven Five, and I think I'll also include two hyperlinks in "Unrequited Waves", but this time to music. While my last book's writing is largely dependent upon the links, this one isn't, so it's not a big deal if the music is no longer there later. I'll cite them at the end, anyway. I'll post the two here:
BrunuhVille - Nocturne
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQ7IoHn5eE

Erika leva Eriksonaite, performing part of Spohr's Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-cKC1VGug

Live by the pen, die by the pen

I get up early to write, stay up late to write, burning the candle at both ends, but it does not go out, because I have a great big candlestick. My burning desire to write, is not killing me, it's keeping me very much alive. It is consuming though. My writing life is basically the only life I have right now. I manage to hold a full-time job that pays the bills and court orders, and even while working, I have plenty of time to think about my writing, because it's monotonous automatized work. Which is perfect for me. It's also important to let my mind wander and keep in touch with the reality of things around me and find more inspiration, so I frequent Facebook, forums, look at art, listen to music, read, etc. Unfocusing on my writing has helped me pave many plot holes and get through other literary things I was stuck on, because all of a sudden it'll just come to me. Time and time again. But... will I ever be able to share my world with anyone being like this?

Yes. With readers.