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The Soundtrack to My Life
There’s nothing like a song to instantly transport you back in time. For some reason I’ve always attached songs to significant events in my life. So when I hear one, it instantly triggers a memory. If I had a soundtrack to my life, here are just a few of the songs that would be included.
“It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” by Mister Rogers – I grew up watching this show and hearing the theme song will instantly take me back to my childhood.
“Angel Eyes” by the Jeff Healey Band – In high school, this was my first love and I’s song.
“Jump Around” by House of Pain – This song represents my first two years in college. Although truthfully, it could be substituted for any 90’s dance song.
“Hey Jealousy” by Gin Blossoms – It reminds me of my courtship with my husband.
“Right Here Waiting” by Richard Marx – Song will always remind me of when my husband, who I was dating at the time, was away at Army basic training.
“It’s Your Love” by Faith Hill and Time McGraw – This is the song Winston and I danced to at our wedding.
“I Love You” by Barney – This will always remind me of my children when they were little.
“Lose Yourself” by Eminem – I listened to this song on my Ipod before pitching my book to agents at the Sleuthfest writing conference. The first line always gets my blood pumping: “Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted, one moment, would you capture it or just let it slip?”
“I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas – Hearing this tune instantly takes me back to the night I won my FWA writing award for Dead Like Me.
What’s one song that takes you back to an important moment in your life?
“It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” by Mister Rogers – I grew up watching this show and hearing the theme song will instantly take me back to my childhood.
“Angel Eyes” by the Jeff Healey Band – In high school, this was my first love and I’s song.
“Jump Around” by House of Pain – This song represents my first two years in college. Although truthfully, it could be substituted for any 90’s dance song.
“Hey Jealousy” by Gin Blossoms – It reminds me of my courtship with my husband.
“Right Here Waiting” by Richard Marx – Song will always remind me of when my husband, who I was dating at the time, was away at Army basic training.
“It’s Your Love” by Faith Hill and Time McGraw – This is the song Winston and I danced to at our wedding.
“I Love You” by Barney – This will always remind me of my children when they were little.
“Lose Yourself” by Eminem – I listened to this song on my Ipod before pitching my book to agents at the Sleuthfest writing conference. The first line always gets my blood pumping: “Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted, one moment, would you capture it or just let it slip?”
“I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas – Hearing this tune instantly takes me back to the night I won my FWA writing award for Dead Like Me.
What’s one song that takes you back to an important moment in your life?
$.99 Sale for "Dead Like Me"
To celebrate the new cover for my mystery novel, "Dead Like Me," I'm running a $.99 sale from July 12 through July 18. If you haven't had a chance to read the first book in my Detective Kate Springer Series, now's your chance. It was named a semi-finalist in the Kindle Book Review's 2013 Best Indie Book Awards competition. Here's the Amazon link. Enjoy!
I Won and You Can Win Too!
As I told you in my last blog post, my Kindle Scout campaign went better than I ever dreamed. Not only did the editors at Amazon decide to read my manuscript, they also chose to publish it. Who hoo!
Everyone who voted for "Splintered" already got their advanced copy of the ebook delivered to their email. But don't worry if you didn't get a copy, the book is now available for pre-order on Amazon with a delivery date of January 26.
Since I won my Kindle Scout campaign, I want to give you a chance to win as well. From 1/16/16 - 2/14/16 I'm running a giveaway of an Amazon Kindle Fire (7" display) to one lucky person who posts an honest review of "Splintered" on Amazon.
After you read the book, go to Amazon's "Splintered" sales page and click on the button "Write a Customer Review". Or you can use the link at the back of the ebook which take you directly to the Amazon page to write the review. Once you've written the review, enter the Rafflecopter giveaway. On the form, give me the name the Amazon review is listed under and your email address so I can contact you if you win.
Thanks in advance to everyone who writes a review. Even a sentence or two is extremely helpful. If "Splintered" has a bunch of reviews when it debuts on January 26, it's likely to get more sales.
Good luck everyone! And may the odds be ever in your favor!
Everyone who voted for "Splintered" already got their advanced copy of the ebook delivered to their email. But don't worry if you didn't get a copy, the book is now available for pre-order on Amazon with a delivery date of January 26.
Since I won my Kindle Scout campaign, I want to give you a chance to win as well. From 1/16/16 - 2/14/16 I'm running a giveaway of an Amazon Kindle Fire (7" display) to one lucky person who posts an honest review of "Splintered" on Amazon.
After you read the book, go to Amazon's "Splintered" sales page and click on the button "Write a Customer Review". Or you can use the link at the back of the ebook which take you directly to the Amazon page to write the review. Once you've written the review, enter the Rafflecopter giveaway. On the form, give me the name the Amazon review is listed under and your email address so I can contact you if you win.
Thanks in advance to everyone who writes a review. Even a sentence or two is extremely helpful. If "Splintered" has a bunch of reviews when it debuts on January 26, it's likely to get more sales.
Good luck everyone! And may the odds be ever in your favor!
