April 21st, 2013

You know I'm getting psyched about this next book.  It needed a lot of rewrites but the joy of rewrites is, as much as they suck, in the end you get something so much better than you ever thought possible.  The flow is going much better and I was able to eliminate things that grated on my nerves.  Not that I understood much why these things bothered me, just that they did.


The book is set in post apocalyptic United States, but not immediately after whatever it was that caused the destruction.   It's sort of like Steven King's Gunslinger world.  Things are practically back to a medieval level, but with random references to the world we live in now.  One of the major ones will be music.  The heroine is a singer as well as many other things. **Warning:  Small Spoiler**  A very small part of her back-story is her parents were traveling minstrels that studied the music of the "ancients".  Just imagine all the fun that could be had with that.  I'm interweaving songs from today, looking at the melody and the lyrics for things that would have meaning in this new world.  


Just of a couple of the groups included will be Plumb and Soundgarden as well as few individuals like Adelle and Corine Bailey Rae.  I want to show readers new music they might never have listened to as well as give them a chance to see it in a whole new light.  Lets look at how these songs effect a generation and how it would be seen to following generations.  When George Gershwin wrote music did he know it was going to shape an entire genre?  Did the Beetles know how much they would effect an entire generation and the generations that followed?  What music now will stand the test of time and why?


Making all these changes I'm falling in love with the story again.  Its not heavy action like 'Silent Heart' Or 'Under A Twisted Moon'.  There are some real life issues but the descriptions aren't as brutal.  There isn't a whole lot of wondering and worrying if the hero and heroine will fall in love.  However, this is a book of enduring love.  It's almost a snapshot of a year in the couple's life and all the things that brought them closer together.  A look at the way solid marriages work.  There is a deep earth magick involved  and the fate of a nation.  Its a softer book than I normally write which is why I wasn't sure I was going to share it with the world at all, but I think it's time Morna and Arrick got out of my hard drive.  They have lessons to teach and you know, sometimes you just want a book that makes you feel good.  Life for them is never picture perfect, only moments, but they make you smile anyway.


Keep a look out for 'Morning Song' hopefully coming July or August.