The Look

In 1989, Swedish duo Roxette finally got their breakout hit. A song that literally went around the world for them and made them an international pop sensation. Several more songs would follow, including some more really big hits.

But this song is where it started.

Getting an opinion

I did a little experiment today with Jeremy's Kiss.  When I first released the book I had the pitch on the back cover.  Later I changed the pitch and entered the book in a contest (sadly the pitch wasn't good enough to get into the next round of the contest).

I was not able to tell which pitch was actually better though.

So I asked a friend who has a daughter who knows nothing about me at all (they live across the country) to read both pitches as if they were 2 different books and tell me whether or not she would be interested in reading the book.  Then which book she would prefer.

So my non-scientific experiment with an unbiased person indicated that I should be using the newer pitch.  I think I'll keep it.

What am I writing about?

That's quite a huge question while working on a novel. Not just any novel either. This is a sequel to my first novel. So I need to follow up that story, keep the characters consistent or growing.

I get into the story...then find myself at a point where I am not sure what is happening next, or how events proceed. Or in my current case, how do I get from what I have written to where I expect the scene to get to?

I'm at that point right now. I know what I want in the scene, but I need to get from where I have written so far to that point. It's like it's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't quite say the word. It will come to me. I just have to relax. Rest. Exercise. Ride the motorcycle, and survive difficult times at work.

This story will come out.

Metro

Terri Nunn was the lead singer for Berlin, an American group formed in Los Angeles in 1978. They really don't have anything to do with Germany or that small little hamlet in Germany (maybe its a touch bigger than a hamlet...can't say I've been there myself, but I've heard of it).

Now for a little bit of trivia about this band. The lead singer Terri Nunn left the band for a short time to try to become an actress. She auditioned for the role of Leia Organa in a film that didn't have many big name actors. Leia Organa is best known as Princess Leia and the role went to Carrie Fischer, the rest is history of course.