Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The P-Town Playlist: I Won't Back Down

From time to time, I've posted the music I listened to while writing P-Town Queen. I like to think of of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" as Nikki's theme song.

















Nikki Silva feels like she’s blown up her life even as her brothers tease her about blowing up a boat called the Mona Lisa. Divorced, funding for her shark research cut off, she’s moved back to Provincetown to live with her father in her childhood home. Nikki hopes to regain herself. She’s written a grant proposal for the newly formed Massachusetts Bay Commission to fund a study that will get her back to the sort of research she loves. The commission is run by her ex-husband Ned, who would rather have a migraine than give money to his ex-wife.

            Marco Tornetti wants to turn a hole-in-the-wall Newark spaghetti joint into a trendy bistro. His silent partner, Fat Phil Lagosa, wants to use the place to solicit questionable business deals.  When Fat Phil accuses Marco of a double cross and has him taken for a ride by one of his hit men, Marco knows he’s in too deep.

            Marco escapes the hit man and takes the first bus out of the Tri-state area, a bus chartered by the Greater Teaneck Gay Men’s Choir and headed for Provincetown. Marco figures that Phil would never look for him in Provincetown‘s gay community. But when he meets Nikki and falls hard for her, he finds that pretending to be gay isn’t as easy as it would seem.


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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The P-Town Playlist: Born This Way

The book is the P-Town Queen. Lady Gaga's Born This Way is perfect for the playlist. Don't be a drag! Just be a Queen!

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The P-Town Playlist: I Run to You

Now and again, I like to share the music I listen to while writing.
For P-Town, the music was upbeat, mostly, and a mix of music styles from rock to pop to country.
I don't have a lot of country tunes on my i-pod, but I like this one,  I Run to You, by Lady Antebellum.  It kind of embodies the spirit of the book



Monday, January 16, 2012

Chances Are

At the opening of Blueberry Truth, Beanie has planned a romantic evening. Her husband, Mac, has an emergency at the hospital where he practices. Beanie's not happy about being stood up.

 Johnny Mathis has sung “Chances Are” four times now, and chances are not awfully good Mac will be home anytime soon. I try to be sympathetic; Mac is a pediatric cardiologist. His high-pressure job has irregular hours, and he’s stood me up before, though always with good reason. Mac wouldn’t be Mac if he didn’t go the extra mile for his patients. But despite all his good intentions, I’m about ready to throttle him.

 "Chances Are" was first released in 1957 and has been a favorite with romantics ever since. Here's Johnny Mathis, singing the original version.


Blueberry Truth is available as an e-book

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Thirteen Songs from Beanie's Playlist

I like to listen to music while I dream up trouble for my characters. When Blueberry Truth was released, I began to post some of the music from the playlist I'd used while writing and editing the book on my Facebook author page.

Here are thirteen songs from the list. You can click them on to watch and listen to a you-tube version of the song.

1. Blossom, Ryan Adams
2. Angel Dream, Tom Petty
3. Baby, Dave Matthews
4. Make you Feel my Love, Adele
5. Something to Believe in, Shawn Colvin
6. Summertime, Janis Joplin
7. Father and Daughter, Paul Simon
8. Close your Eyes, James Taylor and Carly Simon
9. Shelter from the Storm, Bob Dylan
10.Brand New Day, Van Morrison
11. Breaking Silence, Janis Ian
12.Honor them All, Janis Ian
13.My Baby Needs a Shepard, Emmy Lou Harris


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