#AtoZChallenge: Frank Zappa

My father in 1992                          Frank Zappa

Okay, short and sweet today, being the last day of the challenge and all ...

I've never listened to Frank, but everyone used to say my father looked like him. And that inspired a line in my debut novel!

What do you reckon? No resemblance at all, right? ;o)

Don't forget to drop by Dawn Ius' blog, my partner in crime, to see her music pick for Z.


To see a list of A-Z Challenge hosts and participants, click here. 

To listen to my music click here!

PS: I will email the last music winner personally tomorrow.


PPS: I'm thinking I might take a blog break until next Monday ... I suppose you'll know my decision if I don't post again this week :o)

A sad sad day for many authors ...

Unfortunately, my publisher, Lucky Press, has ceased publication. It's a very sad day for us all. We were a very close-knit family and I will always remember my time working with Janice Phelps Williams with fondness. I wish you the best with your future endeavors, Janice! And I hope to stay in touch with the authors too. To see a list of Lucky Press Authors, click here.

If you're now wondering what is going to happen to my novel, String Bridge, well ... it won't be available to purchase from Monday, April 30. But I'm telling you now, I will travel through hell and high water get it back into the market as soon as possible.

Have a great weekend, all. And remember, all good things come to an end.

But that's just a sign to seek out something even better.

PS: If you're here from A-Z, my Y post is below.

#AtoZChallenge: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

WINNER #12: Congratulations Bryan Russell! Send me an email to let me know which album of mine you want and I'll send you a download link.
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I'm a pretty new listener of this band, so they haven't really been in my life long enough to inspire me. But I "like" them. And they start with Y. So all I got to say about that is, Yeah Yeah Yeah, A-Z is almost OVER! :o)

On Monday I will announce the last winner to receive a free download of one of my albums. Thanks to all who stopped by and commented during the challenge, and I hope those of you who left with music, are enjoying it! :o)

Have a great weekend!




Don't forget to drop by Dawn Ius' blog, my partner in crime, to see her music pick for Y.


To see a list of A-Z Challenge hosts and participants, click here. 

To listen to my music click here!

#AtoZChallenge: X

These guys, as well as Sonic Youth, make me wish I was born at least a decade earlier so I could have been a teen in their prime. I was definitely born into this world too late. Definitely was meant to be a punk. Yep. Definitely. Someone in charge of the universe made a really terrible mistake. I think they put the wrong brain in the wrong head and attached it to the wrong body.

X was an Australian punk band formed in the late 70s, which I was a little obsessed with in my late teens, during the time I was obsessed with Sonic Youth. Yeah, I know. Late to the party again.

I was introduced to these guys one night when my parents took me to one of their (last?) gigs. My parents knew them personally. Not sure how well. But as far as I can remember, they seemed to get on pretty well. I think I saw them in a pub in St Kilda, can't remember which one. I can't even remember how old I was. It's strange that when I think back to going to that gig I feel like I was really small, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't. Or ... maybe I'm not.

Have you got any memories where you can't gauge how old you were?




Don't forget to drop by Dawn Ius' blog, my partner in crime, to see her music pick for X.


To see a list of A-Z Challenge hosts and participants, click here. 

To listen to my music click here!

REMEMBER! During the challenge, I will choose a random commenter every two days, to receive a free download of one of my albums. Your choice! That's thirteen winners. How does that sound? Tell your friends! Just comment for a chance to win.

#AtoZChallenge: Tom Waits

WINNER #11: Congratulations Sarah Ahiers! Send me an email to let me know which album of mine you want and I'll send you a download link.
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I have been a long time fan of Tom Waits but never knew it. I have listened to his songs over and over, and never knew it. I have basked in his genius all my life, and never knew it.

A blogger buddy of mine would always talk about him with enthusiasm, and I would think, "Blech, really? What's so great about him?" Humble apologies to you  Stephen T. McCarthy for distrusting your taste!

The other night, not so long ago, perhaps even as short as two or three months, I was lying on my couch listening to a record my partner put on, and the song embedded below began to play ... and I thought, "God I have always loved this song. Um ... who is it?" I looked at the cover resting by the turntable and lo and behold!, guess who it was? Tom Waits! The guy Stephen raved about on his blog all the time as though he were some kind of deity. Now I understand ... he is a deity ...

You had any surprising revelations lately?



Don't forget to drop by Dawn Ius' blog, my partner in crime, to see her music pick for W.


To see a list of A-Z Challenge hosts and participants, click here. 

To listen to my music click here!

REMEMBER! During the challenge, I will choose a random commenter every two days, to receive a free download of one of my albums. Your choice! That's thirteen winners. How does that sound? Tell your friends! Just comment for a chance to win.

#AtoZChallenge: Veruca Salt

Oh my gosh! The song below is one of THE best songs ever. But you know what? I was VERY late on the bandwagon with these gals.

I'd heard them on the radio, etc, in the 90s. They were played at all the parties I attended. But I was too busy being cool with the boys, such as Smashing Pumpkins, Regurgitator, Nine Inch Nails, and Rage Against The Machine, to really notice them. It wasn't until my mid 20s that I dug out this record and pumped up the volume, and thought, jeez, where was my head? (I guess you can imagine, being a teen and all ...)

These gals ROCK!

Any bands/musicians that bloomed a little late on your taste buds?




Don't forget to drop by Dawn Ius' blog, my partner in crime, to see her music pick for V.


To see a list of A-Z Challenge hosts and participants, click here. 

To listen to my music click here!

REMEMBER! During the challenge, I will choose a random commenter every two days, to receive a free download of one of my albums. Your choice! That's thirteen winners. How does that sound? Tell your friends! Just comment for a chance to win.

#AtoZChallenge: U2

WINNER #10: Congratulations NATE WILSON! Send me an email to let me know which album of mine you want and I'll send you a download link.
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Okay, so I'm not a fan of U2. But this song (and this song only) always makes me teary ...

You know, I tried to like this band. I really really did. I even started forcing myself to listen to their music, to (is there such a thing as "ween into"?) anyway, to get myself to like them. Nada ... CAN. NOT. DO. IT.

But yeah, I still love this song ...

Any bands you dislike with a song that you do?



Don't forget to drop by Dawn Ius' blog, my partner in crime, to see her music pick for U.


To see a list of A-Z Challenge hosts and participants, click here. 

To listen to my music click here!

REMEMBER! During the challenge, I will choose a random commenter every two days, to receive a free download of one of my albums. Your choice! That's thirteen winners. How does that sound? Tell your friends! Just comment for a chance to win.