Salutations, my sweets!
I guess that some of you may be reading this blog for the first time, having found the address in the back of my new book, Let's get Lost. In which case, I say welcome! I try to update my blog weekly-ish with news, views and lots of ungodly whining.
And really, that's the main theme at the moment. Let's Get Lost goes on sale in North America (which includes Canada, yes?) tomorrow. And you should all go and buy it because it will change your lives in a myriad of amazing ways. Blah blah blah. Being British, I find the hard-sell a bit unseemly, so instead I will direct you to a little added value post I wrote for my Amazon plog, where I shared the playlist I listened to while I was writing the book. This is something I always try to do as a mood-shifter, a source of inspiration and a way of getting inside my character's head. I'm not saying that Isabel would know or even like all of these songs, but some of them are just so her. And certainly, she knows, loves and constantly listens to Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl by Broken Social Scene.
So, without further ado,
Broken Social Scene - Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl
Rilo Kiley - Portions For Foxes
Belle And Sebastian - Expectations
Ladytron - Seventeen
Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds
Camera Obscura - Suspended From Class
The Shins - Caring Is Creepy
Black Box Recorder - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
Bright Eyes - Travellin' Song
Tindersticks - Tiny Tears
Thelma Houston - Crazy, Mixed-Up Girl
(Most of these fine recordings are available on iTunes and they're well worth checking out.)
You may want to actually follow this link to the Amazon plog because I did a nifty little website link for each artiste, because it was one click html coding. If I tried to do that here, my brain would explode.
In other news, I've just finished the first draft of the second book in my new series. The final draft of the first book is still in its padded envelope staring balefully at me, while I try to ignore it. Have I really talked about drafts? Would you like me to? What else would you like to know?
Finally, I'd like to say a big, shiny thank you to all the people who left comments in the lost post at blogspot – that's ,Caitlin, devann-dianna, madisonxxx, Caitlin (again?!) sarab3, Victoria, fairuh, lucy, and sinead – I'm really glad that the books meant so much to you.
OK, I need to go to the post office and drink more coffee.
Live on
Sarra x
(cross-posted to http://blog.myspace.com/sarramanning)
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2 comments:
I heart and circle and whatever-your-favorite-shape-is-- mine's a circle-- you for oh so many reasons, but the one on my mind currently is your wicked awesome taste in music. You have no idea what kind of crazy dance moves I manipulate my body into doing while listening to some of these fantastic songs. Kudos for you. (You don't know how loud I was screaming when I read "Portions for Foxes" on the list when I was listening to "Portions for Foxes.") Now you have good day. :D
Sarra!
Yes, I have, like everyone else, come to shower you with praise.
It is not very often a book makes me go "wow", let alone "I wish I had written that!".
So I'd like to thank you for that.
An amazingly talented writer and fantastic taste in music, you just keep getting better, don't you?
Best of luck with the new books!!
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