by jess | Apr 18, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Write to Live, Live to Write
PARDON the PREAMBLE, but PENGUIN has announced my PUBLICATION date! Louder than Love will drop, as we say in the music biz, on September 17th. Since my debut novel has music (and fans) at its core, it’s still in keeping with my A to Z theme of the Music-Fan...
by jess | Apr 17, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
So many bloggers posted about “kissing” for K, inspiring me to tell my own odd tale of my first kiss. With this guy: It was that hazy time period between daguerreotypes and upwardly mobile megapixel Smartphone cameras… ah yes, the 80s. It was a huge...
by jess | Apr 16, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
Today’s post in the A -Z Music Fan Connection is related to my post about kids and music festivals. I had a blogger, messymimi, make a great comment on my K post: “There’s times for adults only, and times when it makes sense to make room for Junior,...
by jess | Apr 15, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
Throwing a big ‘horns up’ today to Neda Draupadi Honarvar. While I don’t know Neda personally, nor have I visited her Tough Love Yoga Studio in Atlanta (yet), I *can* say know metal. And I know yoga. And I’ve been so excited to write about her...
by jess | Apr 13, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Write to Live, Live to Write
OK, maybe this post doesn’t fit perfectly in with my Music-Fan connection theme, but I was stumped for ‘L’ today. Louder than Love, my debut novel due out in September, got me thinking about the old adage ‘write what you know’. Musicians...
by jess | Apr 12, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
I would be remiss if I didn’t speak about the future music fans of the world during my A to Z journey through the Music-Fan Connection. Silly parents, festies are for kids, too! The child-friendly options at music festivals increase each year, it seems. From...
by jess | Apr 11, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy, Eye Candy
Ah, the Big Apple. So many sights to see and things to do. You could hop on a double-decker red bus to see the traditional tourist must-sees: Times Square, Central Park, Empire State Building. Or… you can head downtown and let a certain red – and pink and purple...
by jess | Apr 10, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
This ain’t your average neighborhood ice cream man. Meet Matt Allen. Matt Allen, music’s favorite Ice Cream Man In 2004, Matt bought a 1969 Chevy van and hit the streets of Ashland, Oregon. He had a camera, a sense of adventure…and a lot of ice...
by jess | Apr 9, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
Today’s H installment of the A to Z Music-Fan Connection is an introduction to volunteer groups like the Happy Hour Heroes that provide a haven for music fans who wish to remain substance-free at concerts and festivals. Yellow Balloon – Courtesy of Camp...
by jess | Apr 8, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
Taking my A to Z theme The Music-Fan Connection in literal terms: GIVING fans the chance to come on stage and perform with the band. GREEN DAY GIVES GUITAR, GRATIS Three years ago, I took my teenage niece to see Green Day and was pretty wowed by their level of...
