In the spirit of welcoming a new year and saying goodbye to 2010, I want to thank everyone who has played a big part in my writing life over the last year. I can now say that I have spent an entire year writing Bring Me Back, although to be more precise, it’s more like fourteen months. I learned a lot about myself over the course of 2010—about what I’m capable of and how writing plays into that. Warning: this is going to sound like chicken soup, but…
Category: Adventures in Writing, News Tags: 80s music, author, banks forest, Bring Me Back, Chick Lit, john strohm, karen balcom, music, novel, sam stephenson, sarah dessen, women's fiction
Installment #1: John P. Strohm, Jenn Halter Prenda, Karen Balcom We all have memories of high school that are inexorably tied to music, right? (Hey, I’m pretty sure about this one–wrote an entire book based on that idea.) So, I’m starting a new feature on the blog, five questions about music and high school, answered by anyone who wants to take part. I’ll be posting these in blocks of three. Let me know if you want to take a stab at it or if you know someone who…
Category: News, Rock 'n' Roll High School Tags: 80s music, Bring Me Back, Chick Lit, high school, john strohm, karen balcom, music, novel, women's fiction