03rd Oct2008

Lyrically Speaking for October 3

by Aaron

Good Friday everyone! Today brings a new edition of lyrically speaking for all of you to enjoy. I wanted to bring it back home a little bit and let you guys know about a local band that you all probably have heard of. The band nine days had their breakout hit “story of a girl” back around 2000. I’m sure all most all of you heard it on your main radio stations where you live. Unfortunately nine days seem to be a one-hit wonder. But here on Long Island things are a little bit different.

Nine days started out as a local band that took the area by storm and want a very publicized contest to become the best band on Long Island. I knew the song “story of a girl” approximately 3-4 years before anybody heard it on the radio outside of the area. After they faded away from the national music scene they laid low around here too, but still continue to put out some material. Recently, the band put out a new EP with some great songs on it.

The new album’s slow-motion life part one is a collection of six songs that sound really great. One of the top songs is an inspirational melody called “brand-new me”. The music on the song is fantastic but the lyrics are even more powerful. I just heard this album for the first time last week and knew right away that some of the songs had to become part of the lyrically speaking series. I hope you all enjoy the song as much as I do.

From the band Nine Days, this is Brand New Me:

i could not change, i could not be
what you needed me to be
so i lay down my arms
and i will fight no more
give my wounds some time to heal
so i cannot feel
let me be numb so i can smile
and fake it for a while

just give me faith and give me love
let it fall from up above
give me something i don’t know
that i do not recognize
a brand new face, a brand new soul
let me rise up from the old
become someone you don’t know
that you will not recognize

and if i knew your memory
looking back what would i see
were you different on your own
how could i know
and is it easier to heal
do you break now just to feel
a little something after all
and now something is gone

just give me faith and give me love
let it fall from up above
give me something i don’t know
that i do not recognize
a brand new face, a brand new soul
let me rise up from the old
become someone you don’t know
that you will not recognize

follow in your will that’ll get there for you
following behind and i won’t ignore you
i hear the voices in my head
but i do not listen to them

just give me faith and give me love
let it fall from up above
give me something i don’t know
a brand new face, a brand new soul
let me rise up from the old
become someone you don’t know

just give me wind upon my back
let me say that i won’t come back
take me somewhere i don’t know
that i do not recognize
a brand new place to call my own
let me rise up from the old
become someone you don’t know
that you will not recognize
that you will not recognize
that you will not recognize

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02nd Oct2008

I’m reading Freezing Point, are you?

by Aaron

Happy Thursday everybody! I hope everybody is doing well, and enjoyed yesterday’s post about the freezing point launch party. If you haven’t gotten a chance to head over to Karen’s website I highly recommend you check it out. A quick update from me, I am currently enjoying the book and as of last night I am ready to start chapter five. I will say that so far the book is definitely interesting and I think it’s a keeper. If you enjoy books such as Jurassic Park were other thrillers that have a scientific background I think you will enjoy freezing point.

Of course, as you can see from the picture above, I am reading the book on my Amazon Kindle. I pre-ordered the book the day before it came out, so that when I turned my Kindle on as I was eating dinner at work it popped up on my main menu within about 30 seconds. I have enjoyed what I’ve read so far.

Yesterday I did work on Spirit hackers but unfortunately I did not get too much writing done. I only typed approximately 460 words, so I did not get very far. I may get a little bit in today and it’s not looking optimistic considering that it is currently noon and I have to start getting ready for work in about an hour. On the upside, I really like what I’ve written so far I think the story has good depth to it. I am actually surprised about how good it is so far, though I know I won’t think that when I go into the editing stages. For now, I’ll take what I had been given and run with it.

I hope everybody has a great day, gets some writing done, and enjoys this beautiful fall weather.

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01st Oct2008

Freezing Point is out now!

by Aaron

A few days ago I blogged about a new book coming out called Freezing Point. This book seems to be a thriller written in Crichton’s style. Of course this is right up my alley. I first heard about this book from Melanie, over at “What Am I Doing in Mexico?” as this book is written by her aunt Karen Dionne.

Well Freezing Point is out now, and I have already purchased it for my Kindle. I’m only one chapter in, but already the book has a great pace to it and I’m excited to get sucked into this new story. Even more impressive is that Dionne is using the web to help get exposure for the book. I hope you all join me in supporting Karen and reading a great book in the process.

Due to the geographical restrictions of all her readers, Karen Dionne is throwing an online launch party! I HIGHLY recommend everyone check it out, as she’s giving away prizes! You can visit Karen Dionne’s book launch party at www.freezingpointlaunchparty.com.

Here’s more details about the festivities:

An innovative thriller author throws a new kind of party

In a YouTube world, it’s becoming ever more difficult for authors to grab and hold readers’ attention. To a Web 2.0 generation accustomed to tag clouds, wikis and widgets, authors’ static text-and-images-only websites are as outdated as Fred Flintstone’s writing tablets.

“Authors naturally think in terms of words,” says Karen Dionne, whose debut thriller Freezing Point about an environmental disaster in Antarctica releases October 2 from Berkley. “But on the Internet, we’re not limited to text. Today’s Internet is very visual, very interactive.”

Savvy authors are taking a page from the digital age and posting book trailers to their websites. Dionne is going them one better. With help from renowned thriller authors David Morrell, Lee Child, James Rollins, Gayle Lynds, Douglas Preston, and John Lescroart, Dionne is throwing an online book launch party where family, friends, and fans can mingle and win prizes – and catch the buzz about her new novel in the process.

As co-founder of Backspace, an Internet-based writers organization with hundreds of members in a dozen countries, Dionne knew only a handful of friends would be able to attend her book launch no matter where it was held. So she set out to recreate the traditional launch party experience on the Web.

Entertainment for the October 1 – 3 event includes video welcomes from bestselling thriller authors, a reading by a professional voice actress who’s also a New York Times author, standup comedy from one of her author friends – even testimony from a medical doctor regarding the science behind the story’s premise. There are door prizes: a boxed set of the BBC’s “Planet Earth” series on DVD, bottles of genuine iceberg water, and Penguin Gear from her publisher. And because a book launch party wouldn’t be complete without, well, books, two independent booksellers are making signed copies available.

“Writers shouldn’t be afraid of the Internet,” says Dionne. “We’re creative people. We can figure out how to use the Internet to spread the word about our books in new and exciting ways.”

Compared to a real-world book launch, Dionne says her online party has definite advantages. “Where else but on the Internet could my mom hang out with Lee Child?” There’s no limit to the guest list, work schedules and time zones don’t even factor, and perhaps best of all, Dionne’s guests can attend wearing their pajamas.

Visit Karen Dionne’s book launch party at www.freezingpointlaunchparty.com.

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