Showing posts with label Fiction Picks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fiction Picks. Show all posts
12 Days of Christmas Special : Soul Awakening
Merry Christmas to all our writers and readers!
With 2012 just around the corner, it was only fitting that Downright Fiction's next featured book dealt with spiritual themes and allowed for learning to trust in the unknown! Starting today- for each of the twelve days - we will be doing a daily excerpt from Author Doug Simpson's debut fiction novel, Soul Awakening.
The Color of Music : Excerpt : Chapter Two
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'The Color of Music' is a story of separately raised identical twins who come to discover their musical heritage through their growing years. Self-published author Claire Gordon shares Chapter Two with readers at Downright Fiction.
The Color of Music : An Excerpt
Author Claire Gordon shares with our readers a chapter from her self-published novel, 'The Color of Music,' a story of separately raised identical twins who come to discover their musical heritage through their growing years.Claire began her career with the jazz industry as a secretary for Duke Ellington and even went on to bring together Nat King Cole and her songwriter husband Irving Gordon to record the song "Unforgettable" that Gordon wrote for her.
The subject of twins always intrigued Claire because she was raised with another child her own age; creating a feeling of being a twin.
The Color of Music : How Claire Gordon came to Self-Publish
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| Author Claire Gordon : The Color of Music |
Nothing in her middle-class Los Angeles childhood suggested that Claire Gordon would form an abiding interest in jazz. But by the age of 14, the signs were there. She discovered the music of Duke Ellington and other jazz artists, all while in her teens!
The first major artist to enter her life was singer Maxine Sullivan, who became a life-long friend. Others followed - Nat "King" Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, pianists Art Tatum and Mary Lou Williams, disc jockeys, song writers, more artists, and other jazz buffs.
Fiction Pick : The Color of Music
Here at Downright Fiction, the parallel between music and fiction - and their inter-connection - has always been a topic of interest.
Author of My Unforgettable Jazz Friends, Boy Meets Horn and Marshal Royal: Jazz Survivor - Claire Gordon’s self-published ‘The Color of Music’ brings music into the writing, and we couldn't find a better book to kick off our new fiction picks section!
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