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By: it’s been another year | catching days

it’s been another year | catching days — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:06:58 +0000

[...] 2009: A Day in the Life of Sheri Reynolds-the sweet in-between-waiting for me-snooping-what’s Jackson Browne got to do with it-writing retreat-a brief history of time-winter spring summer fall-abandoned [...]

By: cynthia

cynthia — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:43:45 +0000

Thanks, William!

By: William Sanders

William Sanders — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:30:59 +0000

Cynthia,

You can email me your address or PO Box to williamsandersiii@yahoo.com and I would be happy to forward them to you later this week. I loved the version of “Late for the Sky” he did that night. It truly was the most heartfelt version I have heard live. I hope you enjoy the “Nina Demos” as much as I have.
I will check in on the blog from time to time.
Have a good day,
William Sanders III

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:07:32 +0000

William, thanks so much for your comment. I thought Jackson Browne was great the other night. I only wish I had been recording when he sang Late for the Sky in the first half. Didn’t you think he was amazing on that song? I would love to have copies of the “Nina Demos.” Thanks so much for offering to send them along. I hope you’ll come back to the blog from time to time. Cheers!

By: William Sanders

William Sanders — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:19:13 +0000

Cynthia,

I found your videos of the JB concert in Columbus this evening and I cannot thank you enough for posting them. My fiance` and I were in attendance for the show on the second row and were fortunate enough for JB to play 3 of the songs I yelled for: ” I thought I was a child”, “Sleep’s Dark and Silent Gate” and ” For a Dancer”. This is the fourth time I have had the pleasure of seeing JB and each time it just gets better and more intimate. I find it so interesting that you include JB in your novels. It’s rare to find people who have such a connection with JB such as ourselves.

Have you ever heard of “The Nina Demos”? It is a collection of some of JB’s earliest works from the late 1960′s and early 1970′s. I would be happy to send you copies of them, if you do not already have them. Maybe you could find some new inspiration in these songs for your novels as I have for the soundtrack to my life.

Thanks again for posting these videos and let me know if you would like copies. Nice website by the way.

Father On,

William V Sanders III

By: cynthia

cynthia — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:20 +0000

Sarah, ultimately what I decided about that first novel was that those quotes of the song lyrics helped me with tone and focus and were unnecessary to the finished manuscript–kind of like scaffolding that can come down after the building is in place. And with this new one, the reference just might be slight enough to work.

*BTW, I’ve now listened to my iphone recording of the concert and the setlist is in order and complete.

By: Sarah Laurence

Sarah Laurence — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:13:01 +0000

The music theme seems like a fun way to structure a novel as long as it doesn’t overshadow your writing, keep it in! How much fun to hear your hero in person.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:11:06 +0000

Thanks, Peggy. I also have videos for Lives in the Balance, The Pretender, Going Down to Cuba, and For a Dancer when I have time to format and upload. Takes way more time than I imagined.

And Running on Empty is only the name of the coffee shop in what I’m writing now, a minor detail I hope I can slide in!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:08:03 +0000

Thanks, I’m still working on the setlist and updating the post as I go through what I recorded. I have you coughing on one of the other videos!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:53:25 +0000

Thanks, Darrelyn, for appreciating the post and the sneeze!

By the way, I’ve added a new picture to this post of his row of guitars (just found it on my iphone!) and another video to YouTube of his playing Time the Conqueror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apLhZA-QwZ0. In the middle of the video, he talks to the audience about the “kaleidoscopic nature of time” and forgetting the words to the song.