Raine Balkera - Romance Author

David Robert Jones 8 Jan, 47 – 10 Jan, 16 Known professionally as David Bowie It is sometimes what we perceive to be the strangest of people who turn out to be the most well-balanced of them all, and none more so true than with this man. I'll start by offering a  link  to his Proust Questionnaire answers, published in   Vanity Fair   back in August, 1998, which is both enlightening and a fun read. David loved to read, so be sure and check out his list of 75 must-reads that follows the questionnaire. Now, I'll be honest and admit that not only am I still on the fence about Mr. Bowie and his music, I'm also just as stunned by my reaction to the news of his passing. He was never a favorite of mine, but I did enjoy some of his music, which doesn't seem like enough enthusiasm for the news of his death to have this strong of an impact on me. Die-hard fans of punk will know that Punk began back in the 70's (not the 90's), and with guys like David ...

There are a lot of neat, new ways to get your message across today, but I'm not talking social media. When I was younger, one dream job was to read/record novels (which would have been exclusively for the blind at that time). Today, anyone can listen to their favorite stories via LibriVox or some other website, but there are other places where you can read your own work or have someone else do it and offer it alongside your print version. This is too cool and something I'm seriously considering with my two novels. There are also a few websites that let you insert music in your eBook - but, they are domain sounds and not likely to be anything you really want added to help convey a mood or enhance a crucial scene. Most of us just create play lists and listen to them while we're writing. I have four media players on my laptop, but the one that is easiest -- Windows Media Player -- is also the one that is loaded with the most play lists. Some of the play list...