How Music as a Teen Meant so much
As a teen my music defined me. I listened to Tracy
Chapman, Enya and Lady Blacksmith Mombasa. Songs filled with longing, freedom
and tales of woe that echoed my teen life resonated with me. When I heard those
songs I poured my feelings into poetry. I wrote and wrote lines of words that
connected me to something.
Always when I felt down I poured those feeling into
poetry. Some teens turn to painting, writing music or playing music to let out
their emotions. Teens, like adults, need outlets. I’m a writer. Without writing
I’m sure I’d be locked up in the nut house. Like many adult I juggle lots—children,
working and writing.
When I write the demons go away. When I write the
pain fades and I become engrossed with the lives of my characters. Sometimes
writing can be a chore but once I start I lose track of time.
Yes, writing is
work and writing a realistic contemporary teen book when you’re an adult can be
daunting but isn’t that life—daunting. One day at time. That was my motto as a
teen. I used that to get through the lonely days and then I plotted away out. I
set a goal, much like I do with writing. As for finding that teen voice. I
delved deep. Sure I used some modern slang to make it real but for most of it I
tried to keep the first person POV of my two girls in Off Limits just like how
two normal teens talk.
Today when I write I listen to CBC radio. Why? It’s
like white noise in the background and I can tune into the news when I want to.
My taste in music has changed but those Tracy Chapman songs still pull at me.
What do you listen to when you read? If you’re a writer is there a specific
music you listen to?
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Off Limits
By Renee Pace
Genre:YA
blurb:
Lindsay looks and acts like the perfect fifteen year-old, but she’s hiding a dirty little secret that no amount of fashionista coverings can make better. Telling her mother her step-father is molesting her is not an option. Trying to kill herself again haunts her more than the scars on her wrists, and pretending to be perfect at school might very well drive her over the edge.
Megan knows all about lying. It's been part of her life ever since she realized the only way to escape her poverty-stricken neighborhood was to work hard, keep her mouth shut and wear a mask no one can penetrate. All that changes when Lindsay befriends her.
Can two girls who have little in common discover the value of a real friendship or will the secrets they dare not speak destroy them both?
Off Limits purchase links:
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About the Author:
Renee Pace is a multi-published author who likes to tackle real teen issues in her nitty gritty series. She calls Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada home. Mother of four she juggles writing, deadlines and her children’s hectic schedules. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada, the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia, and the Society of Children Writers & Illustrators. Her first nitty gritty book, Off Leash was a 2011 semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest. Her second book Off Limits tackles poverty and sexual abuse, and for her third book, Off Stroke debuting May 2012 Pace writes about young love and prejudice.
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3 comments:
Thanks so much for hosting me today. While my nitty gritty series is contemporary really for my characters that's their horror-filled life - reality as harsh and brutal as it is, we live through it.
Nice post. I don't listen to music when I read.
I find it interesting when I read about a writer who's inspired while writing and listening to music. When I'm doing something I need to concentarte on, I find music distracting. Then again, maybe that's why writers use it, maybe less focus allows deas to pop up.
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