Today I'm kicking off the tour for a special book. The Perfect Tear is a beautiful story and I look forward to sharing my thoughts on the book with you on Nov 15. For now, please help me welcome singer, songwriter and author Connie Lansberg. Scroll down and read her guest post about how her songwriting is connected to the book and be sure to enter the giveaway to win a copy of The Perfect Tear!
Book Title: The Perfect Tear by Connie Lansberg
Category: YA fiction, 324 pages
Genre: Fairytale / Fantasy
Publisher: Rockit Press
Release date: Dec 15, 2015
Tour dates: Oct 31 to Nov 25, 2016
Content Rating: G (This book is family friendly)
Book Description:
Eleanor, a timid orphan, has no clue to her real purpose, but she also has no desire to become a subservient old maid, like the miserable nuns she is forced to with. Eleanor believes Edward, whom she loves, will save her from being forced to take vows. She knows Mother Superior has no intention of letting her leave–her songs are the only thing keeping the grey mist at bay. Her devastation is complete when she discovers Edward is a prince and heir to the throne, but it is the impetus she needs to leave the safety of the abbey and go in search of her long lost father.
She doesn’t get far before discovering her true destiny. With only her instincts to protect her, she must match wits with a powerful being intent on the destruction of her world. If she does not find The Perfect Tear and release its healing power into the land, she will become an accomplice in the destruction of all she loves.
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How My Songwriting is Connected to The Perfect Tear
by Connie Lansberg
Whether
it’s a song or a weighty tome, words have the same importance in
creating mood, setting, character, conflict and resolution– story.
As
a child, I would sit for hours writing line after line of rhymes just
for the fun of it. I didn’t connect that to songwriting until much
later. I didn’t actually think I could sing because at that time, I
didn’t hear a voice anywhere, that was like mine. On the other
hand, there were many terrible singers on the radio and it occurred
to me that because they wrote their own songs, no one was judging
them against the original version. I always tell a story in my songs
and it was actually ten songs I wrote around certain themes that led
first to the screenplay and much later the first book in the series.
I
took those ten songs and just finished a live studio album which is
being mixed as we speak. It goes with the book and I’ve called it
Tsera’s Gift. You’ll know the meaning of the title once you’ve
read the book. I’ve actually tied together the three aspects of my
writing–songs, scripts and books under this one title. I have to
say songs are the easiest. They usually come out almost fully formed.
Scripts are the hardest because they have a professional language you
need to learn and they have to be producer ready. There are very few
courses that teach that.
With
songwriting you have to be as sparing as possible for the greatest
impact. Scripts are tight and very disciplined as are songs, and
books are where you can really play. Writing books is like the reward
for being disciplined in the other two forms. All three are fun, but
with songs, I can take my amazing musicians into the jazz club and
play them for people straight away. It’s a wonderful counterpoint
to how long scripts and books take to give feedback. The entire story
of The Perfect Tear was born out of these ten original songs and
hopefully they will make into the movie too–the Perfect Tear could
be my perfect circle.
Thank
you Laura, for letting me part of your wonderful blog.
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About the Author
Connie Lansberg is a singer/songwriter, scriptwriter and now author with the publication of her first book The Perfect Tear. Connie studied script writing at AFTR and has had songs placed in major Australian TV series. She has just complete an album of songs connected to the book and will be performing these live at her weekly jazz gig in Melbourne.
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Intriguing and captivating. Thanks.
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