Set to Music

I've been busily revising the sequel to So Lyrical...and it's taking waaaaay longer than I expected. Probably because I never realized I was going to write a second installment with the same characters, and I want to make sure they are true to themselves.

In the second story, normally balls-out Trace finds herself in something of an identity crisis, questioning and censoring everything she says around Zander because of residual paranoia from his sneak-attack breaking up after she dropped the L bomb by mistake.

All of this is a long-winded way of saying, a while back I got stuck on where to go with the story next, and ended up writing these funny lyrics (read: bad poetry). I envisioned a girl trying to do anything and everything to make a guy like her (dressing preppy, pretending to be into everything he's into, etc), before finally realizing what crap that was and saying, "Screw it. I'm going to look and act and dress the way I want to." Anyway, here's the chorus:

But now the sun is shining on my brand-new tattoo
Pierced my belly, my eyebrow and way down there too
Turned my brown hair black, and my brown eyes blue
Get the message I'm sending?
I'm done with pretending
Here's the real me for you

Bonus points for adding music. I've got to get back to my story.

Comments

[kellye]

Hey Trish!
First of all, LOVE those lyrics! Thanks for posting on my lj. Nice to meet a new kindred spirit. So Lyrical looks fun. Can you have your publisher send me a review copy? Please email me at kelcrocker at mchsi dot com and I'll send you my address. I write an every-other-month YA review column for The Des Moines Register. I just finished my first novel rough draft (pant, pant) and it has some rock star doings in it. (If you have time, check out my "Rock Star pro or con" post on my live journal.)

I wasn't sure from your post if you're still freelancing. Would love to talk to you more about making the switch to full-time fiction. Also am wondering if you've published other books (because you mention that SL is your first ya...) I'm always up for talking writing, etc. I'm not really able to exchange manuscripts right now because I'm in school (just now starting year two--of two, supposedly--in my MFA in writing for kids/ya). When school ends a year from now, I'll definitely be up for it. Good luck with your sequel! What a complement that they wanted more from your characters!

kellye

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