The
Forty Watt Flowers
by
C.M. Subasic
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BLURB:
All
Trisha wants to do is create something meaningful. Since she's living
in Athens, GA, she brings four other women together and the rock band
The Forty Watt Flowers is formed. But making good music isn't as easy
as it sounds. From the jock atmosphere of the garage where they
rehearse to the beer-soaked bars when they gig, these five young
women struggle to find beauty in the mess of notes they try to play
and the chaos of their lives.
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Excerpt:
The
relationship panorama
The plot
points of their relationship washed over her in one panoramic tidal
wave. That first kiss, like a whirlwind, in the Oconee Cemetery.
Those glorious and crazy first three days they spent together, naked,
drinking, eating, having sex. The emails and instant messages back
and forth after she'd returned to Savannah. The decision that she'd
move up to Athens. Nesting, cooking, days full of love. The touch of
his fingers on the back of her neck. The everlasting dark silences.
The eggshells she walked on as she tried to figure out his moods.
Then, of course, the baby, the baby, the baby.
He
wanted a baby and she'd said yes and now she was having second
thoughts. That was unfair, he said. This obviously showed that she
wasn't as committed to the relationship as he was. She was as bad as
girls always say guys are, wasn't she? Wanting the sex but not the
commitment.
Ra ra
women's lib. Lookit what ya won. You've made yourself into a goddamn
cad.
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A great book for all those who love the feel of the music scene. The plot and characters will captivate you! The authors ability of writing shows each page you read, never a disappointing moment. This book also inspire, at least I think it does, for more women to do what it is they love to do! A great read for all!
*Received for an honest review*
*Received for an honest review*
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
C.M.
Subasic
Colleen
is award-winning editor who started her writing life as a playwright.
She has had 7 plays produced across Canada and worked with the likes
of Samantha Bee (yes, from The Daily Show) and Leah Cherniak.
Her
plays include Back Alley Boys about the hardcore punk scene in
Toronto, Eye am Hear which tells the tale of a luddite teenage
squatters at some undetermined punkish time in the future, A Brief
Case of Crack Addicted Cockroaches about the relationship between the
media and politics featuring a city councillor who smokes crack
(which was never produced because it was too off the wall) and
Interbastation about the beauty in ugliness and the ugliness in
beauty. Her novel Public Image tied for second in the Anvil Press
International 3-day Novel competition.
In
addition to her work as a playwright, Colleen puts on the dramaturgy,
editor and script doctor hats for a range of publishers, producers
and writer clients. She has a Master in Creative Writing from the
prestigious UBC Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing and
has taught play writing at the university level. She's also done the
Board of Directors thing with the Playwrights Guild of Canada, The
Playwrights Theatre Centre in Vancouver and other arts organizations.
She
was managing editor of Taking the Stage: Selections from plays by
Canadian Women which was selected as the "most saleable dramatic
publication of the year" by the Canadian Booksellers'
Association. She has also been awarded Arts Council grants by the
province of Ontario and Nova Scotia. She has served on the judging
panel of several internationl novel awards. Her one-person play
Interbastation was selected as one of the top-10 best shows by CBC
Winnipeg in 1998.
She
lived in Athens from 1999 to 2001 and, while there, reviewed and
edited manuscripts for Hill Street Press.
Colleen
currently resides in her birthplace, Toronto, with three grey cats
and a drawer full of lint brushes.
LINKS:
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GIVEAWAY
INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE
The
author will be awarding a $20 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn
winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a print copy of The
Forty Watt Flowers (US/Canada only) to 2 randomly drawn hosts.
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