Category Archives: life experiences

Music and Freedom- #MusicTuesday Guest Post by February Grace

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Mary Rowen

  The Music Tuesday series continues with bestselling author February Grace. This post really resonates with me for many reasons, including the fact that “Do They Know It’s Christmas” is one of my very favorite Christmas songs. Thanks so much, … Continue reading →

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Music Tuesday: Guest Post by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Mary Rowen

  Music Tuesday continues today with a great post by best-selling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson. You can learn more about Carolyn and her books below. ~~~~~~~~~ It’s 1973. A seven year old me dances around the front room of my … Continue reading →

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Music Tuesday Debut: Guest Post by JT Twissel–The World’s Worst Folksingers

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Mary Rowen

Today is the first day of a new blog series called MUSIC TUESDAY. If you’re familiar with my books LIVING BY EAR and LEAVING THE BEACH, you know they both have strong music themes, although they’re very different stories.  I’m … Continue reading →

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Are Lyrics Dead in Pop Music?

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Mary Rowen

Recently, I did a book talk at a local senior center. Their book club had read Living by Ear, and they’d invited me to visit. Now, since both of my books feature characters who love music—particularly music by artists known … Continue reading →

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Rock On, Women!!

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Mary Rowen

Therefore, when I went out this past Friday night to see the Boston band The Vivs, I was almost overcome with emotion, partially because I realized how much my character, Chris Daley, (in the novel Living by Ear) could learn from them. The Vivs, you see, have a few things in common with Chris. But while Chris struggles and flounders, The Vivs don’t seem to be doing very much of that at all.
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A Nod to the Screenwriters who Wrote for Robin Williams

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Mary Rowen

When it comes to actors, Robin Williams was about as perfect as they come. If an actor’s job is to breathe humanity into a character who starts out as nothing more than words on a page, then Mr. Williams did … Continue reading →

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The Fine Line Between Fitness and Orthorexia

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Mary Rowen

Orthorexia—have you heard of it? I hadn’t until a couple of weeks ago. Or maybe I should say that I’d never heard the word orthorexia. But then an issue of Fitness magazine showed up in my mailbox. I have no … Continue reading →

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Sharing the Vision–One Pair of Binoculars at a Time

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Mary Rowen

If you’re a music lover of a certain age, you’ve probably been to a few—or more than a few—rock concerts during which more than just good energy was being passed around. You know what I mean. You’d be standing there … Continue reading →

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