![]() ![]() Music first entered the story in 2014-or so I thought-when I was driving a few hours to Harrisburg, PA to do a TV taping to talk about my debut. I waited a good long time to gain the perspective I needed to tell the story, and got the book deal in the fall of 2013 after turning in the manuscript for my debut novel, The Art of Falling. In 1997 I determined to divorce he pre-empted that action with a more desperate move. ![]() Frustrated by my husband’s insistence that I stay in a marriage he was unwilling to contribute anything toward saving, I felt I had no choice but to break my marriage vow to save our young sons. Sadly, the novel is based on true events. The Far End of Happy is the story of three women who must make tough choices and face shameful secrets while awaiting the outcome of a loved one’s daylong suicide standoff. ![]() It soon dawned on me, though, that music had played a rather mystical role in the development of my newly released second novel. I can only escape into story, it seems, while writing in silence. When Roz first asked me to write a post for The Undercover Soundtrack, I didn’t think I had one in me. This week’s post is by writing workshop facilitator and novelist Kathryn Craft by A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera, LeeAnn Womack, Pentatonix, The Civil Wars ![]() Once a week I host a writer who uses music as part of their creative environment – perhaps to connect with a character, populate a mysterious place, or hold a moment still to explore its depths. ‘An expectant silence, a connection to something greater’ ![]()
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