On Writing and Music
by Sarah Kleck
As
far as I’m concerned, writing and music are inseparable. Sometimes, even if
very rarely, you come across a piece that creates a story from nothing, paints
images and lays out a path that the author only has to trace with a pen (or
rather, a keyboard).
While
writing THE CONCEALED, I had the luck of encountering these precious gems
several times. One of them, and probably
the most important, is the piano piece Le Onde by the Italian composer Ludovico
Einaudi. A song full of longing and hope that gives you the feeling of being
carried on its waves and diving into another world. When I heard it the first
time, I suddenly saw Evelyn’s story emerge from nowhere and pass before my eyes
- so clear and real as if I were watching it in a movie.
Then
there are the other songs and music pieces that inspired particular scenes or
even whole chapters of the story. So I wrote the scene in the headquarters,
when Evelyn and Jared come closer to each other in his room, listening to the
penetrating sound of Fellow Rainbow by the German alternative rock band TOS.
The
crocus scene was created to the sensitive sounds of Anna Nalick and Philipp
Poisel, elsewhere I resorted to rough sounds such as I‘m Shipping up to Boston
by the Dropkick Murphys and one or another song from Blackout or The Prodigy.
No
matter what kind of music you prefer: Writing and music are two parts of a
whole that cannot live without each other.
The Concealed
Sarah Kleck
YA Paranormal Romance
November 1, 2015
“Can you be happy when what you desire most means your doom?”
Evelyn Lakewood, an orphan, is crushed after the death of her beloved sister Zara. But the nineteen-year old enrolls in Psychology at Oxford in honor of Zara.
There, Evelyn first becomes friends with vivacious Sally and seemingly charming Felix. But the encounter with Jared Calmburry, whose incredibly blue eyes immediately captivate her, fundamentally changes her life. She is instantly drawn to this mysterious stranger around whom unusual things happen and who simply disappears every time Evelyn tries to confront him about his puzzling behavior. After finding a mysterious book with a unique symbol on its leather cover in the university library, her curiosity is perked. She doesn’t know what to make of it but Jared’s best friend Colin Sullivan encourages her with cryptic hints to continue her search for evidence. When she discovers the same medieval symbol is worn by hostile professor Karen Mayflower and engraved on another faculty member’s seal ring, she realizes that an ancient secret surrounds Jared.
Evelyn Lakewood, an orphan, is crushed after the death of her beloved sister Zara. But the nineteen-year old enrolls in Psychology at Oxford in honor of Zara.
There, Evelyn first becomes friends with vivacious Sally and seemingly charming Felix. But the encounter with Jared Calmburry, whose incredibly blue eyes immediately captivate her, fundamentally changes her life. She is instantly drawn to this mysterious stranger around whom unusual things happen and who simply disappears every time Evelyn tries to confront him about his puzzling behavior. After finding a mysterious book with a unique symbol on its leather cover in the university library, her curiosity is perked. She doesn’t know what to make of it but Jared’s best friend Colin Sullivan encourages her with cryptic hints to continue her search for evidence. When she discovers the same medieval symbol is worn by hostile professor Karen Mayflower and engraved on another faculty member’s seal ring, she realizes that an ancient secret surrounds Jared.
About the Author
Sarah
Kleck, born in 1984, studied Education, Psychology and Sociology at the
University of Augsburg.Currently, she’s working as a human resources officer and lives with her husband and a newborn in Germany near Lake Constance.
“The Concealed” is her first novel
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