The Sound of the Stars
by Sandra M. Smith
Years ago I was surrounded by four small, adorable children and had a hubby who averaged 60-hour work weeks. I enjoyed that phase of life witnessing the exponential growth of my children but missed out on regular adult conversation. I also found that children and husband alike had trouble listening to me. In fact, most days it felt like nobody was listening.
In order to avoid being put away on grounds of continually talking to myself, I took pen to paper-actually fingers to keyboard-and wrote a novel. It was a fun project and kept me sane, or pushed me toward blissful insanity, depending on how you look at it. To fulfill a need to create felt wonderful and kept me balanced. To wake up in the middle of the night by conversations my characters were having in my head was wacky but interesting, to say the least. Those figments of my imagination came alive and pretty much dictated which direction the book went. They taught me much in this writing adventure and I thank them for it.
This book is about people and places and love and life and sorrow and forgiveness and skinny dipping. It’s ideas I’ve learned and beauty I’ve discovered. I was living in foreign countries when most of it was written so some exotica comes through. (Not to be confused with erotica-sorry to disappoint.) I self published the book in 2005 so I could hold something in my hands after that two-year on again off again relationship with the figments. My small, adorable children are now teenagers and older but strangely, I still feel like no one ever listens to me.
I wanted to share my book with the world but it was too scary. It felt like that dream where you get somewhere and realize you’re naked. It is a work of fiction but if you recognize any people or situations just keep your mouth shut and we’ll talk payment later.
Last year someone asked me if it was available for download on an electronic reader. I didn’t know. So I ordered one for my Nook. It worked. Two months later I got a royalty check for $1.67. I was overjoyed. Someone bought my book! Then I remember it was me. So now, it you want to push someone into overjoyed land, you have the power. Buy the book, enjoy it and make my day! By the way, I think you’re really pretty!
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