Today we have the pleasure of hearing from Janet Halpin author of Reunion of '85 The Serious Moonlight. This one is sure to take you back to the good ole days. Please give Janet a fuzzy welcome. (Don't y'all just love the cover?)
The Serious Moonlight. That’s a phrase that sticks in your mind, and, for a lot of us, immediately pipes David Bowie’s 80s smash hit Let’s Dance into your head. And then it snowballs and soon those of us who lived through those days of shoulder pads, leg warmers and hair helmets—or those of us with a fondness for 80s movies featuring those fashion crimes—are hearing the playlist of the 80s.
As soon as I learned about The Wild Rose Press’ Last Rose of Summer Class of ’85 Reunion series, I knew I had to write something and I knew I had to use the music of that decade.
I’d been noodling with a short romance I was calling Persuasion-lite: girl talked out of dating nerdy boy in high school gets a second chance at romance, but it was set at a ten-year reunion and I was getting nowhere fast. When I added fifteen years to the reunion number, A-Ha’s Take On Me popped in to my head and the entire story clicked. Weaving the song titles into the action became a challenge and I pored over Billboard lists from the early 80s looking for the song that would complement the moment in the story it is introduced and also be recognizable to a wider audience. I had such a blast writing, singing Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and even that cheesy wedding perennial Celebration at the top of my lungs (and totally off-key) as I typed. I hope you’ll check out The Serious Moonlight and sing along too!
Here’s the blurb & how to find The Serious Moonlight:
I’d been noodling with a short romance I was calling Persuasion-lite: girl talked out of dating nerdy boy in high school gets a second chance at romance, but it was set at a ten-year reunion and I was getting nowhere fast. When I added fifteen years to the reunion number, A-Ha’s Take On Me popped in to my head and the entire story clicked. Weaving the song titles into the action became a challenge and I pored over Billboard lists from the early 80s looking for the song that would complement the moment in the story it is introduced and also be recognizable to a wider audience. I had such a blast writing, singing Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and even that cheesy wedding perennial Celebration at the top of my lungs (and totally off-key) as I typed. I hope you’ll check out The Serious Moonlight and sing along too!
Here’s the blurb & how to find The Serious Moonlight:
Once upon a time on a moonlit night, Anna and Rick shared the most perfect kiss this side of The Princess Bride. And then, terrified by the feelings Rick's kiss aroused in her, she did something monumentally stupid: she ran away. Now, twenty-five years later, Anna is divorced, older, hopefully a little wiser . . . and wondering what might have been if she hadn’t fled that night. At Summerville High’s Class of '85 reunion she’s determined to find out. Can she help Rick get past his bitterness, and get over her own regrets, to finally fulfill the happily-ever-after promise of that amazing kiss? (Sweet, 72 Pages)
Check out The Serious Moonlight at http://www.thewildrosepress.com/the-serious-moonlight-p-4189.html
Janet Halpin writes both short story and novel-length romantic fiction. Fun Fact: Way back in the 80s, Janet partied with members of the band A-Ha at a truly epic Halloween party (and there are pictures to prove it).
Check out The Serious Moonlight at http://www.thewildrosepress.com/the-serious-moonlight-p-4189.html
Janet Halpin writes both short story and novel-length romantic fiction. Fun Fact: Way back in the 80s, Janet partied with members of the band A-Ha at a truly epic Halloween party (and there are pictures to prove it).
