Eshtine

Voice and Style

So I wrote this book, right? Came out five years ago. It occurs to me that some of you reading this won't know that much about it as, after all, it came out five years ago. (Others know quite a bit about it.)
It's called Voice and Style: Marc Connors of The Nylons. It's a biography of a singer in a Canadian a cappella band told through interviews with those who knew him: family, friends, a classmate, someone who worked with him in theatre, bandmates. Marc tells a bit of his story too through an excerpt of the journal he was keeping before he died of an AIDS-related illness in 1991. The effect of all those different voices telling the same story from such different points of view...I can only compare it to harmony, the sounding of chords. Marc had the best voice and the most remarkable stage presence of anyone I've encountered, and for this reason I knew I had to tell his story. I wanted everyone to know about him. It was a joy and a privilege to work on this book.
I have gotten royalty statements every month since the book came out. (One came today; thanks to whoever-you-are who bought Voice and Style in April, if you're out there.) The publisher used to send checks every month purchases were made, but then they got tired of sending checks for piddly little amounts like $3.29. Now they wait until a more practical sales level is achieved.
I'm getting close to that magic amount, so if you've been considering buying this book, now would be a good time to do so! (As a barely-related aside, I'm entering a Master's program in pastoral ministry this fall, so fundage thus collected would be going to a good cause...)
You can order a copy of Voice and Style: Marc Connors of The Nylons by visiting
Buy Books on the Web. You can follow the link or do a search on bbotw.com for "Voice and Style." The book is also available on Amazon (or by requesting it at your local bookseller's), but the royalty check gets a little fatter the more people visit bbotw.com.
Thank you. As Chris would say, message ends.