Lose Tunes Track 07

Cover for the new novel, which will be out soon

The LOSE has been busy as hell here in May, working on the novel and then turning it over to my crack editing staff. Semie, Caitlin and Jesse will no doubt make me sound like I know what I am doing. Thanks to them all in advance.

More LOSE coming soon, once I get this novel done and out the door. Novels really do take on lives all their own, and come to dominate your own when you write them. And it's hard to let go of them after working on them for so long (in this case, since last July). But soon the novel and I will have to see other people – the novel will get to meet some new readers and I will reintroduce myself to the Official Fiancée of IN PLAY LOSE, who has been supportive and interminably patient throughout.

I thought we could use some music. Tonight's Lose Tunes is brought to you by Wild Turkey 101, which Shirley was kind enough to bring to the party tonight. (The LOSE is turning 40-mumble-mumble tomorrow, which is both alarming and kind of awesome.) We have tonight one of my favourite bands in the world, a 7-piece from New Zealand called Fat Freddy's Drop that plays some of the funkiest, snappiest, most awesome music in the world – part funk, part ska, part reggae, part DJ. I toot their horn whenever I get the chance, and this song – the title track from their most recent record – is a song that I just love to listen to when I'm working. I listened to a good amount of FFD while working on this novel, in fact. To go along with the purple bird on the book cover, here is a blackbird.