I ran across a blog a while ago and rediscovered it tonight, rummaging through my inbox. How appropriate, I thought, since I just finished writing Tukaa’s Tale, a spin-off of The Story of Q, my tween trilogy.

It appears that too many recent books fall short of young people’s expectations, causing them to lose interest in reading. Authors (libraries are guilty too) have taken the joy out of the equation and placed it on the back burner. Instead, their focus lies with dealing with today’s issues – child abuse, failed relationships, war., etc. While we may want our children to be aware of history and the world around them, shouldn’t childhood also be filled with wonder, enchantment, imagination and escape? They are only kids for so long, and in today’s world, that seems to be even shorter because they are bombarded with conflict daily.

I’m a subscriber to “Wings of Pegasus”, a YouTube channel, featuring Fil, a guitarist, singer and music teacher. Many of his patrons and followers ask him to make analysis videos of artist performances which includes him using pitch-rendering software. What’s that you ask?

If you haven’t seen this video, or even heard of IU (a famous Korean singer, songwriter, composer and actress), I think you will be in for a real treat. The video features her song, Love Wins all, from her latest album, The Winning. Fans of BTS were also pleasantly surprised when they realized that the “leading man” was BTS’s own V, otherwise known as Taehyung.