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Thank you for taking the time to read one or more of my novels and for the additional effort in providing a review - good, bad, or indifferent.

I doubt there is an author alive who has 100% readership approval. For instance while I can appreciate that Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' is a masterpiece, I didn't enjoy the novel.

I ask reviewers not to negatively comment on other reviews. Discuss aspects of the novel and writing by all means but please respect the right of people to have different reading tastes.

Best wishes
Christine M Knight

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'Song Bird' may be categorised as general fiction, Australian fiction, and women's fiction. It does not belong to the romance genre nor is it erotica.

If you'd like to hear any of the songs from 'Song Bird', go to Internet radio at jango.com

Just search for Christine M Knight.

Songs:
* The Flame
* Road to True North
* Golden Road

Coming soon:
* Take it Off

Even though 'Song Bird' is a sequel to 'Life Song, I've written it to function as a stand alone novel.

PLOT OVERVIEWS

In 'Life Song', Mavis (stage name: Nikki Mills) awakens to life's possibilities after six years of hardship and anguish. I used a twist on the Sleeping Beauty archetype, but it's life's opportunities that bring her back to life not the kiss of a prince. Mavis' name means song bird. This novel is about the music in life - songs of joy and tribulation - and the complex nature of love.

While 'Life Song' explores the complex nature of love, it is not in any way a novel in the romance genre. 'Life Song' is about Mavis' return to flight through song after years of having her wings clipped and being grounded. In 'Life Song', she realizes that just because men are attracted to her, she doesn't have to fall into their arms or beds. Other things matter more to her at this stage of her life. The story is set between 1996-1998.

Set between 2000 and 2002, 'Song Bird' picks up Mavis' story once she has become an international singing sensation and gold record artist. As part of her transformation, Mavis formally changes her name to Nikki Mills although family and close friends still call her Mavis. Having dreamed of and worked for the better life that stardom brings, she discovers that her reality is very different from what she had imagined.

Determined not to be caged by the fan and media circus, Nikki struggles to protect her son, maintain their relationship and lifestyle, and find time for love. That struggle is made more difficult by the unearthing of a dark secret from her past.

Can she withstand the media storm? Will she transcend her past? How will she resolve matters of the heart?

Note: 'Song Bird' does not belong to the romance genre. It belongs to Australian Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, and Women's Fiction. My publisher believes it is a novel for both genders and that modern male readers no longer require the protagonist to be male.

The world-wide launch date for 'Song Bird' is 2nd February 2015.

All novels in the GIVEAWAY have been organised and sent.

Be aware that 'Life Song' is not romance fiction but women’s fiction. Women's Fiction is about women's empowerment and real life. I don’t write erotica.

My stories explore the choices women make as they work toward their objective. Nowadays many women are prepared to put romance and relationships on hold in favour of other things they want in life. They don't do this because no one is attracted to them; they do this because something else maters more to them at than time than having a lover.

My publisher posted giveaways for 'Life Song' in USA, UK, India, and Australia as a prelude to the release of 'Song Bird' in October 2014.

Each of my novels functions as a standalone narrative.

'Life Song' is published as a paperback and eBook and can be purchased from The Book Depository (free shipping), Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Powell's Books, or ordered through your local book seller. It is POD.

World wide distributor: Ingram

Years ago, when I finally committed to actually writing fiction rather planning to do it, I envisaged a whole world with a community of characters whose lives intersected and diverged as the issues and concerns of their respective lives and the times brought them in and out of contact. My plan was for each novel to have a different set of characters at the story's heart and to write about their lives in that world. Secondary characters from one novel would be central characters in another and so on.

Like Tennyson, I believe that not only are we part of everything that we meet in life, but what we meet becomes part of us for good or for bad. I'm interested in the ripple effect of experiences in life and how that contributes to and shapes our personal stories.

'Life Song' is not a sequel to 'In and Out of Step'. When I wrote 'In and Out of Step', I knew that Mavis Mills was going to be the protagonist in the second novel although I didn't fully know where her story would lead or what the title of the second novel would be.

'Life Song' is Mavis's story first and foremost. It is a quest story about boldly journeying down a path less travelled. It is a narrative about rebirth with 'Life Song' beginning at the end of a period of loss and sacrifice.

I originally planned 'Life Song' to extend over a six year period, but in the writing process, I discovered though that Mavis' story required two parts. This necessitates two novels that focus on her:'Life Song' (1996-1998) and 'Song Bird' (2000-2004). In 'Life Song' Mavis awakens to the possibilities in life and her options as a woman and makes that significant step in womanhood to owning her life.

Do not read 'Life Song' expecting it to be a romance. It isn't.

Have you seen the music video created for the launch of 'Life Song'?



In Australia? Have a look at Good Reading magazine online.

In UK? Have a look at We Love This Book website.

Have you seen the music video created for the launch of 'Life Song'?

In Australia? Have a look at Good Reading magazine online.

In UK? Have a look at We Love This Book website.