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Per Gessle-- pop superstar, songwriter... author?
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Anarem said on June 29, 2004 05:31:
I have just finished reading _On Writing_ by Stephen King, which was a terrific read. In it, he gives advice to aspiring authors about how to craft a story, and he also gives us a little bit of his background and his life story.
Now, my thought is this– if Per wants to take a break to recharge his batteries, why not write a book on songwriting in the meantime? He could let budding songwriters into how his brain works, and how he comes up with such perfect pop songs. The title of the book– “How To Be A Middle-Aged Popstar”. :-)
Anarem said on June 29, 2004 12:24:
Ally– geez, take a chill pill. Taking a break can mean many things to many people. Sure, the man is a songwriter, he *should* lay off songwriting and get his creative energy back. But writing a book is a different thing. Writing a book can be very cathartic for some, and hard labour for others. Maybe Gessle is so exhausted that he would fall into the latter category. I don’t know. And *nobody* knows for sure how exhausted he is, except for Per himself and his family. Besides, I’m not saying the man *should* write a book, it was merely a suggestion.
(Honestly, you guys, it’s getting harder and harder to come up with *new* Roxette topics without recycling the same topics over and over... just thought I would try something else.)
ally77 said on June 29, 2004 16:39:
Writing a book, if he was telling it as a story and someone did that hard work in writing it all down, then fair enough... would be better like that!
Rich-UK said on June 29, 2004 16:51:
Maybe he could write some short books for childen (thinking of *June Afternoon* lyrics:-) Rich
ally77 said on June 29, 2004 05:50:
Taking a break, means exactly what it says... TAKING A BREAK why the frig would he want to write a book!