It Started With a Kiss episode 24: Hello 2012!

All last year, I kept a video diary of everything that went into writing my third novel, It Started With a Kiss. This week, it's a brand new year, with a new book newly written for the adventure to begin again...

I'm BACK!!!

After moving house, having flu twice and writing the first draft of my fourth novel, When I Fall in Love over Christmas and New Year, I'm back with my vlogs that are going to carry on right through 2012. So this week's vlog is the last of the It Started With a Kiss series - next week I have brand new titles for the When I Fall in Love vlog!

This week, see my brand new office as I moved house and watch an exclusive sneak peek of the making of my book soundtrack EP which is now all ready - you can hear one of the songs in the clip! Plus, your questions answered and lots more! Let me know what you think and ask me a question for next week - leave a comment on this blog post or email me at: mirandawurdy@gmail.com

I'm launching the EP at a one-off event on 16th February at The Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton, from 7.30pm. The EP is going to be called Last First Kiss and will feature four original songs I wrote that are inspired by It Started With a Kiss. And you can be there! Tickets cost just £8 in advance (£10 on the door) and they're already going fast. It would be fantastic to see you there! To book tickets, click here It's going to be a fabulous night, where the fictional Pinstripes from It Started With a Kiss will meet the band that inspired them - my very own band The Peppermints, for a night of books, fun and fab music.

So, without further ado, here is my very first vlog of 2012!

p.s. This week's YouTube-nominated freeze frame is entitled, 'In Bath in a Funky Hat'...

The intermittent MD tour begins...!

On Saturday, I finally got to perform some of the tracks from my album About Time (only a year after I officially launched it!)...


I was taking part in Moment, an event organised at The Light House Media Centre in Wolverhampton by my lovely friend (and awesome singer) Susanna Westwood. It was a fabulous night: art, film, dance and live music brought together under one roof. I performed a set with my band and also joined Susanna's band as a backing vocalist - so a bit of a busy night!


My band for the night were Chris Smith (keys), Phil Jevons (guitar), Dan Clark (bass) and Dan Guest (drums). Not only are they all fantastic musicians, but I'm also proud to call them my best friends - so it was great to be able to enjoy them performing my own songs. We performed three songs from the album - The Question, More Than You Know and A Million Miles (all of which you can hear on the media player at the bottom of this post) - together with one cover (People Get Ready).



Also in the set was a world exclusive first performance of Right Here Alone, a track from a set of songs I've written with Dan Clark and Chris Smith especially to accompany It Started With a Kiss! The EP will feature Last First Kiss, the song that Romily writes with Jack in Chapter 8 of the novel (which you will be able to hear on my website when the book launches on 10th November), together with three more songs inspired by the novel. Keep watching my blog and vlog for updates - I'm going into the studio to record it with the band in two weeks' time (really exciting!) and I will, of course, be taking my trusty Flip camera...



NEW! BUY MY ALBUM - AT LAST!
I'm also working on putting an online shop thingy on my website so you can buy my CD album About Time, the EP when it comes out and also signed books - keep watching the blog for details. In the meantime, if you would like to buy a copy of my album (hear the tracks below) for a Coffee and Roses special price of £8.99, email me at mirandawurdy@gmail.com and I'll send you an order form. I'll even sign it for you if you like!

Images ©BobWhite Photography 2011 (from top down) Me and Dan Clark (bass); Chris Smith (keys) and Phil Jevons (guitar) doing their funky thang; the whole band (seriously want a star curtain now); and pre-show rehearsal with Susanna and her brilliant band (who have also played with Il Divo, Prince, Beverley Knight, Anita Baker, Westlife and many more...)

LISTEN TO ABOUT TIME!