Writing stunningly beautiful descriptions of musical performance takes a lot of hard work!
Annette researching at
Hunter Valley Violins
22 Nov 2014
The sequel to A Distant Prospect propels some of her characters and plot into 1930s Europe, with an important thread involving string musicians in Vienna just before the Anschluss of Austria by Germany under Adolf Hitler.
Since August 2013, along with extensive reading about the period and the key players, Annette has practised violin every day, and even snatches moments from her sons’ violin lessons at the Maitland campus of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music to get extra tips!
Hunter Valley Violins, Newcastle
The story arc of the sequel is complete, and about a third of the dialogue scenes have been drafted. The story pulls no punches in a dark era of world history, with moments of great courage, despair, ingenuity and hope.
And of course it is filled with poignant and uplifting musical writing, just like the original tale.
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