Sue asked Blair Babylon:

Please write more stories for Georgie and Alexandre/Alex/Xan!! Because of you I found David Garrett! For Christmas my granddaughter received a really nice violin with all the trimmings. I have ALL of David Garrett's CD's on several playlists. I listen to them during the day or evening. What a talent. I could not help noticing a bit of a parallel between David and Alexandre. How about another book with them?

Blair Babylon Hi! Thank you so much for your kind note!

I absolutely adore Garrett's music. I found him after I had already published the short story "Alwaysland" and when I was halfway through writing "Every Breath" (A/X/A Book 1). I first heard his music when I was listening to a playlist of Itzhak Perlman and thought, "That's not Perlman, but WOW! Who the heck is *that?*" And then I saw pictures of him and totally freaked out, going, "OMG XAN REALLY EXISTS!" I had to be very careful not to let Garrett influence my concept of Xan too much because that wouldn't be fair to either Garrett or my own book.

I am very pleased that I was able to introduce you to his music. I absolutely love his expressivity and am always glad to hear that other people respond as strongly. Personally, I often start my writing day with "Rock Symphonies." The energy gets my brain going.

I am planning another short story with Alex and Georgie, which will be published this summer in July in Red Hot Sizzle, a boxed set, and then by itself at the end of August.

Thank you again for your very kind note.

~Blair

flag