Welcome to Anatomy of Perceval. If you love mainstream suspense novels, if you love to read and read widely, if you love classical music or are intrigued by conductors, and if you enjoy a curiosity about creative writing, classical music, the future and the professional writing life, I hope you’ll be my guest here regularly and tell others to visit. The Perceval novels are a series of five mainstream suspense novels set in a future Europe and America with the same protagonist, American orchestra conductor Evan Quinn. I plan to post regular updates on my progress with work on the novels and occasional musings on challenges or problems I encounter, the writing, conductors, and other ideas, thoughts, concerns and experiences related to the novels. I’d love to continue my research and education here also. I welcome constructive and friendly comments. I’d love to hear especially from musicians, conductors, others in the classical music business, fellow writers and friends. Enjoy!
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ANATOMY OF PERCEVAL
PAGES:
Table of Contents (includes “Welcome”)
About: “About C.C. Yager by C. C. Yager”
Synopses: Perceval (Novel 1) plus summary of status of other novels in series
Characters: For Perceval
Evan Quinn: Press release bio of Evan Quinn plus notes
Contact
POSTS:
September 2007: Writing to Date, 9/18/07
Research to Date, 9/19/07
Marketing to Date, 9/21/07
New Music, 9/24/07
Mental Tugs, 9/26/07
“Escape” – Excerpt from Perceval, 9/28/07
The Shadow, 9/29/07
October 2007: Who was that guy or Where do you get your ideas?, 10/6/07
First Chapters, 10/13/07
Why the Future? 10/20/07
Updates, 10/20/07 (Writing, Research)
Composer Institute, 10/27/07
Moving On, 10/29/07
November 2007: Why an Orchestra Conductor? 11/3/07
Published! in “Time” Magazine, 11/10/07
Lessons from Research, 11/10/07
Marketing Update, 11/12/07
Essay Submission, 11/15/07
Inside the Classics, 11/17/07
What is He Thinking? – Part 1, 11/24/07
Another Marketing Update, 11/26/07
December 2007: What is He Thinking – Part 2, 12/1/07
Marketing Update, 12/4/07
EXCERPT: “Conducting” from Perceval, 12/10/07
Holiday Tug-of-War with Writer, 12/15/07
Realities of the Musical Life, 12/20/07
Why Perceval or Book Titles 101, 12/22/07
Perceval Plus Four, 12/29/07
JANUARY 2008: Writing Update, 1/5/08
That Tingling Feeling, 1/9/08
Research Update, 1/12/08
Essay Contest Update, 1/14/08
Conductors and Orchestras – Research, 1/17/08
Future Politics: China, 1/19/08
Movie Music, 1/26/08
Marketing Update #3, 1/30/08
February 2008: Living Language, 2/6/08
Heath Ledger, 2/9/08
Marketing Update #4, 2/9/08
“The Exception” – Reading as a Writer, 2/16/08
Another Essay Submission, 2/23/08
Research: Conducting Shostakovich, 2/23/08
Does Height Make the Conductor?, 2/29/08
March 2008: Conductors and Score Study, 3/1/08
Getting Back on Track – Writing Update, 3/1/08
One More Step – Marketing Update #5 for Perceval, 3/5/08
Inspiring Quote? 3/8/08
Getting to Know…Characters, 3/8/08
Research: Conductors and Conducting – Part 1, 3/15/08
Research: Conductors and Conducting – Part 2, 3/22/08
What We Talk About When We Talk About Terrors, 3/29/08
April 2008: Reading as a Writer: “Mister Martini,” 4/5/08
WRITING: Vocation or Avocation?, 4/12/08
These Things Happen – Writing Update, 4/16/08
Language, 4/19/08
Character Creation – “There Will Be Blood,” 4/21/08
Tricky Rhythms, 4/26/08
May 2008: Reading While Writing, 5/3/08
What Makes a Writer?, 5/10/08
A Writer – or Not?, 5/17/08
A Movie About a Writer, 5/24/08
To “Maestro” or not to “Maestro,” 5/31/08
June 2008: The Life of the Long-Distance Conductor…, 6/7/08
Books, Books, Books, 6/10/08
Politics in 2048 – An American Dystopia?, 6/14/08
“Ferengi” and Duck – Fun With Names, 6/21/08
Updates, or Wassup?, 6/28/08
July 2008: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” 7/5/08
Rejection, 7/14/08
Reading Like a Writer: Two for the Dough, 7/21/08
Money, Money, Money…, 7/26/08
Peter and the Wolf, 7/31/08
August 2008: Cash Bashing or Money, Money, Money Part 2, 8/2/08
Creative Capitalism?, 8/9/08
Musing on Hybrids, 8/16/08
On Waiting: A Brief Meditation, 8/23/08
A Toe Tapping…., 8/30/08
September 2008: Only Beating Time? A Gentle Guide to Classical Music
Concerts, 9/6/08
Sticks and Drones: Conductor Blog, 9/13/08
Inspiration Doesn’t Wait for You, 9/20/08
Candidates as Characters, 9/27/08
October 2008: The Three B’s, 10/4/08
The Change, 10/11/08
Writer on Writing: Richard Price, 10/15/08
Essay Submission, 10/17/08
Reading as a Writer: Farthing, 10/18/08
Marketing Update: Agents and Bookstores, 10/25/08
“The Last Enemy,” 10/28/08
November 2008: News on the Marketing Front, 11/1/08
Composer Institute 2008, 11/08/08
“The Internet vs. Books,” 11/11/08
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest, 11/15/08
Holiday Beach, the Movie, 11/15/08
And the score is…., 11/19/08
The Redhead, 11/19/08
Reading as a Writer: The Road, 11/22/08
Choosing Locations in “Perceval,” 11/29/08
December 2008: December Update, 12/6/08
Writing a Daily Journal: Helpful or No?, 12/13/08
Ho, Ho, Hodge-Podge!, 12/20/08
Conductors by Musicians, 12/27/08
Reading as a Writer: Honey, 12/27/08
January 2009: Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow…, 1/3/09
Novel to Screenplay, 1/10/09
Updates, 1/17/09
Good News!, 1/21/09
A Little Literary Agent Experience, 1/26/09
The Future of the Novel, 1/31/09
February 2009: A Love Letter, 2/7/09
Concert Programs, 2/14/09
The Minnesota Orchestra, 2/21/09
“The Gr8 American Txt Msg Nvl,” 2/28/09
March 2009: Time and Technology, 3/2/09
Researching the Future, 3/7/09
One Year Anniversary, 3/11/09
The Change, Again, 3/14/09
A Book Reading/Q&A/Signing, 3/21/09
The Centipedal Question, 3/28/09
April 2009: Thoughts and Updates, 4/4/09
Rachmaninoff, 4/11/09
Paying Attention as a Writer, 4/18/09
Mischa Santora and the Minnesota Orchestra, 4/25/09
May 2009: Are Jobs Important?, 5/2/09
Quirkiness, 5/6/09
Narrative Structure, 5/9/09
Does Mental Illness an Artist Make?, 5/15/09
Work in Progress, 5/18/09
Finalists Chosen for Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, 5/23/09
Reading as a Writer: Street Portraits, 5/30/09
June 2009: American Fiction, 6/6/09
What’s in a Name?, 6/13/09
Language Grows, 6/15/09
On Courage, 6/20/09
Seven Pounds or About Character Motivation, 6/27/09
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