I’m so sorry it’s taking me so long to get something else out … rest assured, I have not lost interest in writing! It’s just been a bumpy year with endless demands on time and emotional energy. Several seriously sick friends, a failing parent, a neighborhood battle with city hall, heavy music obligations, and trying to get a new business off the ground … in the midst of all of this, I have been working on two books, and I promise they will eventually see the light of day. Please know that I am SO grateful for your interest and your patience … and I definitely understand your concern; I have sent similar emails to a couple of authors myself this year. (And the worst thing is that even when I wait several years for a new book, I know it’ll take me all of a day to read it!!!! And then the waiting starts again! Arrrrrghhh!!!)

I hope you’re having a good fall … hang in there. I’ll definitely make an announcement when one or both of these books finally makes it to the release pipeline.

Indie

I know this isn’t what you want ideally, which would be a program that could somehow take input from your playing a regular (non-digital) piano into a mic, but I haven’t yet seen anything that does this. That doesn’t mean it isn’t out there; I just haven’t seen it yet if it is. I’d be surprised, though … this being said, the latest version of Finale DOES offer something called “MicNotator,” which allegedly allows you to “notate” music by playing your brass or wind instrument into a mic. This is very cool. Now, neither brass nor wind instruments can play chords, so the tones that would enter a mic are fairly pure, single notes. I suppose it’s possible (though Finale makes no representation to this effect) that you might be able to make this work with a regular piano playing into a mic as long as you play only one note at a time (i.e., record a simple melody line, then a simple harmony line, then a simple bass line, etc., and combine them later in the software).

But seriously, the simplest, most straightforward solution would be to acquire a digital keyboard with MIDI output capability, and connect that directly to your laptop. Finale will notate from this, and I believe there are other notation programs that can do so, as well.

Good luck, and happy musicking!

Indie

Ok. Is there anything I could possibly hook up to my piano or even a type of microphone or any type of technology out there where I can record my music I play on my piano and then it will convert it to music notes on music sheet paper through my laptop…

Do you have any more books lined up?

Please come join us over at http://www.goodreads.com there is a male/male group. We are like one huge family. Authors talk to fans, other authors, and simply learn from one another. You do have an author page already, it is how I found you here. Here is the group link http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/20149.M_M_Romance

Lynn

Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading The Trap. I loved the characters, I loved the whole premise of the story, and I loved the way you concluded the whole thing. Beautiful story!