New Book Release: Eight's Enough - by Gary Walden

 

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Witty! Encouraging! Controversial! Heartfelt! Spiritual! Thought-provoking! is how everyone who reads this book will react, once they dive into "Eight's Enough." This is the eighth installment in my series of books of the underrated art of song poems, or, as most people would call them...song lyrics. I cover a wide range of topics from stories based on real life, to science-fiction, to Christianity, to social issues, to ideas that will spark the imagination. "Forever Came Too Soon" will bring tears to your eyes..."Cloud Of Dust" will energize..."The Class of '71" will take you back to high school days..."Cereal Killers" will make you chuckle. My lyrics/song poems have been influenced by The Moody Blues, Bernie Taupin...lyricist for Elton John, Neil Diamond, Carly Simon, and, Jim Steinman, of Meatloaf fame, among other hall of fame songwriters. You will notice their style throughout "Eight's Enough." Drop me a line via email in the "About The Author" page to let me know what lyrics have touched your life and brought back memories. Thank you for purchasing this latest offering, for your enjoyment.

About the author:

Gary Walden was born in November 1953, in Greenville, South Carolina. He grew up in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, before moving to Arizona in 1973.

He received a Bachelor Of Science degree in Journalism/Pubic Relations in 1977 from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. As John Lennon stated in one of his lyrics: "Life is what happens to you, when you're busy making other plans", he ended up following a career in the retail business. He used his education to write many popular radio and television commercials for businesses he's managed.

He is a long-standing member of BMI and owns Walden Pond Music. "Two Hands" and "Just In Case" are two of his many songs placed with publishers and producers, over the years. He also had one of his songs, "The Golden Ticket" reviewed by the producers of the American Idol television show, in their competition for songwriters.

In addition to songwriting, he has had many feature stories and editorials published in local newspapers as well as having articles written about his prolific lyric writing skills (app. 15,200 as of February 2023, since 1969). Additionally, he has also written a television screenplay for the television series "Star Trek: Voyager". He published his first book, "Lyrical Life" in 2016. "Second Thoughts" was published in 2018, another sequel, "Life Happens In Threes" was published in 2020, "Before Time Catches Up" was published in 2021 and "5 O'Clock Shadows" was published in 2022.