When I was 10 years old during the mid 70's, the first thing I remember saving money for was to buy the Eagles Greatest Hits album. It was my favorite album then, and still is today. For some reason I always identified the most with the song "Already Gone". I still think, "So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key" is the greatest song lyric of all time. (Thanks Jack and Robb!)
I've always romanticized about writing a novel about a girl who was obsessed with the Eagles, she was on her way to Winslow, Arizona because she believed she was the girl in the flatbed Ford. A couple years ago a good friend died of cancer. He was young, my age, and that was finally the inspiration for me to start writing. After 10 months of writing, researching, outlining, learning, re-writing, editing, more re-writing, formatting, reviewing....that book is finished.
It's called "Already Gone" and that song and especially the line, "So often times it happens..." is the theme of the book. You can find it on Amazon here;
http://smarturl.it/ey9snd
(You can even read the first 4.5 chapters for free!)
I think it's an entertaining book for anyone, but will have a deeper meaning for Eagles fans. On the surface it's an engaging (and funny) detective-murder-mystery about a tough city girl partnered with a quirky male detective. The woman has just had her "Already Gone" moment in life, and the man is about to have his. On another level it's a comment on today's society regarding fame, fortune, celebrity, happiness and what exactly is "success". Then there's a whole other level and themes that only Eagles fans will fully appreciate. So read carefully
That's all I'm going to say about the book except for this... we Eagles fans obviously have a deeper appreciation of what that band and their songs mean to us. We love them as much today as we did the first time we heard them on the radio a long time ago. They've gotten us through tough times and made good times even better. Every song reminds us of different periods, places, and people in our lives. We are now, always have been, and always will be the guy standing on the corner and the girl in the flatbed Ford.
I would like to thank Glenn, Don, the rest of the band, Irving and Bill, Jack and the other songwriters, and Eagles fans everywhere for inspiring me to write this book. I hope you enjoy it and I think you will. Please post a message on this thread or the Already Gone Facebook page when you're done, I love hearing what people think about it, especially Eagles fans.
Almost forgot, this is book 1 of 3. The second one is called "Take It Easy" and I'm writing it now. The third, "Peaceful Easy Feeling", is outlined but mostly in my head for now.
Thanks,
Jeremy Lawrence
Author - Already Gone: a Novel
http://smarturl.it/ey9snd
https://www.facebook.com/alreadygonenovel/
*** Special thanks to The Borders own "Ive always been a dreamer" for being a beta reader and providing great feedback and enthusiasm about the book. ***