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ally writing the lyrics in my bed when I was sick. I wrote JB (’Japanese Butterfl y’) much later, when I was feeling freer. They’re just forever linked as these during and after the storm songs.” Jatkola says there are a few songs that haven’t been released as singles that are his favorites. “There’s one song I was able to do with a mini orchestra. We had two people playing the cello and violin, a trumpet player and a euphonium player. That song, I didn’t think I could do it because I’ve just never gone there in terms of production, but it came out great and I’m really excited.” He was also happy about the artwork — a broken donut theme. Each single that has been released has been a diff erent donut but damaged in some way, and they come together for the main album cover, which is kind of a mess of broken and damaged donuts. “I felt like it was a good symbol, you take something that people love and it elicits some kind of reaction so it’s kind of a perfect symbol for the album in some ways.
All of this, again, was remote collaboration. A friend did the photography for the cover and he recounted that it was funny talking about donuts in that way. Collaboration on the album was a lot of fun and an effi cient way to work for him during recovery, he said. In life, he likes to be spinning many plates in the air and that spilled over into his music life. “It was nice to hand over a song to a drummer and they could just take it for a couple of weeks and work on it and I could hop onto another project about guitars or keyboard. I could constantly work on things and wait for each individual thing to be done.” The album itself is his commentary on how we live in this world of heady speed with social media and hyper fast communication, but that negativity spreads equally fast. He says it would be nice to have positivity spread in the same way, but quietly and organically. “I hope people understand that from listening to the songs.” As to what’s next, he says it feels very surreal, exciting and strange. “I’ve been holding on to this for so long so it’s kind of scary, but I’m ready to share it with other people and hope that they can take something from it for themselves.”
Luna is available for adoption through WARL WARL
Meet Luna Meet Luna, “The Love Bug.” That is what Luna’s foster mom says about this lovely, sweet girl. At 8 years old, Luna came to the shelter in need of a diet and exercise routine. With the help of staff and volunteers, Luna has received lots of love, exercise and playtime. This girl is now fi t and trim and ready to go home. Luna is currently with a foster family, but still longs for a home of her own. Sometimes being kenneled can confuse a house-trained dog. Luna’s foster mom is working on house-training her to get her ready for her adoptive home. Luna is looking for a permanent home without other animals. She would love to have a fenced yard, but as long as you enjoy daily walks, a fenced yard is not a requirement. Email the shelter at dogs@worcesterarl.org to fi nd out how to set up an appointment to visit this lovely lady! Adoption Option is a partnership with the Worcester Animal Rescue League highlighting their adoptable pets. Check this space often to meet all of the great pets at WARL in need of homes. WARL is open seven days a week, noon-4 p.m., 139 Holden St. Check them out online at Worcesterarl.org, or call at (508) 853-0030. COVID-19 Protocols: The Worcester Animal Rescue League remains closed to walk-in visits with the animals and appointments must be made, in advance, to meet with any of the animals. Masks are required. Visit https://worcesterarl.org/ for more information.
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nography. The latter — far more explicit than “The Sanders Collection” — didn’t attach to her author profi le, although it did come up in search results. It is unclear whether the latter collections are from the same author as “The Sanders Collection.” Still, Shea believes — at least in the most recent case — that she’s been intentionally targeted. Not because of anything personal, but because she says this is the sort of thing that happens to authors who publish a large number of titles as ebooks. Someone gloms onto their name, in order to accelerate sales. “Brand new books come up on top of search results,” she explains. I know other authors who have had this happen to them, and it seems to be a common theme … The porn titles are defi nitely under a pen name, and to deliberately choose an author’s name over a (unique) pen name, it’s a little iff y.” If Shea is correct, it would seem, on its face, a sort of identity theft, and while it can’t be proven that’s what happened here, it’s something Shea has faced with Amazon before: Not just with her name, but with an entire book. Earlier this year, Shea says someone copied the entire contents of her book, “Chakras in Yoga Meditation and Stress Relief,” and reuploaded it to Amazon under the name “Lisa Shea.” The new version of “Chakras” overtook the original version, and apparently sold at least a few copies. Shea fi rst reported the book on Jan. 24, and it was taken down on March 8. Shea has received no restitution for the plagiarism and identity
theft. “I have no idea who the thief is,” says Shea. “Amazon’s automated systems are super-broken. Amazon was making money off the thief ’s copy that they happily kept … This stuff happens all the time.” A representative from Amazon was unprepared to immediately answer questions. Still, for all the headaches, Shea seems to be a true believer in ebook publishing, and doesn’t want her story to dissuade other people from publishing in that manner. “I want people to not be afraid to publish,” she says, adding that she believes her travails are, on the whole, “a fairly rare thing. It seems to be happening to authors who have enough books to be worth the hassle. It shouldn’t stop people from publishing what they want to publish, to get their voice out there.”
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