D. P. Sheil writes stories about music, time, and the people who shape us.
The idea for Keeping Time began in a bar when a song pulled him back to the ’90s, to when he was waiting tables at night, surfing all day, and living in the space between who he had been and who he would become. He told his wife she should write a story about music as time travel. She told him to write it himself.
So he didn’t. Not until he couldn’t not write the story.
A thousand words a day, Monday through Friday. Terrible words, good words. It didn’t matter. Somewhere in those words, Ena became real. Fiona became real. The story began to sing with its own music.
Keeping Time is the first book in the Sound Logic Journey, a series that begins with Ena in eighth grade, and only time can tell where the story goes. Each book comes with its own soundtrack: playlists for every chapter, fictional bands with real music on Spotify, and a world you can listen to while you read.
D. P. lives in Portland, Oregon, where the story is set. Everyone is welcome at Fiona’s table. Come as you are.
