Rupert Holmes has written hit songs, a Broadway smash, a TV show and mystery novels including 'Murder Your Employer.' His work is still about 'escape.'
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“It’s a huge difference,” says Holmes, speaking from his home office in Cold Spring, N.Y., with its floor-to-ceiling custom bookshelves carefully curated — a shelf for“First of all, reading is a one-on-one experience. You write for an audience of one. It’s a very intimate relationship. You’re basically taking someone into your confidence, even if you are playing a confidence game with them. On Broadway, I have to make thousands of strangers laugh. On TV, millions.
With what is perhaps a subtle nod to his hit song, Holmes says of his books: “I tried to make them escapes. And with this McMasters idea, which I wrote during COVID isolation, I wanted people to be able to open a book and open a door, basically.” “I don’t want any of your readers to ever know what it’s like to lose a child,” says Holmes, choosing his words carefully. “But after we lost our daughter, something very strange happened to me, and it did change what I did next. For a period of time, I could not write music. There’s no way to defend yourself against the emotions of music. Words are concrete, while music is abstract. I couldn’t go back to the piano and play music. It was too heartbreaking. So I turned to writing.
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