Sheryl Cohen

I'm beginning the week by top-lining on a Disco Track called "The Way We Used To Do It". Happy Monday ~ Let's Do This!!!

My search for a book agent has begun. Looking forward to making the right connections, editing and polishing my novel and having it published (print and digital). Book blurb below.

Dear Olivia

Author: Sheryl Cohen

Main Character: Olivia Brown

Word Count: ~33,000

Genre: Women’s Fiction/Narrative Fiction

Olivia Brown is a pseudonym for the book’s author, Sheryl Cohen. Part one of Dear Olivia is a fictionalized account of the author’s life. Part two is a fully fictionalized story that is intended as a…

I've just returned from LA where I had the opportunity to see The Grammy Awards Live at The Staples Center. It felt wonderful to be in the company of friends, peers and colleagues as we celebrated music. Independent artists had a huge night taking the awards in a key categories! Read more HERE.

The Concord Records afterparty was fantastic too.

I look forward to the day that I am nominated and win my first grammy award. #dreamhuge

I've been a grammy voter for years but never had the opportunity to go. This year, tickets to the show sold out in ten minutes but...I Got Two!! I cannot wait to see The Grammy's Live in LA!

I've finished my novel!! There are a few drips and drabs of research that need to be confirmed but the writing is done! In January, I will be taking meetings with publishers and authors to manage the next steps to get my novel out to the world!! 

My first season with the BritPop Choir was a smashing success! We ended the year with a sold out show in NYC's world-famous Bitter End night club. I look forward to next season beginning in January!

A book club that I participated in, that only read pulitzer prize winning novels, was filmed for the documentary "The Pulitzer at 100". 

The film traces the centennial of the Pulitzer and includes Toni Morrison, Nick Kristof, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Kushner, David Remnick, Mary McNamara, Thomas Friedman, Sheri Fink and others. Pulitzer-winning work is read by Martin Scorsese, Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman and Liev Schreiber. The Denver Post rated it a "must-see."

Last night I went on a walking trip to do research for my novel. I followed the path of my main character, visiting the places in NYC that I wrote about in the novel. I wanted to make sure I got the details right. Follow me on Instagram on see a picture of my adventure HERE. 

For fun and for the love of singing, I've joined a BritPop Choir that meets in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Our season begins tonight and culminates with a performance at New York's City's legendary venue The Bitter End in December. Looking forward to good music, new friends and the joy of singing in a group. Also hoping to shake the rust off of my sight reading skills.

I've been working on a new song with a new collaborator, one who is Brooklyn based. The, as of yet, untitled track marks the first time I've written to a trap beat. The lyrics were inspired by Maxwell's Bad Habits. I wrote the lyrics from a man's perspective so the demo that I recorded is a scratch/scratch version. Looking forward to hearing how the song develops with the right singer.