Got two more things to share about music today:

OMG, what a great performance. And that drum solo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tbSyrmXo60

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Take Five's hardwired 7-segment

https://video.apz.fi/w/cDVFjJU2nNTKVwcGtDbvvQ

Take Five's credit display issues

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Take Five Interview: Rachel Toalson and MY BROTHER OLIVER

We don’t know about you, but we are feeling SO inspired by our WU contributors this weekend! Particularly by today’s featured author, Rachel Toalson. You’re invited to take a sneak peek at Rachel’s newest book, MY BROTHER OLIVER, which releases this Tuesday, May 19th. The book has already earned THREE starred reviews, and heaps of praise, including this:
” Told with tension and excellent pace, this is a heart-wrenching tale about the most difficult kind of forgiveness: forgiving oneself.” ―  –School Library Journal, (in one of the aforementioned starred reviews)
Are you as anxious to hear more as we were? Here’s Rachel!
Q1: What’s the premise of your new book?
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/05/17/take-five-interview-rachel-toalson-and-my-brother-oliver/

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Take Five Interview: Heather Webb and THE HOPE KEEPER

We are thrilled to bring you an advance look at the upcoming book from longtime WU contributor Heather Webb. THE HOPE KEEPER releases next Tuesday, May 19th, and is already receiving loads of pre-release buzz, including this:
The Hope Keeper is an Editor’s Choice for the Historical Novel Society Review, and Library Journal says, “Readers will be dazzled by Webb’s well-researched and well-written novel.” 
Ready to hear more? Here’s Heather!
Q1: What’s the premise of your new book?
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/05/16/take-five-interview-heather-webb-and-the-hope-keeper/

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We can have both.

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Take Five Interview: Gwendolyn Womack and THE LAST LABERINTH

We are delighted to bring you an advance look at the new book from WU contributor Gwendolyn Womack. THE LAST LABERINTH paperback and audiobook release on April 1st, and it’s a First Reads Pick for March on Amazon where you can get read it early on Kindle. The book is already garnering quite the buzz, including this, from one of our own:…
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/22/take-five-interview-gwendolyn-womack-and-the-last-laberinth/

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Take Five Interview: Gwen Hernandez and LIE IN THE DARK

We are so delighted to bring you an advance look at the new novel from longtime WU contributor Gwen Hernandez. LIE IN THE DARK is book two in Gwen’s Night Herons series, and releases this coming Tuesday, March 10th. What’s the quick pitch?
Natalie Nygaard-Brown is allergic to sitting still, but with a bullet wound in her chest and a target on her back, she has no choice. Retreating to a remote cottage in France feels like a prison sentence—especially when her keeper is Ford Beaumont, the sexy, by-the-book bodyguard she’s never forgotten.
He’s the rule follower. She’s the chaos he can’t resist.
Ready to hear more? Here’s Gwen!
Q1: What’s the premise of your new book?
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/08/take-five-interview-gwen-hernandez-and-lie-in-the-dark/

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Live on stage with #TheTwangmonkeys at the TAKE FIVE, #Venlo #Netherlands

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