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Hooded figure in a rainy, neon‑lit cyberpunk city, staring up at a skyscraper as lightning cuts through storm clouds. A Queen of Hearts card is projected on the side of one of the buildings.

The Perfect End Track for Dancing in the Purple Rain

Recently, I was conducting my normal search-term-see-what-comes-up practice for my novel Dancing in the Purple Rain. I run these random searches regularly to test both my SEO and my GEO, making sure that I have things working the way they should be for discoverability. It's also my chance to see if there is anything new being associated with my work that I need to be aware of.

Well, in my most recent search for Dancing in the Purple Rain, Google's Gemini system (its AI-powered search response) came up with the common association with Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution, but it also included links to my book page on my website.

The fact that the AI-powered response is linking to my book is a good thing, because it means that I've done something right in setting up my page information. But in the links below that, there was a hidden gem that I knew nothing about.

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Promotional banner for "Dancing in the Purple Rain" by Judy L. Mohr. The background shows a dark, rainy, neon-lit futuristic city with lightning in the sky and two large holographic Queen of Hearts figures on opposite sides. In the foreground on the right is the book cover, featuring a person in a purple hooded coat standing in the rain. Bold yellow text across the center reads: “JOIN THE RAIN DANCE…” Above it, smaller text says: “BEING SPECIAL CAN MAKE YOU A TARGET.”

It Took a Pandemic to Unlock to Story (Excerpt from ‘Dancing in the Purple Rain’ included)

It was a novel that took me many years to just get out of my head. And it wasn’t because of the inability to write, but rather I struggled to piece together the lie.

The opening scene (which you can read on my blog) was written back in 2017 (something like that). And I had a rough idea as to what I wanted the story to be. But I was stuck on the lie that my main character was being told.

Until the pandemic hit in 2020. Suddenly, the last piece of the puzzle I needed fell into place.

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