Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s almost impossible for me to write without music. Oh, I can do it if I put my mind to it, but I love the way music brings out my emotions and really makes me feel the words pouring out of me. Just about any music will do, but sometimes I find the perfect song, the perfect album or musician, that captures the heart of my story so well that it leaves me breathless.

I started writing my latest manuscript, THE CELL, to Eli Mattson’s Monsters CD, and as I get further into the story, I’m finding that his music only serves to draw me in deeper and forces me to explore my characters’ hearts and minds in a way that I’ve never done before.

Here’s Blue Ocean one of my favorite Eli Mattson originals. It’s become my hero’s “anthem”, his hope that he’ll find a ‘blue ocean’ to wash him clean of all the unpalatable things he’s done and drown him in forgiveness for the people he’s wronged. And maybe, just maybe, the waves will carry him to a love that will save him before it’s too late.

There’s something about the song Love Story by Taylor Swift that just makes me want to keep listening to it. Such a catchy song, and then I saw this video (before you play the video make sure to press ’stop’ on the music player in my sidebar):

It’s so Jane-Austenish…the costumes, the feel of it…I just love it!

That’s right, folks. It’s crunch time! Between trying to finish up important projects in the new house so we can move in, packing up way too much stuff in our current place, and pounding away at revisions for Her Own Best Enemy, I’m feeling just a wee bit stressed and scatterbrained. I can’t wait until things settle down again, but if I’m scarce on the blog for the next several weeks, well, you’ll know why.

And speaking of boxes….I thought I’d pass on this cool link for all you music lovers out there:
Pandora Internet Radio
This site lets you create a radio “station” and it will find and let you listen to music that is similiar to the artist you put in. This is a very cool way to find some new artists, especially some that are lesser known than what’s being played on the radio. And it just might give you some inspiration for your writing!

I’m off to pack. *sigh* Why doesn’t that sound like fun?