First, I got some strange comments yesterday, must be spam and I must put up better security. Weird. The obvious advertisements won't be up for drawings.
Now to sound. I read an interesting blog and decided to bring the discussion here too. When you are writing, what do you listen to, I mean besides the washing machine, kids, pets etc? Do you listen to music? Is it heavy metal or rock or county or classical.
I have a problem with music unless it's really generic because I want to bounce around, sing-along, dance and generally do anything but write. Can't do it. I have friends with eclectic tastes who listen to everything from soothing to alternative.
So, what's your music story? Come on, we won't tell.
5 comments:
I can't listen to music either when writing. My brain tends to go blank of everything except the lyrics. I usually listen to the office noise around me, but since I write during my lunch break, the noise is generally absent.
Some authors like Carrie Vaughn, Linnea Sinclair, and Kim Richardson put their playlists at the beginning of the book.
I can't listen to music when writing, either. I want total quiet. If there's noise, I find myself reading the same line over and over and can't move on. I don't want anyone talking to me. If I listened to music, I'd be like you, I'd be bouncing all over the place because I tend to listen to Oldie Goldie Rock-n-Roll....lol..Tabs
I'm very into Rob Zombie right now, love More Human than Human and Living Dead Girl.
I loved your the excerpt for Bloody Murder and it is a very nice cover. Kudos!
Deidre
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When I am writing I go to the internet and look up music from the year that the story is. As it progresses I move forward. I am writing a book now that starts in the 1940's and every chapter is headed by a song from that year. I find that when I hear a song it kind takes me back to that time and place, since I was born in 59 I have to watch movies and read books and talk to people who were alive then to find out about the television shows, candy,clothes and cars
kim
Laura, I can do ambient noise, just not music that pulls me in and makes me get involved. Tabs, I can't do total quiet either, then I'm listening for noise, so a TV in the background can work.Deidre, I'm glad you like the cover. I was really pleased with it. Kim, unfortunately, 40's music and even 30's music is like golden oldies, I'd be singing along, not a pretty picture.
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