Music & Writing

By: Meradeth Houston on 1:14 AM

 There are posts all over the blogosphere regarding using music for writing. Many people use it as a tool to get into the mood for a book/scene/character. I'm totally no exception to this rule, and find that having some good tunes on in the background makes it a million times easier to get more words on the page. It also has the handy trick of blocking out the sounds of the PS3 in the other room (shooting and yelling from little electronic men really only helps at certain times--and I don't write a whole lot of war scenes :), as well as my crazy neighbors (yay for thin walls!). Other than getting into my writing, songs have also inspired a whole lot of my novels. Take for instance, Colors Like Memories, which came to me while driving home one evening, listening to this:

(The video isn't very indicative of the book, but the lyrics really hit me in terms of explaining Julia's trials, and learning how to start over. I literally got home and had to run to my computer, the first chapter just wrote itself with this song going in the background.)

My current WIP came from this fun little song:
(Isn't that a fun song? I love it, and it gets at my MC so well :)

So, yeah, music plays a huge role in my books. I'll share the rest of the the Colors soundtrack later!