Music Monday - Youth by Daughter

This is the song I can't stop listening to today. It's on the top of my current WIP's playlist. I just love the way it manages to be both melancholy and angry at the same time. Much like my MC.

Youth by Daughter
What are you listening to this Monday?

Music Monday - The WTF? Edition

I was totally planning on posting Glee's tribute* to me but then I stumbled across this gem from Norway featuring... well, everybody (and by "everybody" I mean semi-famous stars of the 80s and 90s). I'm not sure how old this promo is, but at least a couple of people in it are no longer with us - most notably Leslie Nielsen and Steven Gately from Boyzone. It is sort of randomly awesome. Particularly the way the merge the actual singing of some stars with way over the top dubbed in voices for others.



I've heard that in some countries they are a few years behind in US tv shows and movies, but judging from the "stars" and the movies and tv shows they note them for being famous for, it appears Norway is a couple decades behind. Like say, 1992.


*"tribute" is in the eye of the beholder, and this beholder chooses to see it as such, thankyouverymuch.

Music Monday - Reason #5685 Why I Love Glee

*sigh* Careful, watching this might cause your heart to explode with LOVE!

Music Monday - In Which I Suck At Blogging

So I haven't done a real post in over a week! I suck!

It's a hectic time of year for me. I just started an extra seasonal job. (At a bookstore! Yay!) I'm dedicated to finish my revisions by the end of this week. I still have a weekly writing post at Sisters in Scribe. And with Tangled Fiction now doing weekly stories, I'm writing, or thinking about writing, or stressing about writing ALL THE TIME. Which I love, but whew! It doesn't leave me much time to blog!

If you've been wanting to read our shorts at Tangled Fiction but hate waiting all week or reading it in pieces, we now have a Story Archive where you can read each full story in one complete post!

Also for those of you who've been reading and demanding kissing, I deliver with my opening this week. Check it out: KISS OF DEATH Part 1 (or here at the Tangled Fiction Livejournal Community)

Just remember, be careful what you wish for!

In other news, I'm planning on doing another HUGE contest like last year's (but with even more 2010 books!) next month to celebrate the end of the year and the end of my revisions!

And finally, since it IS Music Monday after all, here's a song I've been listening to lately! It's about stripping away things you don't need, and it puts me in a happy revising mood.

Music Monday - NaNo edition!

Happy first day of NaNoWriMo! I've already done my writing for the day and got my first 1388 words of GRAVITY down on the page. I'm going into NaNo this year fairly blind so it will be interesting to see how long I manage to keep up my wordcount goals.

Today's song is one featured on my NaNo playlist. It is one of my all time favorite songs from one of my all time favorite movies. It's potentially NSFW (there's a couple f-bombs in there) so listen at your own risk.


Talk Show Host - Radiohead

Also, today is the first day of our new weekly short story format over at Tangled Fiction! Part one of our new story IN THE CARDS by Lacey is up now. Natalie will be posting part two on Wednesday and I'll be finishing the story on Friday. So if you need a break from NaNo, be sure to check it out! (It's also up on the Tangled Fiction Livejournal Community.)

Music Monday

I really like Haven on the SyFy channel. They use a lot of great moody music - (not to mention Nova Scotia is gorgeous to look at!). Here's a recent favorite I discovered thanks to the show. It's already made its way onto my WIP playlist!


Dotted Lines - Sweet Talk Radio
Favorite line:
My paper heart has been burning
Since you threw a match...

Music Monday 4

Boo. The song I want to link to today is too new. It's not available on the net.

It's Breathe Again by Sara Bareilles from her new album Kaleidoscope Heart and it totally inspired a Shiny New Idea.

Oh well, here's a song by Sara that's on the playlist for Imaginary Heart. Love this song!


Gravity - Sara Bareilles

Music Monday 3

I'm working on a playlist for this shiny new idea I have. I think it will be my NaNoWriMo project if I don't get a chance to work on it before then. I'm so excited because I'm finally using a song I have loved forever. Every time I hear this song it just makes me think of driving and since my SNI involves a road trip it's perfect! I've been waiting for a story that fit this song. (I'm a dork, I know!)



Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics

Am I the only one that gets excited about songs for a playlist that no one will ever really hear?

Music Monday 2 - So Moody

Currently loving these songs while I revise. (Although honestly, I LOVE Andrew Belle all the time.) They've got the perfect vibe, very moody.


Meiko - Sleep


Andrew Belle - Open Your Eyes

What's on your playlist this week?

Music Monday

I love seeing what authors are listening to when they write, and I love finding new music so I decided to start doing Music Mondays to share what I'm listening to!

This week, since I'm knee deep in revisions on Imaginary Heart, I thought I would share a couple of songs from the playlist.

These are from the first draft, and it's interesting how my music choices have changed as I've moved into revisions.


The Ahn Trio & Susie Suh


Aqualung - Strange and Beautiful


Paramore - All I Wanted


Do you use playlists when you write? What are you listening to?