Music

I love music. In fact, I can't write without it. But I'm fairly particular in the music I listen to. It can't be upbeat. It can't be something I find myself singing along to. That's distracting. But it needs to have a great feel to it, something that invokes some kind of emotion in me, which usually translates into a scene where one of my characters feels something similar. Or it just really zens me out and I can get into a great groove. So when I sit down to write, I put in my headphones and zone out all the things around me so I can get lost in my head.

Last night Sparky had to study for an upcoming test and the kids were in bed sleeping. So I pulled out my beautiful laptop (It's new and I still sigh in happiness over it.), put in my headphones, and started typing. The song that I was listening to?

Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri. It's a new discovery but I'm completely in love. It's haunting and beautiful and while it's not really relevant to what I was writing, it got me in the zone. So for an hour I had this on repeat and got out 13oo words. Not bad for an hour. So Christina Perri, I thank you. : )