The music that’s inspiring my current novel

May 17, 2012

I can’t write with music on in the background. I’ve tried, but I find it too distracting. But music still plays an important role in my writing. In my case, I can jot down notes and most importantly, craft scenes in my mind as the music plays. Then I write down the scene after the music has stopped (although echoes of it remain deep in my skull.)

My next novel, The Tree Line, is, to borrow a marketing tagline that’s currently in the works, Apocalypse Now meets Lord of the Rings, a fantasy that wails like Hendrix. You will therefore not be overly surprised by my music playlist. Here are a few of the songs currently in rotation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4WJlLNIsyY

This is the End

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMyH4XTlVgs

Voodoo Chile (slight return)