Monthly Archives: November 2009

Nov5

Soundtracks

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Anyone else do soundtracks to your WIP?  I like to have songs that pertain to the story and listen to them BEFORE the actual writing starts and get them in my head.  Then, as I work, I listen to them to keep me in the mood of the novel.   In Redemption for the Devil, since the main characters are Irish, I have Danny Boy as one of the songs.  Also Wild Irish Rose.    Then there’s Lonely Boy by Paul Anka.  Stardust and Yelllow Bird because the story is in 1920.   Because the the main action takes place on an ocean liner, Morning After, from The Poseidon Adventure was a must.    I have a Pink song called Stop Falling.  Two Back Street Boys songs: Bad Boy and Don’t Want to Lose You.    YEAH, I KNOW- The Back Street Boys!  But some of their stuff just fits.  LOL! 

I also have some Billy Joel Only the Good Die Young, Always a Woman and The Stranger.  Tom Jones’  She’s Always a Woman.   One  by Three Dog night,  and two by George Michael  One More Try and Kissing a Fool.

These all contain some plot element.  Some maybe only one sentence pertains but they all have meaning. 

Any one else want to share their soundtrack?

Nov4

Liam Cormac

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Is the name of my hero in my latest novel titled “Redemption for the Devil” (the NaNoWriMo project) and he is finally “speaking” to me. I had planned to try to make this a Young Adult novel but the devil is using such language and blatant sexual comments, that I believe it will be too much for YA. Of course, how is YA divided? I think this story would be appropriate for an 18- 20 something year old. Not a middle schooler, for sure. So, can anyone tell me if there are divisions in YA? I mean, really, book 4 of the Twilight series was worse than I’m writing now.

Here is what Liam looks like in my head:  alan12

Nov3

Mothers

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 Mine is sucking the life from me.   I can’t do anything right.  She has never been supportive of me and has never even told me that she loves me.  She actually had the nerve to tell me last night that I didn’t show my younger son any love.   What nerve.  I’m stunned and don’t know to deal with her anymore.  She likes to kick me when I’m down.  I hope I’m not a mother like her.   Any suggestions on how to handle her? How to distance myself from her so she can’t hurt me anymore?

Nov2

NaNoWriMo

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NaNoWriMo started yesterday.  I wrote 2899 words.  One question I was asked was why I didn’t write one more word to make it an even 2900.   Well, I didn’t because I have issues with doing things randomly and I thought leaving off at an odd number would take me out of my comfort zone.   And it did.  My NaNoWriMo story is partially set on the RMS Mauretania, a Cunard ship that sailed the Atlantic in the early 20th Century.  Here is a picture of the ship:  300px-RMS_MauretaniaRomance on the high seas.  Should be fun.  One quote I plan to use is “I don’t know why they call them swells.  They aren’t swell.  They’re awful.”    I will have to update this post with the guy’s name as I can’t recall it just now.   I try to head my chapters with quotes and this one is reserved for the bad day at sea my characters are going to face.

EDITED to add:  wrote at lunch and got 1501 more words done- so, there goes the random-  now I have an even 4400.  Stupid one word!

EDITED TO ADD QUOTE ATTRIBITION:  Here is the real quote with author: 

“I don’t know why they named them swells. There is nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls. Hugo Vihlen (American sailor 1932- )