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The Task:
Do you listen to music when you write? Do any groups/singers/songs inspire you to write? Share a YouTube video of your latest favorite song or artist. What is it about this song that speaks to you?


For me, I think earlier in my writing, listening to songs did help to inspire me. I created a whole mixed CD for My novel, "Twilight Over Moldavia" which included songs like "Astronomy" from Blue Oyster Cult and "Night Ride Across the Caucasus" by Loreena McKinnett.

In my more recent writing, I haven't relied so much on musical influences to set a tone or mood for the writing. Also, to answer another question, I generally don't listen to music while I write, as I'm more focused on listening to the characters in my head speak.

Going back to Twilight Over Moldavia, it is Book 2 in my Moldavian moon, but it's not been re-released yet. It was published by Desert Breeze Publishing in the teens, but when the publisher went out of business, I got my rights back. Re-publishing my work as a self-publisher has been time consuming and I've been concentrating on my smaller work by Victory Tales Press first.

This will be the cover to Twilight Over Moldavia when it is re-published:

Book Cover

As for Loreena McKinnett's song I can't seem to find an official version. But she has published the song on YouTube on her account. Here is a version I did find that intrigued me:



Here is a video trailer I made of Twilight of Moldavia when it was initially released.



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