Question of the Day!

Oh yes! It greatly helps keeping the writing juice flowing.

Many songs / albums are either referenced in the respective story and/or I listen to them while writing.

In any case, a song enters the playlist when it sparks either a story, or helped keeping a stuck story going.

E.g. to use the word calefaction in the Obscure Magic Word challenge (work 9 words to do with summer/heat into the entry) for "Shorts in July Contest" , I let FMC Laura "sing" (she can't sing) the chorus of the Stones's "Satisfaction" when her father-in-law asks why she doesn't make what was planned for the 4th of July feast but something else:

"I don't need no calefaction. => "Summer in the City" .

For my (rewrite of) NaNo-novel this year, there will be songs that are about / hint at emotional trauma and its mental fallout (PTSD, Bipolar Disorder), like

– Robbie Williams ~ Feel
– Billy Joel ~ I go to Extremes
– The Verve ~ Bittersweet Symphony

to name a few.


Or when MMC Vince stumbles – nursing a BIG FAT hangover (don't ask) – stumbles into "Winter Wonderland" (Laura's flat seems to have turned into overnight) on First Advent, catching her doing Christmas bakery with her besties, and Girls Aloud's Jump for my Love cover (Love actually soundtrack) is running.


Okay, I'll stop boring you now, gotta run do some more NaNo-Prep. Assignment is due by at latest 5 PM.


Here a BIG bucket of pumpkin-spiced Teufelsgebräu to celebrate the weekend.