writing and music

This is a long overdue post but I have been busy doing something I absolutely love. Writing. Supplemented by lots of reading. More writing.

I have reached the 25,000 words halfway mark ahead of schedule in my NaNoWriMo novel. I have been sleeping between two to four in the morning because I find that I write better during the dark quiet night, with only a single source of light.

Except last Saturday when I slept at four in the morning because I was creating a playlist in my iTunes to provide a music soundtrack for the fluttering agitation that had me trying to write and wringing my hands and standing up suddenly and pacing and sighing oh so many times. I ended up not writing very much at all although I made a playlist and listened to it in loops while staring out the window until I started to feel sleepy at four in the morning.

"Oh you're in my blood like holy wine

You taste so bitter, and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you, darling

 Still I'd be on my feet"

~ Case Of You/ Joni Mitchell ~

"Do I love you

Do I hate you

I can't make up my mind

So let's free fall

And see where we land"

~ Where We Land/ Ed Sheeran~

"I'm just dreaming

Counting the ways to where you are"

~ 100 Years/ Five For Fighting~

"Every time you're not around

It doesn't matter

'Cause you're everywhere to me."

~ Everywhere/ Bran Van 3000~

"Ten to one, you're gonna smile when you walk by

Fifty-four to one, you're gonna stop and say hi

Two million to one, you'll be the love of my life

Infinity to one, we're gonna last a life time"

~ Infinity To One/ Jason Reeves~

"Sometimes it stops,

Sometimes it flows,

But baby that is how love goes.

You will fly and you will crawl;

God knows even angels fall.

No such thing as you lost it all.

It's a secret no one tells;

One day it's heaven, one day it's hell.

It's no fairy tale;

Take it from me,

That's the way it's supposed to be."

~ Even Angels Fall/ Jessica Riddle~

"I turned around

And the water was closing all around"

~ Crystal/ Stevie Nicks~

Oh, yes. Gotta weather this particular storm and channel all its excess energy to finishing my novel!