Do you listen to music while you write? Or while you read? Work? Play?



Recently, I’ve seen authors include their Play Lists either in the fronts or backs of their books, presenting the music that inspired them while they wrote.



I’d love to be able to do that, too, but I can’t listen to music while I do anything else that requires significant concentration.



A lot of people say that music helps them get in the mood, or helps them focus or concentrate. For some, it… Continue

There are times when you walk a really strange road as a writer, going down some dark paths and scary, twisty highways. As authors we do things to our characters we’d never dream of doing in real life. We make them suffer in a myriad of ways--from the agony of emotional wringers we hope never to experience ourselves to very physical torments.



I kill people…in my books, anyway. I’ve had my characters kidnapped, beaten, burned, cut, threatened, tortured and just about any and every… Continue