How often do you get these questions: What is it like for you when a new character pops into existence in your head? How does it work?… Read more “Where do characters come from?”
Tag: Music
Connecting Through Music
Childhood drama does funny things to you. As a kid, you make choices that the adult version of you may or may not agree with in retrospect.… Read more “Connecting Through Music”
Where Inspiration Lives
Where does inspiration come from? How do we become inspired? What does it mean to be a creative person? I’ve been thinking about all of these questions… Read more “Where Inspiration Lives”
Color Your World Building
In thinking about writing and creating new worlds, it’s always useful to consider our own world and your own culture to assist you in deciding what is… Read more “Color Your World Building”
Musical Inspiration in Writing
Music can have a grand affect on your mood and your emotions and can elicit feelings across the spectrum from sorrow and fear to joy. I often… Read more “Musical Inspiration in Writing”
Things that Annoy Me: Self-Identification in the Music World
Musical artists have the luck and the advantage of having 2 avenues through which to differentiate themselves and get their messages across to the listener as opposed… Read more “Things that Annoy Me: Self-Identification in the Music World”
All I Want for Christmas…Earplugs
I really like Christmas music. I must confess that I started listening to it sometime in November while I was sitting at my desk knee-deep in editing… Read more “All I Want for Christmas…Earplugs”
Writer vs the World 