Music and Writing

I've been MIA for the last several days and I apologize:-(  A personal commitment kept me from writing the entire week and a half, and I can tell.  My fingers were practically on fire to get hold of my computer.  My nerves have been on edge and I've been just a little blue.  Writing is my saving grace and I'm finally back <big smile>.

One of the events keeping me away from my beloved MacBook Air was a night out with the girls at a P!nk concert.  Fabulous!  Boy, does she put on a show.  As I'm standing among tens of thousands of people singing to the top of my lungs while she twirls high in the air, a thought strikes me.  Music has been such an instrumental and inspirational key in my writing.  The perfect song for the moment makes me write even better.  It will even spark new ideas for me.  P!nk and many other awesome performers have inspired many a scene idea for me.  I'm sure I'm not alone.

I've always loved music, even though I don't have a musically talented bone in my body.  I'm the type of person who listens to music while I work.  I use it to concentrate.  I use it to make me happy.  Hell, I even use it to give me a good cry every now and again.  In a moment of writer's block, I put in my ear buds and turn on my favorite playlist.  Soon, I find the ideas begin to flow and form in my crowded brain.  It relaxes and soothes me and clears the way for inspiration.

A lot of authors have taken to releasing their inspirational playlists after writing a best seller.  I think I'll borrow from others and list an inspiring song for me occasionally here.

Inspirational song of the week:  Who Knew, one of my favorite songs by P!nk.  Girl, you certainly know how to rock!