Music For Writing

​This blog post is just for fun! I asked six other writers to name a song which got them in the creative mood and to tell me why. These are their responses...

​A big 'thank-you' to everyone who responded.

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Number 1 - B.M Keeling (Me).

I'll start this off with a song that I discovered at the end of a movie. It's simple but raw and motivational and, if played loudly, always gets me wanting to create something new. I hope you like it.

My collection of supernatural short stories is available via Amazon ('Into Dust And Other Strange Tales'). I am currently working on a collection of fantasy shorts and a novel for children.

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Number 2 - Philippa Ronan

​I've chosen this song by Eminem as it makes me want to get on with whatever I am working on. I could have also picked Love is a Losing Game or Tears Dry on Their Own by Amy Winehouse.

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I'm currently writing a novel about the death of an artist set on a fictitious Scottish island.

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Number 3 - Karen Wynn

Although I prefer quiet when scribbling, I can't deny the enormous pull I feel towards music, particularly Springsteen's, and the wonderful imagery he conjures up with all of his songs. In the deeply intimate "Brilliant Disguise" our own identity is placed under scrutiny - a story of a man struggling with the weight of his own doubts alongside a crumbling relationship.

As my current story is centred around love, I have turned to his relationships album, "The Tunnel of Love" for inspiration. It's almost thirty years old now, yet still so fresh.  So many aspects of love can be found in his pared down, poetic tales of new love, broken relationships or yearning for love lost.

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Number 4 - Marvin Close

​This track is two minutes of beautiful noise guaranteed to wake up the writerly mind!
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My latest project, working with Hope Powell on 'Hope: My Life in Football', is now available from Bloomsbury.

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Number 5 - Lorraine Dixon

​I listen to Enigma when I'm writing. The album is an hour long so enables me to write for an hour solid before I have a break or change what I'm doing.

I am currently working on a novel set in Italy. I think it's really important to visit the places you are writing about because it's not just the sights but also the sounds, smells and the atmosphere that feed into the characters and the storyline. Maybe my next novel will be set on a ranch in the wild west or a chateau in the south of France.

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Number 6 - Marian Dillon

​My three great loves are reading, writing and music but I don't always listen to music when writing. Too distracting! I've written two novels and am now on my third. Songs feature in them all and are on a playlist on my iPod. It was hard to choose one track but I chose this one by the Arctic Monkeys as it has it all for me: a quirky
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​way of expressing love for someone with a great slow beat and lots of dry Sheffield wit.
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Number 7 - Emma Finlayson-Palmer

My selection ties in with my MG magical adventure story, 'A Witch in Time', both in its lyrics and fast paced music which keeps me motivated to write. 

I nearly chose 'Cheer Up London' by Slaves which inspired me to start my current WIP ('Love Bites', a story about a 16 year old who has to rescue her ex, battle her way home to save her family and defeat the head vampire). I love the fast paced catchy music. ​