tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post6338062894294398828..comments2024-02-18T00:11:11.490-08:00Comments on Heroines of Fantasy: Music As Time Travel...Heroines of Fantasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169664399606524540noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-56965279852601804672014-05-13T08:58:39.585-07:002014-05-13T08:58:39.585-07:00Heh, I'm pleased to try and boost the signal f...Heh, I'm pleased to try and boost the signal for poor old Robert Carver, Scotland's un-appreciated national treasure.<br /><br />Oh yes, I'm up for the playlist suggestion!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06614407068699582907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-35781439253687333832014-05-13T07:52:38.738-07:002014-05-13T07:52:38.738-07:00Karin...I love this idea! I would definitely play ...Karin...I love this idea! I would definitely play along.Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-88149642525978733502014-05-13T07:50:35.145-07:002014-05-13T07:50:35.145-07:00Louise, thank you for another lovely post & I ...Louise, thank you for another lovely post & I particularly enjoyed the music! <br /><br />I'm one of those people who cannot properly write when I'm listening to music. But I do listen to a LOT of music when I'm mulling over scenes away from the computer. <br /><br />We should do a playlist month at HoF. Would you all be up for it? Maybe I could set aside one of my months this autumn just for us to share playlists for our stories. Reviewers & regular contributors (and maybe a few guests) could all participate. We'd call it the HoF Literary Music Festival. ;) <br />Karin Rita Gastreichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788750258292938903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-16204909929994938722014-05-12T14:11:19.341-07:002014-05-12T14:11:19.341-07:00You're not the only one to succumb to an infan...You're not the only one to succumb to an infantile snicker, I know... It's a pleasure to spread the word about Carver 'cos his music's sublime, but for the actual writing, it was mainly 'Aion' by Dead Can Dance and Blur's album '13' with a bit of Talking Heads thrown in for good measure ('Burning Down the House!'). Clannad for Book 2, and with Book 3 it's Elbow and Kasabian... It's like a working dog with its harness - I slip on the right music and can just slot into the right mind frame! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06614407068699582907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-28376292311103539142014-05-12T12:10:51.122-07:002014-05-12T12:10:51.122-07:00Thanks for this, Louise. That is quite gorgeous. W...Thanks for this, Louise. That is quite gorgeous. Wonderful to set out what your characters would have known for themselves.<br /><br />It's folk nearly all the way for me. There's a lot of folksongs in my writing; some obvious, some not. 'The Unquiet Grave' (Child no.78) was particularly important in determining a theme, as were 'King Ofeo' (Child no. 19) and 'Thomas the Rhymer' (Child 37). Set the mood and the world up just right. <br /><br />Having said that, it wasn't quite not all folk. I wrote the very end of 'After the Ruin' listening to Vaughan Williams' 'The lark ascending' on repeat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-90267631487883816612014-05-12T10:08:40.983-07:002014-05-12T10:08:40.983-07:00:::snicker:::
Oh, come now--did you really think ...:::snicker:::<br /><br />Oh, come now--did you really think you'd get away without ONE infantile snicker? I wouldn't be doing my job if I let that slide. :)<br /><br />Truly gorgeous. I absolutely love this. I will add it to my queue of stuff I listen to for inspiration.<br /><br />Writing mostly fantasy, I find myself often listening to movie soundtracks for, of course, epic movies like LOTR, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Narnia etc as I write. I have recently been working on a contemporary story of mental illness, fericious love, and secrets, and found myself listening to a lot of "emo" sort of indie rock! Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.com