A dragon, a warlock, and a playlist

I’m a huge fan of music. I rarely go a day without listening to it. Growing up, my parents were great listeners too and so I know that’s where I picked it up. When I’m writing, it’s paramount that I have my music on and it helps me focus. In general, silence kind of makes me nuts and I’ve tried having the television on in the background very low, but it tends to annoy me. Music allows my brain to keep rolling or stay in a certain emotion when I’m crafting a tricky scene. When I get stuck, I leave the computer to walk around the house blasting my tunes until I fix whatever issue I'm having in my head.

My characters live in my mind alongside my music so there are songs that get attached to certain couples. It’s funny after I finish a book because when I hear those tunes I always think oh it’s a Dra’Kaedan and Brogan kind of day. For many of these couples, I’ve been crafting their world for over a decade now and that connection hasn’t gone away. I sincerely hope it never does. There are a couple of songs that can make me think of more than one set of lovebirds, but the majority do not. Some of the guys have really long lists while others might only have one or two. I can’t figure out the rhyme or reason to it I just enjoy the end results. As far as genres go, I will listen to just about anything so sometimes there’s a wide range of types of performers.

Since the next book out is Dra’Kaedan’s Coven I thought it would be fun to share with you the songs those two have collected. Some of them evoke a certain mood while others it’s the lyrics that have drawn me towards it. I’ll sprinkle the playlists for the rest of the series in future blogposts.

“Sinner’s Prayer” by Sully Erna (the entire Avalon album feels warlocky to me which is why there are so many on this list)
“7 Years” by Sully Erna
“My Light” by Sully Erna
“The Departed” by Sully Erna
“Broken Road” by Sully Erna
“Avalon” by Sully Erna
“Poor Unfortunate Souls” from The Little Mermaid soundtrack (Don’t ask me why or how this came to be because I have zero clue but somehow, I can see Dra’Kaedan singing this loudly and acting it out like he’s Ursula whenever it comes on)
“Stairway to the Skies” by Within Temptation
“The Last Dance” by Within Temptation
“Here’s to Us” by Halestorm
“Freak Like Me” by Halestorm (this could basically be the theme song of D’Vaire)
“The Moon and the Sky” by Sade
“Heart of Courage” by Two Steps from Hell
“Marry the Night (R3hab Remix)” by Lady Gaga
“Life is Beautiful” by Sixx A.M.

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