March Madness Check-In Day 6 #wipmadness

How has your first week been? Mine got off to a slow start, but I'm starting to find my rhythm in the story now.

Speaking of rhythm...how many of you listen to music when you write? I don't, actually. I find it distracting. However, I do find a lot of lyrics in songs extremely inspirational, both for getting my butt in gear to do the work and also for getting into my characters heads.

Today over on Twitter, not only will I be hanging out at our usual #wipmadness watering hole, but I'd also like to share some of my favorite song lyrics using the hashtag #favoritesonglyrics . I'd love to know if you have some favorites and what they are - and if you're not a Twitter fan, feel free to leave them below. (Note - I will not, I tell you, I will NOT be playing the song lyrics game until I've done my morning writing. I promise. Mostly.)

Also, I have some good news! Kim Baccellia, author of Earrings of Ixtumea, Crossed Out, and No Goddesses Allowed, as well as one of our March Madness mates, has donated a couple more awesome ARC's for two of you lucky people! EMBRACE by Jessica Shirvington and UNDER THE NEVER SKY by Veronica Rossi! How cool is that! I'm going to give them away randomly to people who check-in during the next week (sorry, these particular prizes are for US mailing only. If you're international, don't let that deter you, though. There are still plenty of prizes you'll be eligible for.).

Don't forget to comment with your progress, and then head on over to Angelina Hansen's blog tomorrow to check in there. Hope everybody has a GREAT week two!!!