Conjuring Music

A Playlist for a Grumpy Big Brother Wolf and a Metal Witch with a Plan

Hi, I’m Jasmine Silvera and I can’t write in a quiet room.

The connection between music and writing for me goes way beyond filling the space with sound. I often draw inspiration from songs and melodies and use pieces of music as touchstones to get me back into the mood of a particular scene, character, or plot point after some time away. Each book’s soundtrack evolves over the course of writing, editing, revising, and e...