Songs That Inspired the 'My Never' Trilogy

All of the songs on this playlist inspired me while writing My Never. Some represent elements of the characters and plot. Though this is just a distilled version of the playlist as there were nearly eighty songs!

Blue October has been a massive inspiration for me while writing this trilogy. In fact, their song My Never helped me create the series. It’s a song about just missing out on being with your “never” — the person that you know deep in your soul that you’re supposed to be with, that shakes you to the core, but it isn’t working out for one reason or another. So you have to let them go and hope they come back to you one day. It’s a beautiful and sad song. And it haunted me for days after I listened to it (over and over).

When I was trying to come up with ideas for a short story competition in early 2013, two characters popped into my head. They were high school sweethearts who, for twelve years, were trying to get back together, but it wasn’t working. They loved each other so much but they had their set of obstacles to conquer first. But when they stopped trying, everything seemed to click into place.

The message: True love is eternal. Never lose hope.
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