...Music That Inspired Fatal...
If you’re a lover of music, raise your hand. Hmm, yes. I see a lot of hands. An ocean of hands. From here, it kind of looks like a swarm of zombies desperately reaching to snatch a morsel of flesh—What? Oh, um, sorry. I got distracted.
OF COURSE you love music. Who doesn’t? It’s like asking someone if they like oxygen. Now, we might have different tastes in music. Sure, but I triple dare you to find someone who doesn't like some form of music. It’s the same for oxygen. Some people like theirs mixed with smoke or copious amounts of cologne. I prefer mine NOT diluted with those items. But bringing it back around… today, I wanted to share with you some of the music that I used for inspiration while writing FATAL!
I’m a super really-really major music junkie. I mean, like, you don’t even know. It’s bad. I majored in it in college, bad. Except, in this case, bad actually means good. So, when it comes to my writing, it’s pretty safe to say, I CAN’T DO IT WITHOUT SONGZ!
It might be different for other authors but for me, music does a few different things: 1. It gets me in a creative mood. Makes me want to get lost in imaginary worlds of my own making. 2. It helps me feel connected to my characters. I listen to their favorite song and I can feel what they feel, think how they think, see how they see. 3. It breaks through writer’s block like freaking Hulk armed with a sledge hammer, yo. Or like, Thor. So far, it’s been fail-proof. If I’m stuck, I turn on a new track. Something unexpected or random. And viola, new words sprout forth from my fingers, into the keyboard, landing on the neon screen in front of me.
Yes, music is THAT powerful. That’s why you cried through Les Miserable. What, you didn’t?! *shaking my head in disdain* You. You have no heart and there’s no hope for you, that’s why. Maybe you’re a zombie. I’m serious.
Below is a list of songs that found their way onto my FATAL soundtrack and some reasons why. You’ll notice the list is rather eclectic. That’s because of a couple reasons: one, I like so many different types of music. I REALLY have a hard time coming up with a genre I DON’T like. And two, because Fatal has such a diverse cast of characters and I needed songs that represented them.Alright then, here we go!
Cold Shoulder by AdeleKey line: “You shower me with words made of knives.”My thoughts: I picture this song playing as Cori walks the halls her first day of school.Dead Man Walking by The ScriptKey line: “I’m a breathing, talking dead man, walking.”My thoughts: This is one of Grayson’s (our zombie with a heart of gold) songs. For those of you who’ve read the book, this song fits perfectly in a particularly hopeless scene where Grayson is drowning his troubles in the river.Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster CultKey line: The whole dang song.My thoughts: This was for a scene where Grayson and Cori face off with a rotter. It also helped me fill in a lot of backstory for Grayson’s zombie family, which will come into play in later books.Here I go again By WhitesnakeKey line: “Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday”My thoughts: Ah, a classic. This means I was writing about Leiv. As you will see in the first chapter, Leiv is a morning person (Blehhhhh) who likes to blast classic rock at the break of dawn, the same way a rooster would crow. Not Alone by RedKey line: This song… oh, my heart. There are too many great lines. You really should listen to it RIGHT NOW. But here are a few… “Slowly fading away. You’re lost and so afraid. Where is the hope, in a world so cold.” “Your heart is full of broken dreams, just a fading memory. And everything’s gone, but the pain carries on.”My thoughts: Those who’ve read the book might have guessed that this is Cori’s song. I think it represents the loss of her dad and her mourning perfectly.Never Surrender by SkilletKey line: “Do you know what it’s like when you’re scared to see yourself? Do you know what it’s like to wish you were someone else? Do you know what it’s like to wanna surrender? I don’t wanna feel like this tomorrow. I don’t want to live like this today. Make me feel better, I need to feel better.”My thoughts: This is Grayson’s angsty song. Falling Inside the Black by SkilletKey line: “Falling in the black, slipping through the cracks, falling to the depths. Can I ever come back? Dreaming of the way it used to be. Can you hear me?”My thoughts: This song represents the death and rising that zombies experience.Sometimes by Skillet(Are you noticing a trend here? I love my Skillet. Like, really, really.)Key line: “Sometimes I don’t wanna be better. Sometimes I can’t be put back together.”My thoughts: For when Grayson has a bad attitude. Which happens a lot in the beginning.Making Me New by Royal TailorKey lines: “I’ve got a feeling that I can’t explain, like I’m crawling out of my skin. I was dead ‘til the moment that you said my name. Now my heart is beating again.”My thoughts: Ah, the power of love. It raises the dead. But not in the way you’re thinking ;)Afterlife by Arcade FireKey line: “Afterlife, I think I saw what happens next. It was just a glimpse of you. Like looking through a window or a shallow sea.”My thoughts: This one was for Peg. And that’s all I can say about that.Party in the U.S.A. by Miley CyrusKey line: none.My thoughts: This song was especially for pretend party-boy, Aiken. The little flirt.
There you go, my FATAL soundtrack! You should probably know, there were a ton of other songs that got me through the book but if I listed them all, well… this day only consists of 24 hours, so.
Thanks for listening!!! (Now go download that Red song and have some feels:))
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First love can be brutal. Sometimes it can be Fatal.
Grayson Patch hasn’t been human since he was seventeen years old… and that was nineteen years ago. When he rose from the dead, he had no memory of his former life. Grayson desperately wants to recapture his lost humanity. And he’s been told that there is one person in this world who can save him from his current fate before he begins to decompose. One person, whose life must be sacrificed for his.
Cori Abbott has a million things to worry about. She’s the new girl in a school that’s a fraction the size of her old one. Her antisocial tendencies are crippling her ability to make new friends. And then there’s the recent, sudden death of her father, the only man who ever understood her. The last thing Cori wants is the attention of a strange, withdrawn, and consistently angry guy who seems to hate her for no apparent reason. A guy she can’t stop thinking about.
Will Cori break through Grayson’s cold exterior and find the human within, the boy who can love and understand her like no other? Will Grayson sacrifice Cori to rid himself of his undead curse, even if it means losing her forever?
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About the Author
T.A. Brock lives in Oklahoma, where Zombies do not thrive. When not immersed in the world of fantasy writing, she enjoys spending time with her big girl, baby boy, and hubs. Some of her favorite things are coffee (specifically with cream, sugar, and chocolate), music (especially something with a good beat), books (especially paranormal), and tennis. She despises raw meat and therefore is exceedingly glad she’s human
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OF COURSE you love music. Who doesn’t? It’s like asking someone if they like oxygen. Now, we might have different tastes in music. Sure, but I triple dare you to find someone who doesn't like some form of music. It’s the same for oxygen. Some people like theirs mixed with smoke or copious amounts of cologne. I prefer mine NOT diluted with those items. But bringing it back around… today, I wanted to share with you some of the music that I used for inspiration while writing FATAL!
I’m a super really-really major music junkie. I mean, like, you don’t even know. It’s bad. I majored in it in college, bad. Except, in this case, bad actually means good. So, when it comes to my writing, it’s pretty safe to say, I CAN’T DO IT WITHOUT SONGZ!
It might be different for other authors but for me, music does a few different things: 1. It gets me in a creative mood. Makes me want to get lost in imaginary worlds of my own making. 2. It helps me feel connected to my characters. I listen to their favorite song and I can feel what they feel, think how they think, see how they see. 3. It breaks through writer’s block like freaking Hulk armed with a sledge hammer, yo. Or like, Thor. So far, it’s been fail-proof. If I’m stuck, I turn on a new track. Something unexpected or random. And viola, new words sprout forth from my fingers, into the keyboard, landing on the neon screen in front of me.
Yes, music is THAT powerful. That’s why you cried through Les Miserable. What, you didn’t?! *shaking my head in disdain* You. You have no heart and there’s no hope for you, that’s why. Maybe you’re a zombie. I’m serious.
Below is a list of songs that found their way onto my FATAL soundtrack and some reasons why. You’ll notice the list is rather eclectic. That’s because of a couple reasons: one, I like so many different types of music. I REALLY have a hard time coming up with a genre I DON’T like. And two, because Fatal has such a diverse cast of characters and I needed songs that represented them.Alright then, here we go!
Cold Shoulder by AdeleKey line: “You shower me with words made of knives.”My thoughts: I picture this song playing as Cori walks the halls her first day of school.Dead Man Walking by The ScriptKey line: “I’m a breathing, talking dead man, walking.”My thoughts: This is one of Grayson’s (our zombie with a heart of gold) songs. For those of you who’ve read the book, this song fits perfectly in a particularly hopeless scene where Grayson is drowning his troubles in the river.Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster CultKey line: The whole dang song.My thoughts: This was for a scene where Grayson and Cori face off with a rotter. It also helped me fill in a lot of backstory for Grayson’s zombie family, which will come into play in later books.Here I go again By WhitesnakeKey line: “Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday”My thoughts: Ah, a classic. This means I was writing about Leiv. As you will see in the first chapter, Leiv is a morning person (Blehhhhh) who likes to blast classic rock at the break of dawn, the same way a rooster would crow. Not Alone by RedKey line: This song… oh, my heart. There are too many great lines. You really should listen to it RIGHT NOW. But here are a few… “Slowly fading away. You’re lost and so afraid. Where is the hope, in a world so cold.” “Your heart is full of broken dreams, just a fading memory. And everything’s gone, but the pain carries on.”My thoughts: Those who’ve read the book might have guessed that this is Cori’s song. I think it represents the loss of her dad and her mourning perfectly.Never Surrender by SkilletKey line: “Do you know what it’s like when you’re scared to see yourself? Do you know what it’s like to wish you were someone else? Do you know what it’s like to wanna surrender? I don’t wanna feel like this tomorrow. I don’t want to live like this today. Make me feel better, I need to feel better.”My thoughts: This is Grayson’s angsty song. Falling Inside the Black by SkilletKey line: “Falling in the black, slipping through the cracks, falling to the depths. Can I ever come back? Dreaming of the way it used to be. Can you hear me?”My thoughts: This song represents the death and rising that zombies experience.Sometimes by Skillet(Are you noticing a trend here? I love my Skillet. Like, really, really.)Key line: “Sometimes I don’t wanna be better. Sometimes I can’t be put back together.”My thoughts: For when Grayson has a bad attitude. Which happens a lot in the beginning.Making Me New by Royal TailorKey lines: “I’ve got a feeling that I can’t explain, like I’m crawling out of my skin. I was dead ‘til the moment that you said my name. Now my heart is beating again.”My thoughts: Ah, the power of love. It raises the dead. But not in the way you’re thinking ;)Afterlife by Arcade FireKey line: “Afterlife, I think I saw what happens next. It was just a glimpse of you. Like looking through a window or a shallow sea.”My thoughts: This one was for Peg. And that’s all I can say about that.Party in the U.S.A. by Miley CyrusKey line: none.My thoughts: This song was especially for pretend party-boy, Aiken. The little flirt.
There you go, my FATAL soundtrack! You should probably know, there were a ton of other songs that got me through the book but if I listed them all, well… this day only consists of 24 hours, so.
Thanks for listening!!! (Now go download that Red song and have some feels:))
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First love can be brutal. Sometimes it can be Fatal.Grayson Patch hasn’t been human since he was seventeen years old… and that was nineteen years ago. When he rose from the dead, he had no memory of his former life. Grayson desperately wants to recapture his lost humanity. And he’s been told that there is one person in this world who can save him from his current fate before he begins to decompose. One person, whose life must be sacrificed for his.
Cori Abbott has a million things to worry about. She’s the new girl in a school that’s a fraction the size of her old one. Her antisocial tendencies are crippling her ability to make new friends. And then there’s the recent, sudden death of her father, the only man who ever understood her. The last thing Cori wants is the attention of a strange, withdrawn, and consistently angry guy who seems to hate her for no apparent reason. A guy she can’t stop thinking about.
Will Cori break through Grayson’s cold exterior and find the human within, the boy who can love and understand her like no other? Will Grayson sacrifice Cori to rid himself of his undead curse, even if it means losing her forever?
Amazon B&N Goodreads
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About the Author
T.A. Brock lives in Oklahoma, where Zombies do not thrive. When not immersed in the world of fantasy writing, she enjoys spending time with her big girl, baby boy, and hubs. Some of her favorite things are coffee (specifically with cream, sugar, and chocolate), music (especially something with a good beat), books (especially paranormal), and tennis. She despises raw meat and therefore is exceedingly glad she’s human
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