Writing to the Music

Ah, the music. The music that fuels the fugue state when I’m writing. Never has music been more important to my writing process than now, because music is a magical gift, a power and a weapon. So of course, I find myself dwelling on the power of music in its more mundane as well as magical sense.

Sometimes the backdrop musice when I’m writing makes sense. It’s from the era I’m writing about, or the part of the world where my characters live. It helps me tap into the world and all of its realit...