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7/7 - Today, inspiration hit me like a bug on my windshield, and I actually wrote a chapter for book 3! It was the right dialogue and emotion to capture an upcoming scene that I had to get it down on digital paper.

Now, back to work on Captain Sollin - he's up to something crafty....

If you're like me, having music in the background is extremely helpful/vital to your writing, from establishing mood to maintaining focus to occasionally offering inspiration.

For me, it has to be instrumental. Lyrics are distracting, as I find myself wanting to listen to each word and the subsequent story they create. It's hard to write and read at the same time.

For those of you who also like instrumental background music, I recommend the group M83. I stumbled upon them by accident, and now I write almost exclusively with them on. My favorite albums are Saturdays = Youth and Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. Good stuff.

Also great, especially for fantasy writing, are the soundtracks to Lord of the Rings, Battlestar Galactica, Dragon Age, Fable, Nier, and Kingdoms of Amalur.

I also enjoy the works of James Horner, Vangelis, Ludovico Einaudi, and Motoi Sakuraba.

P.S. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck in thirty minutes if he had an automated catapult and a five-man crew?

Until next week...