Updates and recommendations
If all goes well, I'll be finishing the edits to The Trouble with Demons (aka TTWD) today/tonight and sending it off to my editor in the morning (a little over a week ahead of schedule). (Tired yea!)
I've been making a real effort to read for fun every day. It doesn't just help your sanity, it's vital to feed your muse. I just finished Tess Gerritsen's The Mephisto Club. Great book, I loved it, and will definitely be looking for more of Tess's work soon. I just started Janet Evanovich's Fearless Fourteen. I'm on chapter 5 or so, and Janet is off to a great start with this one. ; ) And speaking of reading for fun, the first blog I read every morning is my new writing buddy Mark Van Name. We were two of the five finalists for the Compton Crook Award for best debut sci-fi/fantasy novel of 2007. He won. And as it turns out, he works only about five minutes from my day job office. We've met for lunch. Great guy. And he'll be joining James Maxey and myself for a Barnes & Noble book signing on Sept. 9 (see my Events page for details).
I'm putting the finishing touches on the back cover copy for TTWD, and as soon as everyone who needs to sign off on it at my publisher has done so, I'll post it for you all to read. I've also been hearing what the TTWD cover is going to look like. It's still in the sketching stage, but I've heard a few things. I cannot wait to see it -- I'm gonna be like a kid on Christmas morning. ; )
This weekend I'll start working on Bewitched & Betrayed (aka B&B). As most of you know, I like to write while listening to movie soundtracks. I've been using a lot of the Harry Potter soundtracks (for some reason it works for me), but I'm always looking for new stuff. Some of you recommended the original Batman soundtrack. I have it, so I downloaded it onto my laptop. Ooooo, it'll work very nicely for B&B. Do any of you have any more recommendations? You know what my books are like, do you have a favorite movie soundtrack that you think will be a good match?
Lisa
I've been making a real effort to read for fun every day. It doesn't just help your sanity, it's vital to feed your muse. I just finished Tess Gerritsen's The Mephisto Club. Great book, I loved it, and will definitely be looking for more of Tess's work soon. I just started Janet Evanovich's Fearless Fourteen. I'm on chapter 5 or so, and Janet is off to a great start with this one. ; ) And speaking of reading for fun, the first blog I read every morning is my new writing buddy Mark Van Name. We were two of the five finalists for the Compton Crook Award for best debut sci-fi/fantasy novel of 2007. He won. And as it turns out, he works only about five minutes from my day job office. We've met for lunch. Great guy. And he'll be joining James Maxey and myself for a Barnes & Noble book signing on Sept. 9 (see my Events page for details).
I'm putting the finishing touches on the back cover copy for TTWD, and as soon as everyone who needs to sign off on it at my publisher has done so, I'll post it for you all to read. I've also been hearing what the TTWD cover is going to look like. It's still in the sketching stage, but I've heard a few things. I cannot wait to see it -- I'm gonna be like a kid on Christmas morning. ; )
This weekend I'll start working on Bewitched & Betrayed (aka B&B). As most of you know, I like to write while listening to movie soundtracks. I've been using a lot of the Harry Potter soundtracks (for some reason it works for me), but I'm always looking for new stuff. Some of you recommended the original Batman soundtrack. I have it, so I downloaded it onto my laptop. Ooooo, it'll work very nicely for B&B. Do any of you have any more recommendations? You know what my books are like, do you have a favorite movie soundtrack that you think will be a good match?
Lisa
posted by Lisa Shearin at
8:00 AM
12 Comments:
Mozart. He wrote some of the most delightful music in the world, which goes quite well with your novels. Just get a "best of Mozart" album and start there. My favorite has a huge MOZ on the cover.
Thanks, Tia! I'll definitely check it out.
I think you might like the "Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" soundtrack. It's got a little bit of everything.
Now that's a very interesting choice that I hadn't considered. I'll have to listen to some sample tracks. Thank you!
I don't have it yet, but I liked the music for "Batman Begins." Considering "Betrayed" is in the title, and you liked Elfman's Batman score, maybe you should try that as well. BTW, the titles for each track on BB are the scientific names for bats.
Hi Robert! You read my mind. I was already looking into Batman Begins. ; )
the soundtrack to The Princess Bride. :-D
Ah, The Princess Bride -- a classic. ; )
Braveheart has a good soundtrack, but it makes me cry. Ditto with Last of the Mohicans. : )
Oooo, I love Last of the Mohicans (I especially like the eye-candy that is Daniel Day Lewis).
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Thank you, Cathy -- and welcome!
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