Meanderings: July 21, 1999

Wednesday,
July 21, 1999

Well, they found the bodies in the wreckage. We all knew they had to be dead -- there was no way any of them could've survived this long if they managed to survive the crash at all -- but it's still so goddamn sad. I don't even know why I feel this way -- no, that's not true, I do. It's that he and Carolyn seemed so damned happy together -- I look at videotapes of them horsing around at a family gathering or walking down the street, and I see a couple in love, just like my husband and myself. And I can't help thinking about what would happen if one or both of us died in an accident. The thought of being separated from Lynnie literally tears me up -- I couldn't bear it, I really couldn't. So I only hope that wherever they are, John and Carolyn are still together, and Lauren is nearby. Godspeed, you three.

More on music while writing:

This is something that varies widely among writers. Some find any sort of music in the background distracting, while others like to listen to music when they're writing but it has to be instrumental. Me, I like themed music when I'm working on certain kinds of stories -- frex, I find minor chord combinations really emotional and sexy (for reasons I don't understand and don't plan to investigate, it's just the way I'm wired), so I'll listen to Texas or the soundtrack from CITY OF ANGELS when I'm writing something that requires a lot of emotion or hanky-panky.

As an aside -- yes, I write SF with hanky-panky. Click on the Erotic Science Fiction link below if you want to see where some of it has been published.

Anyway, there's the stuff with minor chords for emotionally charged pieces, the soundtrack from TWISTER when I'm writing something that needs action but isn't particularly climactic, anything from the Bare Naked Ladies or the Mighty Mighty Bosstones when I'm writing upbeat pieces, and various movie themes for the actual climaxes (at times like these, the BACK TO THE FUTURE soundtrack, a lot of John Williams compositions, and the Mars movement from Holst's "The Planets" get played a lot. Sometimes, I think my whole life needs a soundtrack, but that's another topic).

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