Writing to Muse-ic
The whole Starstruck series has not only been written on a treadmill, it’s also been written while listening to a playlist I created specifically for these books. It has helped to put (and keep) me in the right state of mind, and to identify with what my teen characters are going through. I thought my readers might be interested in knowing exactly WHAT music I’ve been writing to all this time, so here’s what I have on shuffle in iTunes, playing nonstop pretty much any time I’m writing:
Take A Bow 4:35 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
Starlight 4:00 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
Stockholm Syndrome 4:57 Muse Absolution
Supermassive Black Hole 3:29 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
Map Of The Problematique 4:19 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
The Small Print 3:29 Muse Absolution
Sing For Absolution 4:55 Muse Absolution
Ruled By Secrecy 4:52 Muse Absolution
Soldier’s Poem 2:04 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
Invincible 5:00 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
Assassin 3:31 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
Exo-Politics 3:53 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
City Of Delusion 4:49 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
Hoodoo 3:43 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
Knights Of Cydonia 6:07 Muse Black Holes & Revelations
Uprising 5:03 Muse The Resistance
Resistance 5:47 Muse The Resistance
Undisclosed Desires 3:56 Muse The Resistance
United States Of Eurasia / Collateral Damage 5:48 Muse The Resistance
Guiding Light 4:13 Muse The Resistance
Unnatural Selection 6:55 Muse The Resistance
MK Ultra 4:06 Muse The Resistance
I Belong To You / Mon Cœur S’ouvre À Ta Voix 5:39 Muse The Resistance
Falling Away With You 4:41 Muse Absolution
Fury 5:02 Muse Absolution
Endlessly 3:49 Muse Absolution
Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture) 4:18 Muse The Resistance
Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 (Cross-Pollination) 3:56 Muse The Resistance
Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption) 4:37 Muse The Resistance
Soul’s Lament 5:45 Philip Wesley Dark Night of the Soul
Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist 3:07 Muse Absolution
E.T. 3:26 Katy Perry Teenage Dream
Time Is Running Out 3:59 Muse Absolution
Hysteria 3:48 Muse Absolution
Apocalypse Please 4:13 Muse Absolution
Butterflies and Hurricanes 5:02 Muse Absolution
Blackout 4:22 Muse Absolution
As you can see, my Starstruck writing playlist is HEAVILY dominated by Muse, though I also added a couple of others (like Katy Perry’s “E.T.”—which you have to admit, fits pretty well!) Muse’s album “The Resistance” has been especially inspirational and appropriate for the Starstruck series. In fact, I can name a theme song for every book in this series from that album. Listen to the following songs after reading each book and see if you can spot the lyrics that most inspired me!
For STARSTRUCK (book 1): “Uprising”
For STARCROSSED (book 2): “Resistance”
For STARBOUND (book 3): “Exogenesis Symphony Part 2 (Cross-Pollination)”
and for STARFALL (book 4): “Exogenesis Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)”