Welcome to another Open Book Blog Hop. Here’s this week’s question. “Authors like Truman Capote, James Joyce, Virginia Wolfe (name some others) had some interesting quirks when it came to writing. Do you have any rituals, quirks, or superstitions when it comes to working?”
I like to have music on in the background, whether I’m creating and editing a blog post like this one, checking email, or writing something else. The type of music depends on the time of day. In the morning, I prefer classical or other relaxing music. In the afternoon, I like songs that were popular in my younger years and, sometimes, jazz. Music keeps me motivated.
How about you authors out there? Do you have any quirks, rituals, or superstitions? You can click here to participate on your blog and view other responses. Thank you for reading.
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New! Why Grandma Doesn’t Know Me
Copyright 2021 by Abbie Johnson Taylor.
Independently published with the help of DLD Books.
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Sixteen-year-old Natalie’s grandmother, suffering from dementia and confined to a wheelchair, lives in a nursing home and rarely recognizes Natalie. But one Halloween night, she tells her a shocking secret that only she and Natalie’s mother know. Natalie is the product of a one-night stand between her mother, who is a college English teacher, and another professor.
After some research, Natalie learns that people with dementia often have vivid memories of past events. Still not wanting to believe what her grandmother has told her, she finds her biological father online. The resemblance between them is undeniable. Not knowing what else to do, she shows his photo and website to her parents.
Natalie realizes she has some growing up to do. Scared and confused, she reaches out to her biological father, and they start corresponding.
Her younger sister, Sarah, senses their parents’ marital difficulties. At Thanksgiving, when she has an opportunity to see Santa Claus, she asks him to bring them together again. Can the jolly old elf grant her request?
I think music helps me concentrate by shutting out the world around me.
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Absolutely! It does the same for me.
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Hi, most of the time I like it silent. Occasionally, if I’m writing a particular type of scene, I’ll put on music which might help to inspire.
When I wrote the short story, “Wish of the Wee Golden” it was September and 95 degrees F out.
I asked someone how to go about getting in the Christmas Spirit during that sort of thing, and someone reminded me that White Christmas had been written while in a warm climate.
I turned the air conditioner down to 68 degrees, I put on Christmas music, and I dragged out the blender and made a vanilla ice cream rum drink to simulate rum and eggnog and enjoyed a lovely day of writing.
You just never know.
By and large though I like it quiet and if there’s a lot of noise from neighbors and such I turn on the fan from the heat pump and drown it out.
Patty L. Fletcher
Bridging the great chasm which separates the disAbled from the non-disAbled
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I love music but require silence to write. I must be a non-multitasker.
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To each his own. Thank you for commenting.
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