Music Monday: Are you strong enough?

As I said last week, I ran across a song that blends two of the most perfect female voices in modern music, Stevie Nicks and Sheryl Crow. This is that song. 

One thing that I do every time I start on a new story is to find my characters through music, hence the Music Monday section of this blog. When my writing partner and I first embarked on telling Connor and Lark's story, I set up a playlist called Connor and Lark that was basically the music I listened to while writing. But that was really MY playlist, and didn't help me get to know Lark at all. So I made a playlist for her with samplings of music I think she would have listened to over her very long life (200+ years...she's a vampire, y'all), trying to imagine what these songs would mean to her.

As soon as I heard this one I added it. Enjoy.

Strong Enoughby Sheryl Crow
God, I feel like hell tonightTears of rage I cannot lieI'd be the last to help you understandAre you strong enough to be my man?My man
Nothing's true and nothing's rightSo let me be alone tonight'Cause you can't change the way I amAre you strong enough to be my man?
Lie to meI promise I'll believeLie to meBut please don't leaveDon't leave
I have a face I cannot showI make the rules up as I goJust try and love me if you canAre you strong enough to be my man?My man
to be my man?(Are you strong enough) to be my man?(Are you strong enough) my manWhen I've shown you that I just don't careWhen I'm throwing punches in the airWhen I'm broken down and I can't standWould you be man enough to be my man?
Lie to meI promise I'll believeLie to meBut please, don't leave

Notes from Exile: Nanowrimo 2020

Yep, it's that time again...

Okay, here we go. This past Monday, I posted a song that is like a hype video for my November, but I'm just vibrating at this point. Sorry, I know it's Halloween and all but there won't really be any trick or treaters, will there? No fancy dress at the Renn Faire to prepare. Just all nano all the time and y'all, I am here for it.

I am especially here for it after this past week of stress and awful that culminated in a 36 hour power outage and a new-to-me car. Whew!

I said in my last post that one of the things I do is work up a playlist for the month, and even though I add to it as I go along and get inspired I have it pretty much ready to go. You can check it out here if you like (and you use Spotify). I'm doing better about being a plantser, which is a combination of a plotter and a pantser. I have an idea of the plot, I have been sketching on Twitter using the #vss365 prompts, and I know my MC's first name: Scarlet.

I also have a series title: Wraiths of Appalachia. That is, as is everything right now, a placeholder. It may become the title, who knows. But it gives me a label for my Google drive folder. Now if I can just get off Tiktok long enough to string some words together...LET'S DO THIS THING!!