Inspiration

You ever have one of those songs that makes you want to dance around the house in flannel pajamas?   I have three of them.

Goonies 'R' Good Enough – Cindy Lauper

We Are Young- by FUN (Feat. Janelle Monae)

If You Leave-by OMD

The thirteen films that unblock my writers block . . .

1.   The Labyrinth

2.   Little Women (1994)*****

3.   The Legend of Billie Jean*****

4.   Pan’s Labyrinth

5.   Tristan and Isolde

6.   Dirty Dancing

7.   Romeo and Juliet

8.   The Big Chill

9.   Heavenly Kid

10. How To Make An American Quilt *****

11. Pretty In Pink

12. Staying Alive

13. Imitation of Life

Favorite Vamp Films

1. Interview With The Vampire

2. Dracula

3. Once Bitten 

4. Let the Right One In

5. Nosferatu

6. Blacula

The movie that makes me LOL no matter how many times I see it….

The Wedding Crashers*****

The movie that makes me cry:

*The Lion King—I find myself yelling at Scar. It does not matter how many times I have seen the cliff scene. (King Mufasa)

The current soundtrack to my novel includes . . .

1. Not An Addict - K's Choice

2. Taylor Momsen - Zombie

3. Cold- Aqualung & Lucy Schwartz

4. Fair- Remy Zero 

5. I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You - Colin Hay

6. Change (In the House of Flies) - Deftones

7. Death Letter - Edward Shearmur

Edit Purgatory

So, in editing... I've learned 5 things about myself: 

1. I'm anal about all revised changes. I end up cutting things, pasting them back, and then, cutting them again. 

2. I love my book, but secretly wanted to throw it out the window more than a few times.

3. I hate Revisions, but love how polished everything looks afterwards.

4. My brain continues to edit hours after I've decided to call it a night. 

5. A tape recorder on the nightstand comes in handy when my characters decide to speak to me at 3:00 in the morning.