Every book I write now has a playlist. It either develops while I’m writing or I put part (or most) of it together while I’m rewriting.
My question, fellow readers: Does it every interest you when authors post a playlist? Do you listen to it while you’re reading their book? After you’re done reading it? What, in your mind, makes or breaks a good list?
Here’s one I made for BRITTLE (Blade & Bone, book 1)–Enjoy!
P.S. I would listen to these in order to get a feel for the progression of the plot and its main character, Verve.
1 – “One of These Days” by Sydney Wayser
2 – “Girl Anachronism” by The Dresden Dolls
3 – “Ruins of Illusion” by Leah
4 – “The Mummer’s Dance” by Loreena McKennitt
5 – “I Just Wanna Be Loved” by AM Radio
6 – “Lavender’s Blue” by Laura Wright
7 – “Yellow” by Coldplay
8 – “Going Under” by Evanescence
9 – “Heavy in Your Arms” by Florence + The Machine
10 – “Hero” by Skillet
11 – “Claire De Lune” Debussy
12 – “Apologize” Timbaland ft. One Republic
13 – “Insomnia” Cellar Darling
14 – “Finder” by Cyrus Reynolds
15 – “Willow” by Taylor Swift
16 – “Northern Lights” by Cider Skies
17 – “Existence” by Kevin max
18 – “Only Time” by Enya
19 – “Born for This” by The Score
20 – “Eyes on Fire” by Blue Foundation
21 – “Soldier, Poet, King” by The Oh Hellos
22 – “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star
23 – “Starcrusher” by Cellar Darling
24 – “Oblivion” by Leah
25 – “Sweet Dreams/Seven Nation Army Mashup” by Pomplamoose
26 – “Thunder” by Imagine Dragons
27 – “Save the World” by Leah
28 – “I’d Pluck a Fair Rose” Anne Dudley
29 – “Pain” by Cellar Darling
30 – “Shatter Me” by Lindsey Stirling
31 – “I am the Storm” by Ad Infinitum
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If you preordered BRITTLE and sent me your address (and heard back from me!), your preorder incentives should be shipping sometime soon! I’m just waiting on the postcards to arrive, and then I should start shipping the boxes of goodies 10 at a time. Watch this space!

This is great fun!
I made up a similar playlist for my novella The World Around the Corner (https://rickellrod.com/stories/the-world-around-the-corner/) — and, as you say, now I’m doing it for anything I write.
Rick
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SOOOOO fun! Thanks for sharing, Rick!
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