This song is the one I keep coming back to as I write today.

BTW, I just just 19K. Woot!… Read More »

Today I’m listening to Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here (the album and the song) and I’m remembering the first time I really listened to it. I took the train from Seattle to Los Angeles and I had the cassette … Read More »

Last night, Lacy Danes and I headed first to Wild Ginger for dinner and then to the Showbox to see Kate Nash.

Wild Ginger is probably one of my favorite restaurants ever. It being a Friday evening there were no … Read More »

I’ve spent the better part of my writing time crying lately. Fated is painful in places.

On my tracklist:

Kate Nash – Nicest Thing
Trentmoller – Moan
Ani DiFranco – Grey
Ani DiFranco – Both Hands
Ani DiFranco – 32 … Read More »

Damn it, I’m still sick – gah! I don’t have time to be sick, I’ve got stuff to do. So I took dayquil (one of the nastiest substances on earth) and I’m hoping to forge ahead on some writing.

Three … Read More »

I’ve often spoke about how connected music and my writing process are – well so I’ve found myself listening to all this 80’s rock and I just scrapped what I had for Sensual Magic and started over. And yet, I’m … Read More »

I was chatting with Megan about theme songs for books earlier yesterday and she was telling me she’d found the one for her newest WIP and I was telling her that Dave Matthews Band – Crash was the theme song … Read More »

I talk about music a lot, probably as much as I talk about books. I love music. But sometimes a certain artist or song really hits me and stays with me. A month ago I heard Foundations by Kate Nash … Read More »

Writing Playlist:

Feist: My Moon , My Man
Feist: Inside and Out
LCD Soundsystem: Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
Sara Barielles: Love Song
Bat for Lashes: What’s a Girl To Do?
Pipettes: Pull … Read More »

I’m thinking they’re the patron saints of this book…… Read More »