“Popular Music Is the Soundtrack
of Our . . . Lives” – Dick Clark
When I’m supposed to be
writing and . . . just don’t feel like it, one of my favorite pastimes is
creating playlists for my books. While many authors create playlists based on
music they listened to while writing a particular book, I take a bit of a
different approach. I develop playlists based on the content of the books
themselves. A scene, character or line of dialogue can inspire inclusion of a
song on a book playlist. I have a lot of fun listening to different songs and
matching them with something in the book.
Ahead of the upcoming release
of “Every Breath You Take,” each Tuesday, I’ll share a song from the book’s
playlist.
Track No. 1 is, of course, “Every
Breath You Take,” by The Police. The ultimate misunderstood song, for it is
a not an ode to undying love, but rather the musings of an obsessed, jilted
lover. Let’s hope the practice of making this one a couple’s First Dance at their
wedding has been retired.
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