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2010-01-12 10:13 am

From Whence We Came

Wherein I talk about the evolution of the book and the 180 degree turn it took this last October.

Cut for rampant spoilers )
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2010-01-08 09:25 pm

Literary/Media Influences

Frankly it's rather difficult to quantify this one, I think. When I was younger I devoured books of all sorts, and all genres, and then as I grew older my reading time grew lesser and lesser to the point that when I first decided to revamp "Windshifter" this last October, I actually hadn't really read anything in a long time. Maybe this was actually a good thing, because it allowed me to mostly use my own style rather than emulate that of another author's as I tend to do... but I digress.

Cut for length )

I could go on and on and I'm sure I'm not scratching the surface of this, but it's bedtime now...
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2010-01-07 07:27 pm

Music

My book has a "soundtrack" of sorts that goes along with it. Basically I compiled a bunch of music together and listened to it while writing. Some songs were just played for general ambiance but others had very specific characters or scenes associated with them.

I decided to share some of them here for posterity more than anything, (and for my own benefit). It's probably not really in any particular order, other than maybe roughly chronological.

WARNING: Possible spoilers.

Massive list crits you for... )

I may come back and edit this if I left some stuff out. Next time: literary/intertextual influences!