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Roz Morris's avatar

What fun! I've always been musical. I find it easy to write music to words - word shapes and rhythms suggest a melody. My most recent novel was about a pair of rock musicians and I found I was writing snatches of their songs as the narrative unfolded. You can see the lyrics in the book, but what no one can see is that those lyrics also have tunes, which arrived in my head as I wrote. Once upon a time I would have worked them out fully on my piano, but I no longer have an instrument. But some day, or if I find myself with a piano to play with, they're ready to be worked on.

I also use music as a meditative space for writing. Thoughts are too slippery. They get away from me quickly. Music holds them still. Each of my novels has an undercover soundtrack, the music that showed me the way. I wrote about this on one of my blogs and discovered other writers who do this too. It became a creative series.

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Anne Thomas's avatar

[Catching up on posts!] I've always been so impressed by your range of collaborations! Nice to hear some of the behind the scenes.

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