There’s
Something About a SEAL.
- Hold on Tight
- Too Hot to Hold
- Hard to Hold
- Beyond His Control
- Risking It All
- Coming Undone
- Night Vision
- Unleashing the Storm
I thought it would be fun to share the soundtracks I created and listened
to while writing various books. You can listen to a thirty second sample
at iTunes by clicking on the links.
Why soundtracks for individual books? Well, I love music - I love how you can
listen to a song you loved ten years ago and immediately, it can bring you back to
where you were and who you were with at that time. It centers you, cements memories
and allows you to recall them immediately.
For this reason, I've always written to - and found inspiration for writing - through
music.
During my prewriting phase, I always look for songs that embody the theme of my book,
that have the same tension or emotion I'm looking to write about. And then I
find songs I know my characters would love as well. From there, I create
a soundtrack for each book.
I really recommend this method to writers, especially when you're having a tough
time getting into your writing and/or if you write more than one book at a
time, like me. Creating an individual soundtrack for each book can really help
place you back into those themes and characters you're writing about.
~ Stephanie
» Father of Mine (Everclear)
» Wonderful (Everclear)
» I Will Buy You A New Life (Everclear)
» Santa Monica Blvd (Everclear)
» How Do You Like Me Now (Toby Keith)
» Ladylike (Storm Large & The Balls)
» Wanted Dead Or Alive (Chris Daughtry)
» So Hott (Kid Rock)
» In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
» Kryptonite (3 Doors Down)
» The Weight (The Band)
» Gold Dust Woman (Stevie Nicks)
» About Us (Brooke Hogan)
» Push (Matchbox Twenty)
» Battleflag
Hot Blooded (Foreigner)
» Urgent (Foreigner)
» Outside (Staind)
» So Far Away (Staind)
» Shakin’ (Eddie Money)
» Welcome To The Jungle (Guns n’ Roses)
» Fortunate Son (Creedance Clearwater Revival)
» Wild Boys (Duran Duran)
» One Of These Nights (Eagles)
» When I Come Around (Greenday)
» Fooled Around and Fell in Love (Elvin Bishop)
» Shut Up and Drive (Rhianna)
» Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)
» The Road I’m On (3 Doors Down)
Isabelle’s Songs:
» Breathe (2AM) (Anna Nalick)
» Up To The Mountain (Patty Griffin)
» Strong Enough (Sheryl Crow)
Clutch & Sarah:
» She Talks To Angels (Black Crowes)
» Fast Car (Traci Chapman)
» Dani California (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
» Give Me One Reason (Eric Clapton/Traci Chapman)
General Songs:
» Wanted Dead or Alive (Chris Daughtry)
» Bring Me To Life (Evanescence)
» Unwritten (Natasha Bedingfield)
» How To Save A Life (The Fray)
» Gangsta’s Paradise (Coolio)
» Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
» The Night Is Still Young (Billy Joel)
» Harder To Breathe (Maroon Five)
» What I Learned Out On The Road (Kid Rock)
» Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel)
» Don’t Tell Me To Stop (Madonna)
» Under Pressure (Queen)
Songs not on iTunes:
» My Sacrifice (Creed)
» Mockingbird (Carly Simon / James Taylor)
» No Woman, No Cry (Bob Marley)
» Complicated (Avril Lavigne)
» Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
» Best Thing That’s Ever Happened To
Me (Gladys Knight)
» This Kiss (Faith Hill)
Risking
it all
» If Anyone Falls (Stevie Nicks)
» OPP (Naughty By Nature)
» Try and Love Again (Eagles)
» She’s A Beauty (The Tubes)
» Rock and Roll (Ain’t Noise Pollution) (AC/DC)
» Love Sneakin’ Up On You (Bonnie Raitt)
» Good-bye (The Pretenders)
» What It’s Like (Everlast)
» Beverly Hills
(Weezer)
Coming
Undone
» Pieces of Me (Ashlee Simpson)
» Game of Love (Michelle Branch / Santana)
» Complicated (Avril Lavingne)
» Lonely is the Night (Billy Squier)
» Love Letter (Bonnie Raitt)
» Love in the Nick of Time (Bonnie Raitt)
» Hungry Heart (Bruce Springsteen)
» You May Be Right (Billy Joel)
» All She Wants To Do Is Dance (Don Henley)
» Crazy (Seal)
» Long Way Home (Supertramp)
» Get This
Party Started (Pink)
Songs not on iTunes:
» Green River (Creedence Clearwater
Revival)
» Born on the Bayou (Creedence Clearwater
Revival)
» Pink Houses (John Mellencamp)
» Crystal (Stevie Nicks)
» One on One (Hall & Oates)
» The Sweetest Thing (U2)
» Buck’s Nouvelle Jole Blon (Buckwheat
Zydeco)
» Roadhouse Blues (The Jeff Healy band)
» Hoochie Coochie Man (The Jeff Healy Band)
» Iko Iko (The Dixie Cups)
» Colinda (Zachary Richards)
» Tell It Like It Is (Aaron Neville)
» Home Sweet home (Motley Crue)
unleashing
the storm
» Midnight Rider (Allman Brothers)
» Sympathy for the Devil (Guns n’ Roses)
» American Woman (The Guess Who)
» Welcome to the Jungle (Guns n’ Roses)
» Sweet Child O Mine (Guns n’ Roses)
» Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Guns n’
Roses)
» Lonely Ole Night (John Mellencamp)
» Hurts So Good (John Mellencamp)
» Paradise City (Guns n’ Roses)