I usually have some jazz playing in the background, but not so loud that it distracts.

This post has been edited by ThatSkyrimGuy: Jun 25 2013, 03:15 AM

I always listen to music when I am writing. Usually it is just the mp3 folder on my computer played on shuffle. But sometimes when I want a specific sort of inspiration, I will put on a certain cd or make a special playlist. For example, when I was writing the Battle of Bruma for the TF I listened to the Gettysburg soundtrack for those fifes and drums and that epic and haunting sound of battle it has.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jun 25 2013, 01:56 AM

All the time. As Kazaera mentioned, sometimes the music influence the emotions, and in turn, the writing. I listen to specific songs for specific scenes that I am writing. Scenes of sadness, sometimes of triumph, or peace, etc.

All of the songs I listen when writing are soundtracks, of music from Two Steps From Hell, Audio Machine, Immediete Music, etc. Depending on the setting of my story and the characters involved, the style of song may vary. My Redguard/Imperial character has Middle Eastern songs tied to him, due to part of his cultural aspect.

Types of songs like this one. I'll listen to it when the scene fits the mood. Perhaps a character climbing a high tower he thought he could never accomplish or something. Soundtracks are amazing when writing, and I personally feel a change of experience.

This post has been edited by Darkness Eternal: Jun 25 2013, 01:48 AM

Always. It covers the random noise nicely.

This post has been edited by King Coin: Jun 25 2013, 01:52 AM

There are days when it's hard to argue with a statement like that...

Just to add...My music choices vary between some sort of various pop playlist thing...To some specific album (Moody Blues/Genesis/ELO type)...It really does depend on what I'm doing at the time...But not as a specific aide to writing the type of scene that I'm doing though...

Just to clarify, I'm usually a victim to my husband's choices in music, and it's really, REALLY hard to write an intimate scene between two characters when Stephen Lynch is playing

Good luck Liz. I'm rooting for you. Genuinely.

WOO HOO! Congrats Liz, you def deserved some good news !!!

So, I guess we´ll have a new kitty in six weeks. Anyone having a good name for her?

What does she look like.

This post has been edited by King Of Beasts: Jun 25 2013, 12:38 PM

Thanks for the congrats, everyone! I'm excited, and very much looking forward to meeting my new teammates.

And the discount. I can't WAIT for the discount. I get one IMMEDIATELY. No waiting-three-months, and no "Oh, you don't get a discount, but here's a $10 giftcard as your Christmas bonus. To here."

I love not having a job, but at the same time, I'd much rather be making money. I know it would take a whole lot of stress of of my husband's back. Poor guy has been such a trooper, reassuring ME that we'll be okay while picking up extra shifts at work, putting gas in my car... I love him :]

You have a couple of days yet Elisabeth so enjoy them. It will be nice to be making money again though.


M'aiq?

This post has been edited by King Coin: Jun 25 2013, 03:26 PM

M'aiq would fit a male, but this is "her", so I'd suggest Tsarrina. It's just that bit more obscure, so you get to explain more often.

Katy Purry

DUDE LOL!!!

Are you my roommate?! Because you keep making puns like he does XD

Galore?... ...

As in Pussy-

Boots?...

As in Puss-in-





Aaaamywho...

Between last Tuesday and yesterday, we had no phoneline...Therefore no broadband...Apparently the 40 year-old cable that ran down the house had finally corroded, due to water running down the wall unnoticed since the bad snow the other month pulled the gutter slightly away from the boards it's (was) screwed to...

Funnily enough, I wasn't all that worried...But it didn't half bring the harpy out of the female contingent of the family..."Oh my GOD no ebay!!/Emails/Forums/Gossip/etc etc I'm sooo boooooored." ...Blimey it was bad...

But now, all is well-ish...We're here...We're back...Aren't you all pleased?... ...

Don't answer that... ...

...

Thank the gods they fixed it so quickly! And since your eave was pulled out and water running down, best check other things too before the damage "surprises" you - window sills especially, but also basement walls, siding, etc.

The window sills - it seeps below them and into the between space of the outer and inner wall of your house and rots the wood or turns to mold - look for the damage before it looks for you.

Eave leakage is notorious for creating extreme and overwhelmingly expensive and long term damage.

(keep that in mind if you have any enemies that you want to ... get even with ... )

Just kidding about the enemies, but not the damage, unfortunately.

Oooh...I hadn't thought of that... ...

We've got the lahverly pebble-dashing that councils used to think was so classy in the 60s over here...Will have to get the builder uncle-in-law to come and check it out I think... ...

Ta for that... ...

Yeah, just tell him about the eave being pulled slightly loose - he'll know what to look for.

I had an 87 year old Federation house that had a very slightly loose gutter, couldn't even see it looking up, but I did find one long bolt in my garden. About 6 months later I found another long bolt, brought them to my husband and saw his face go sheet white.

Well, the sills and walls between were ruined, the wood was mush. Had to rent a backhoe and dig along the front of the house and reseal the foundation wall mortar joints (tearing up my beautiful garden), eventually had to jack the house up 8" off the foundation and redo the whole foundation on that side of the house - it had been leaking a while before that first long bolt was found.

By the time I got done paying for all that damage I could have bought a new house in a high end neighborhood.

The name is odd enough that gender correctness isn't a big issue. At least for me it isn't.