I'm happy to have guest author February Grace here today to share her music list she listened to when writing her exciting new release, Wishing Cross Station.
Whenever I’m
working on a new book, one of the first things I’ll do is to start to build a
playlist of songs to listen to while I’m writing.
Sometimes,
individual characters end up with a playlist of their own; but in the case of Wishing Cross Station the playlist
evolved into something that told the tales of each of the characters in turn,
much like the book itself does.
The music
crosses genres and decades; some of the songs are covers of melodies written in
the 1940s, or in the case of one particular hymn that plays a key part in the
story, way back in 1825.
Artists
range from Hootie and the Blowfish (who open the playlist with the song “Time”)
and go on to include vocalists like Enya, Celtic Woman, Josh Groban and Jeff
Lynne; as well as instrumental, orchestrated renditions of songs such as
“Yellow” by Coldplay and “Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane.
All of the
songs weave together, and helped me to tell Keigan Wainwright’s tale: that of a
21st Century college student who finds himself trapped 135 years out
of his time, back in the harsh winter of 1880.
Here’s the
book’s blurb to tell you more about the story:
A dark
fantasy romance from the author of GODSPEED and OF STARDUST…
Don’t stay a moment longer than you have to.
Don’t say too much. Don’t pollute the timeline.
When
nineteen-year-old college library page Keigan Wainwright is sent to pick up a
private donation of books for the school’s collection, he has no idea where one
of those books will take him, or what it will take from him.
Retracing a powerful man’s footsteps
through the past, Keigan finds himself caught in the same dangerous trap:
falling in love with a woman he was never meant to know, and uncertain he will
ever find his way home.
Here is a
partial list of the songs I listened to while working on the novel: focusing on
ones that were especially key in the development of the story or the
characters’ emotions (while deliberately omitting some that are key to the
story’s conclusion…)
Time: Hootie
and the Blowfish
DeoraAr Mo
Chroi : Enya
Minstrel Boy
(Instrumental): The Corrs
She Moved
Through the Fair: Celtic Thunder
Marble
Halls: Enya
Maid of
Culmore: Celtic Thunder
Miracle:
Vertical Horizon
MiMancherai:
Josh Groban with Joshua Bell
Midnight
Blue: Electric Light Orchestra
We Might as
Well Be Strangers: Keane
Mlk: U2
Watermark:
Enya
Wherever You
Will Go: The Calling
Wishing:
Electric Light Orchestra
Time and
Again: a-ha
Calling All Angels
: Jane Siberry and k.d. lang
Return to Me
: October Project
Will You
Still Love Me Tomorrow: Sweet Talk Radio
Suspended in
Time: Olivia Newton-John
The Night
Sky: Keane
… and on it
goes.
I hope
you’ve enjoyed this glimpse into some of the songs I listened to while writing
Wishing Cross Station. It’s a unique, character-driven story of love, loss, and
longing, and one I hope will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading
it.
~February Grace
About the Book
TItle: Wishing Cross Station
Author: February Grace
Genre: Fantasy
A darkfantasy romance from the author of
GODSPEED and OF STARDUST…
Don’tstay a moment longerthanyou have to. Don’t say toomuch. Don’tpollute the
timeline.
Whennineteen-year-old college library page KeiganWainwright is sent topick up a
private donation of booksfor the school’scollection, he has no ideawhereone of
thosebookswill take him, or whatitwill take fromhim.
Author Bio
February Grace is anauthor, poet, and
artist fromSoutheast Michigan. In previousnovels, she has introduced readers
tocharacterswithclockworkhearts, told of romantic modern-dayfairygodparents,
andreimagined a legend, centuriesold. Now, in her fifthnovelwithBooktrope,
readers will board the special at WISHING CROSS STATION andembark on a trip
through time. She is more thanmildlyobsessedwithclocks, music, colors,
meteorshowers, andsteam engines.
Links
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FebruaryGrace
Twitter: @februarygrace
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