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Abbie Roads | Music and Manuscripts
GIVEAWAY: a copy of RACE THE DARKNESS
December 6, 2016
Do you listen to music while you read? Maybe I’m weird, but I’ve never been able to listen to music that has lyrics
while I’m reading. I’ll switch the two processes and suddenly the lyrics jump
from the novel’s page and vice versa. Reading words and hearing different words
at the same time confuses my brain. My attention gets too divided and I can’t
retain anything I’ve heard or read. Am I the only one like this? And then there’s my complicated relationship with music while I’m writing. In RACE THE DARKNESS,
Xander Stone has supercharged hearing. His hearing is so sensitive he can hear
people’s thoughts. He can hear a person’s heart rate shifting and the way their
voice changes ever so slightly when telling a lie. And because of his
sensitivity to sound he absolutely can’t tolerate music. His mind hears an
overwhelming noise. When I was writing Xander’s story, I tried repeatedly to listen to music. But a
weird thing happened. It always felt uncomfortable to me. The best way to
describe the feeling I had was when a song gets on your nerves. Maybe you’ve
heard it too many times. Maybe you just don’t like it. Or maybe you’re just not
in the mood for it. That’s how I felt with every song in every genre. I ended up
staring at the page unable to write when I listened to music. It was only after
I shut off all sound that I was able to get some words down. It became this
weird thing, that I required complete silence to write Xander’s story. In HUNT THE DAWN, Lathan
Montgomery is hearing impaired. He spends his life yearning to hear normal
conversation. But usually all he hears are odd sounds and noises. He relies on
his other senses and speech reading when interacting with people. The closest
Lathan ever gets to music is the way his Fat Bob motorcycle vibrates underneath
him when he rides. As I wrote HUNT THE
DAWN, I needed background music. Craved it. It was almost like I couldn’t
write without it. There are so many songs that I remember listening to. Songs
that when I hear them today, I’m automatically transported back in time to
sitting at my desk and being immersed in Lathan’s story. Here’s a few of those songs:
Can you read with music playing? Do you ever hear a song on the radio and think of a book? Tell us below and you'll be entered to win a copy of RACE THE DARKNESS
Abbie Roads, the author of the Fatal Dreams series, is a mental health
counselor by day and a writer by night. She lives in Marion, Ohio.
Fatal Dreams
#2
Out of darkness and danger
You can't hide your secrets from Lathan Montgomery-he can read your darkest
memories. And while his special abilities are invaluable in the FBI's hunt for a
serial killer, he has no way to avoid the pain that brings him. Until he is
drawn to courageous, down-on-her-luck Evanee Brown and finds himself able to
offer her something he's never offered another human being: himself.
Dawns a unique and powerful love
Nightmares are nothing new to Evanee Brown. But once she meets Lathan, they
plummet into the realm of the macabre. Murder victims are reaching from beyond
the grave to give Evanee evidence that could help Lathan bring a terrifying
killer to justice. Together, they could forge an indomitable partnership to
thwart violence, abuse, and death-if they survive the forces that seek to tear
them apart.
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Comments
13 comments posted.
Re: Abbie Roads | Music and Manuscripts
Sometimes I enjoy music in the background, but if a book truly has my attention... I will not notice it!
(Colleen Conklin 12:12pm December 6, 2016)
I don't really enjoy listening to music in the background
unless it's just slight humming or a tune because I love
reading books and I don't like distractions. Anyway the plot
of this story seems really nice and I would love to read this
book.
(Tarushi Kaur 12:45pm December 6, 2016)
I don't listen to music while reading but the TV is always
on and I can usually watch and read at the same time
(Teresa Ward 7:13pm December 6, 2016)
I never listen music when I read since I concentrate on the
book.
(Sharon Berger 7:43pm December 6, 2016)
Same as you--I can't concentrate on my reading when there are lyrics in the background. If it's only music, then sometimes I like listening to it. Other times, it can become too intense, and again it competes with the words of the book.
(Cheri Madison 10:42pm December 6, 2016)
I like sound, but not lyrics. I play instrumentals, otherwise I find myself
singing along and not concentrating on my writing.
(Barbara Heintz 10:38am December 7, 2016)
Classical music is ok to listen to while reading, but I
prefer silence.
(Jana B 7:43pm December 7, 2016)
I can read with music playing. Sometimes I have the tv on
for background noise, but usually it's quiet.
(Deb Diem 6:57pm December 8, 2016)
No and yes
(Lisa Baldwin 8:34pm December 9, 2016)
I like to have quietness while reading, but if the book is extremely good, it doesn't matter what is happening around me.
(Anna Speed 1:18pm December 12, 2016)
I can't read while music is playing. It is too distracting
for me. I've never heard a song that made me think about a
book.
(Tanja Dancy 7:11pm December 12, 2016)
I do listen to music when I read. If it is just instrumental without words I get
more reading done.
(Jackie Wisherd 9:15pm December 12, 2016)
I don't enjoy listening to music while I read.
(Bonnie H 9:08pm December 13, 2016)
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