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Abbie Roads | Music and Manuscripts
GIVEAWAY: a copy of RACE THE DARKNESS
Do you listen to music while you read?
Maybe Iβm weird, but Iβve never been able to listen to music that has lyrics
while Iβm reading. Iβll switch the two processes and suddenly the lyrics jump
from the novelβs page and vice versa. Reading words and hearing different words
at the same time confuses my brain. My attention gets too divided and I canβt
retain anything Iβve heard or read. Am I the only one like this?
And then thereβs my complicated relationship with music while Iβm writing.
In RACE THE DARKNESS,
Xander Stone has supercharged hearing. His hearing is so sensitive he can hear
peopleβs thoughts. He can hear a personβs 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 canβt tolerate music. His mind hears an
overwhelming noise.
When I was writing Xanderβs 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 youβve
heard it too many times. Maybe you just donβt like it. Or maybe youβre just not
in the mood for it. Thatβs 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 Xanderβs 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 couldnβt
write without it. There are so many songs that I remember listening to. Songs
that when I hear them today, Iβm automatically transported back in time to
sitting at my desk and being immersed in Lathanβs story.
Hereβs 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.
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Out of darkness and danger
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memories. And while his special abilities are invaluable in the FBI's hunt for a
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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
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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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