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Kelly Sedinger

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

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I live near Orchard Park, NY with my family: my beautiful wife, wonderful daughter, two typical cats, and one very odd (and newly adopted as of September 2014) retired racing greyhound. Luckily I have my own book room to which I can retreat!

In addition to reading and writing, I love long walks, riding my bike, and am passionate about music. I also have an odd quasi-obsession with bib overalls. If you see a long-haired fellow in a Buffalo-area cafe or library, wearing overalls and banging away on a laptop, there's a good chance that's me!

My online presence is as follows: Official author site, http://forgottenstars.net; personal blog, http:byzantiumshores.blogspot.com; Twitter and Instagram @Jaquandor. ...more

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Do you listen to any specific music while you write, to get you in the right mood, or is it just whatever you happen to like listening to right now? Or perhaps whatever you like listening right now does give you ideas and inspiration on its own? What are you listening to while writing your current thing?

Kelly Sedinger Ack, sorry to keep this unanswered for so long! GR isn't great about notifications. But anyway: I don't tend to listen to *specific* music when I writ…moreAck, sorry to keep this unanswered for so long! GR isn't great about notifications. But anyway: I don't tend to listen to *specific* music when I write. Sometimes I do try to match mood to what I'm writing, but not always. When I do, I look for film music from the same genre as my WIP, so I'll listen to STAR WARS and other space opera music more frequently when I'm writing a space opera. Likewise, a fantasy might call for adventure or fantasy film music, and a similar thing for horror. However, I often listen to whatever I'm in the mood to listen to, regardless of genre or mood of what I'm writing at any given time. As I write this answer I'm listening to a Tchaikovsky symphony! I love music as I write, but I don't treat it as aural wallpaper or mood generator for my own work.

Likewise, I don't like to rely on music too hard for inspiration, but sometimes it's unavoidable. As a writer I can't always count that a reader will have the same emotional reaction that I'm having or trying to create, so trying too hard to rely on my listening as an emotional template for writing can be a mistake. But it can also be unavoidable, and it's not uncommon for me to listen to a piece of music (film, classical, celtic, anything) and think, "I want my writing to make the reader feel what THAT piece of music makes me feel." And that is always a BIG challenge!

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Do you have a writing routine, or anything you do to get in the groove?

Kelly Sedinger Geez, sorry it took me so long! I never saw a notification that this question existed, until just now when (after seven months) there it is. Ugh!!!

Any…moreGeez, sorry it took me so long! I never saw a notification that this question existed, until just now when (after seven months) there it is. Ugh!!!

Anyway, I do have routines. They're not carved in stone, but I do certain things certain ways. I get up at roughly 5:45 am each weekday morning that I'm working; after making coffee I'm sitting down at the computer by 6:00 until about 6:50, when I have to resume getting ready for the Dreaded Day Job. I also have started using my 30-minute lunch period at work as a writing session. Other than that, I try to cram in writing sessions as much as I can, whenever I can.

Saturdays I like to go sit in the cafe at the local grocery store for a couple hours and write, and Sunday afternoons I'm in my library at home. When I sit down, I generally noodle about online for a little while before writing, just to get juices flowing. I also like to have music playing, often in the genre in which I'm working (but this isn't carved in stone). In my library I have nice headphones AND a nice little speaker system if I don't want to use the headphones. Generally I'll listen to any music that fits my mood while I write; I'm pretty good at not falling into active listening while I write.
When I'm revising a manuscript, the timing is roughly the same, although then I'm using a hard copy of the manuscript.

I hope that covers everything!!!(less)

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Average rating: 4.4 · 42 ratings · 14 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Stardancer (The Song of Forgotten Stars, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wisdomfold Path (The Song of Forgotten Stars, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amongst the Stars: The Song of Forgotten Stars, Book 3 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Savior Worlds (The Song of Forgotten Stars, #4) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sonata for Jukebox: An Autobiography of My Ears

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Kelly Sedinger said: " Wow, this book is dense and brilliant. There are parts of it that I'm not sure I understood--no, let's just go ahead and admit that I straight up didn't understand parts of this book. But a lot of it--a deeply introspective look at life through the l ...more "

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“Hamilton was keen to shoot authentic local colour to give the film an American flavour, especially specific details that could not be faked in Europe. The later part of the film was set in Kentucky, but Hamilton found plenty to shoot in Florida. He was particularly proud of one shot of a certain food shop, ‘This was too good an opportunity to miss. God is smiling on me. Of course, it’s years later that Kentucky Fried Chicken is everywhere!”
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