After a some fits and starts, I finally found my groove and got back into Amanda's head yesterday. I'm making good progress on Staying In. Tomorrow I get to introduce a new character who's been waiting patiently in the wings, and boy! is she in for a surprise. Amanda's got some totally naughty plans for her.

I notice more with fiction writing than nonfiction writing how important music is for me. When I was writing Getting In, I listened to a lot of Brit pop, Prince, Adele, and Journey. (Ok, the last one is a little lame. But whatever works!) However when I turned my attention to Staying In, that music was totally not working to get me in the mood. Wah! I struggled for days, until I finally listened to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st movement--one of the most beautiful pieces of classical music IMO--and it all clicked. Right now I'm all over Concerto #6, 1st movement. I swear, it gives my eardrums an orgasm. Here, listen:


It makes me wonder what music my ears will beg for when I start to tell Stefan and Amanda's story in Getting Out? Stay tuned ...