This month we're talking about the bar world. For this Monday, I'm thinking about music that tells stories you might hear in a bar, with or without the beat behind it. After all, Tweety isn't our only unreliable narrator... What if short moments that make or don't make the main story are inspired by song … Continue reading Music Monday Tall Tales
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Monday Music Lessons
What with the prior week on Woods, and this week's visual post, it feels like a good Monday to talk about themes and lessons with music. I listen to lyrics, and sometimes they sound like elevator pitches of the larger story, which is why Red Letters is so intertwined. If you are curious, I do … Continue reading Monday Music Lessons
Backstage Red Letters – Woods Before The Fall (Fiction Friday!)
For today's Fiction Friday, I invite you to consider what 5 minutes changes. 5 minutes could mean missing the accidents, or catching the lights and transportation. In this case? Today's short story is Red Letters Lore, but also begs the question of what happens if Woods waited just 5 more minutes that night. Because his … Continue reading Backstage Red Letters – Woods Before The Fall (Fiction Friday!)
Backstage Red Letters – Woods Wardrobe
In July, I teased about Tweety's wardrobe. Today I'm bringing Woods energy at you. The before the fall theme means so much. It's the end of summer, but it's also a before shot of the story I tell. We see Tweety's side told. But Woods? He gets his time. Just not in a way that … Continue reading Backstage Red Letters – Woods Wardrobe
Backstage Red Letters – Woods Musically Before The Band
In the first book, one of the characters we meet is Woods. Part of his journey is his career path. He's a Main Male Character, and there's this band element to his goals. But before the good started to happen to him? Woods was ready to give it all up. He thought he gave it … Continue reading Backstage Red Letters – Woods Musically Before The Band
Music Monday Made Me Do It
Sometimes... The heat makes you do stuff you wouldn't do in the winter months when your head was cooler. So, what are some of your wilder moments made of? As I write, I enjoy thinking about both the hot quick regret it in the morning moments, and the ones that you know will stick with … Continue reading Music Monday Made Me Do It
Heating Up Music Monday
This playlist mixes both the Hot Soulful Nights and the Scorching Red Letters vibes. If pictures on a mood board can tell one story, and the fiction Friday tells it a different way... Today I can try to let you into my head for another version of the writing process. Because I love a good … Continue reading Heating Up Music Monday
Sinful Music Monday
Sinful Summer theme continues into this playlist. I'm thinking flirty dirty heat, innuendo spoiling treats, suggested sins to be had since it's a sweaty season anyway.... And what playlist could I possibly make for sinful sensations without including the very musician that when I see them, I see Woods? That's Woods, our main male, our … Continue reading Sinful Music Monday
Romanticizng a Rumba for Masterclass Music Monday
Final scene playlist. we've been through the tension, anger, memory and disregard so far. It's time for the softer parts. Their history of passionate love. Think bodies that remember how to rumba, how this word or touch breaks walls that they've been fighting through in the past two playlists. Think about those stares that don't … Continue reading Romanticizng a Rumba for Masterclass Music Monday
Truthful Tango Masterclass Music Monday
With today's playlist, I'm listing tangos with their truths. Some even blend his rock elements into her desires, proving that there was a time these characters made beautiful music once... So, how do you hold out from emotionally bleeding your truths long enough for the other person to bleed theirs? And also, how do you … Continue reading Truthful Tango Masterclass Music Monday
A Lady of Mind's Observations 