So yeah, I do like trashy rock folklore. I also plain like rock (especially classic rock and eighties metal). So I suppose this begs a few questions, mainly… How does a fairly straight-laced, small-town chick with a classical music background end up getting into something so different? And what’s it like to write something so … More On loving rock and writing trashy
No, I don’t mean the showtime series. Today I’m thinking about one of my influences for In the Red. I’ve loved fairy tales since I was a little girl. I was immersed in all sorts of versions from a very young age. While I tend to lean towards Grimm, Eastern European, and Russian tales, I’ve also … More Before Red Boots there were Red Shoes
So today I thought it would be fun to take a look at music again. In honor of In the Red, here are some great songs that mention that antagonist of antagonists, that dark prince of evil, that morning star of mayhem, the Devil, himself! Yes, I know these aren’t all of them. These are … More Music Monday: Songs the Devil Would Throw the Horns To
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about music, so even though it’s not Monday I wanted to get back to the theme a little bit. I also thought it would be fun to tackle an unusual theme… I love covers. Some people do, some people don’t. For whatever reason, a good cover makes me … More SJ’s top five unusual covers
I’ve been wanting to post about this for some time, but for better or worse I just couldn’t get to it. Part of it was time, and part of it was that despite the fact that I didn’t know him, this came as a shock. As many know, a few weeks ago we lost a powerful … More Farewell Ray Bradbury, Rocket Man and Muse
I’m not exactly sure at what point in my life I started to become a rock n’ roll addict. I was the first child for my parents and grew up before it was regular practice to plaster albums with parental warning labels. Truth be told, the music of the eighties was so embedded in popular … More Music Monday: Born to Add er…Rock
It is a sad day. For those who follow Neil Pasricha’s blog 1000 Awesome Things then you know what day it is. After four years counting down the lovely, silly, and sometimes enjoyably gross little things that make life so great, today we reach number one. I got into Neil’s blog from his first book … More An Awesome End
I know – I’m a slacker. I’m hoping to get back to Six Sentence Sunday and Tuesday Tales after this week, but I’m still getting used to being back at The Dayjob (number 256) and finishing some edits and other stuff. Truly now I’m really finding that balance (and still trying to get a few … More Taking the bogeymen to lunch
So having established my love of music and my inability to stick to any aural genre, I’ve decided to start out with the one that surprises most people. By now those in my immediate circle are used to me rocking out to older songs and preferring things that would usually be played in an arena or … More Music Mondays: The Classics
Now I know I’ve made a big deal about my love for fantasy and horror. Truly, these are the genres I’m most comfortable writing and they’re also the ones that sucked my poor heart and soul in from an early age in some form or another. Yet these are far from the only things that … More Sheila Roberts: Women’s Literature Done Right
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