‘I wanted music that was angry and soulful, both at the same time’ – The Undercover Soundtrack, Zoe Sharp

My guest this week writes to everything from Gregorian chant to grinding rock. For her latest novel in her crime series, she wanted to explore themes of regret and loss – and she looked for resentful, raw emotional songs to echo the pressures in her character’s life. She is Zoe Sharp, the novel is Fifth Victim: Charlie Fox book nine and she is on the Red Blog with its Undercover Soundtrack.

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#1 by Kathy Sewell on June 20, 2012 - 7:38 am

Writer’s block is a curse. When I listen to O Fortuna and concentrate I often find the answer.

- #2 by rozmorris @dirtywhitecandy on June 20, 2012 - 5:29 pm
  
  Kathy, have you read the Undercover Soundtrack by Jennie Coughlin? She listens to Simon & Garfunkel’s The Boxer on repeat. Something about the rhythm gets her into the writing zone!