Taking this playlist idea from a fellow author and friend, Natalie Wright of Emily's House fame, I thought it would be fun to share the soundtrack to my upcoming release. I never actually pondered the tuneage in my noodle, cohesively, as a soundtrack per se; yet, as music is integral to my daily life as well as to my writing, I absolutely had songs that not only played in my head as a running score, but are indeed referenced in the pages of The Darlings of Orange County. For those of you whom will be reading it (Thank you! Releasing next week!!), you'll note specifically in Chapter 54, wherein our heroine Veronica Darling does a guest spot on Imus in the Morning, she has ready her Five Fave songs: a standard requirement for all Don Imus interviewees. She also reveals she used to have a fave Gwen Stefani song, It's My Life ... until she learned on a show that it was also a fave of Alan Colmes and it was instantly tainted.
Certainly music as its own character made for an interesting backdrop in this tale versus my Savannah of Williamsburg books. The Muppet Treasure Island soundtrack and a bit of Metallica were key to certain scenes of Savannah of Williamsburg: The Trials of Blackbeard and His Pirates. Of course, there really was no proper way to reference The Unforgiven, Shiver Me Timbers, A Professional Pirate or Cabin Fever in 18thC. dialogue. Aha! Perchance to create a soundtrack for, at the very least, the pirate tale. Next post!
So, grab a Sierra Nevada, Pearl martini, Starbucks iced raspberry Americano or a glass of Smoking Loon and sit back and click on Surf, Sun $ Salty Dogs! Sláinte!
I do have a good start to the Blackbeard Book's soundtrack! It all starts with "Dread, Me Cup is Broke!" Have a listen!
