music for writing
A little bit of Bach:
Franz Liszt, “Uno Sospiro”:
I received a request from a reader, June, to include more music in the blog. I’m happy to do that when there are so many lovely pieces out there. I choose stuff that I like to play in the background when writing – but that’s nice to listen to even if you don’t write a [...]
The Irish Times recently held a competition to compose and record an alternative national anthem. At the same time, I was having a rant, sorry, spirited conversation about the Required Themes of Irish short fiction – the themes that have ensured publication for at least the last 50 years. My talented friend Jeff transformed my [...]
Busy getting ready for tomorrow’s workshop. I’m quite excited to meet everyone and share my experience with them and hear what they have to say too. I have a post or two in my mind, one about commitment and the other about cultural and race representation, but they’re just simmering away at the moment while [...]
Said by J. Krishnamurti in 1948: How can a mind be made still without understanding the whole content of consciousness? The mind cannot be made still by discipline, which only makes the mind dull and weary. Only by allowing every movement of thought and understanding its implications, stillness comes into being. As the pool becomes [...]
Some writers like to work in silence. I almost never do. There is usually a soundtrack on. The advent of YouTube means that I can select what I want to listen to on demand, which is great. What I listen to depends on what I’m writing – when I was working on a long story [...]
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