No, there’s a reason
I am prepping for my NaNoWriMo project, It Takes Two to Kringle. It’s the third Kringle Christmas romance. I’ve made a tentative outline which will get less tentative the second or third pass around. I have two weeks till NaNo, so I think it will get done.
But I also make a playlist for each novel I write, hopefully before the novel is written. I should mention that it’s not just my efforts; my husband contributes by searching iTunes for suitable songs. He’s at his best with Christmas songs.
The playlist goes as follows:
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas — Judy Garland
- Jingle Bells (Synth-Pop Version)
- The Christmas Can-Can — Straight No Chaser
- Sister Winter — Sufjan Stevens
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! — Dean Martin
- White Christmas — Johnny Mathis
- The Christmas Waltz — Leslie Odom, Jr.
- I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm — Barry Manilow
- Justice Delivers Its Gift — Sufjan Stevens
- River — Sarah McLachlan
- Christmas Lights — Coldplay
- Time To Fall In Love — Lindsey Stirling
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy — Pentatonix
- Merry Christmas Baby — Elvis Presley
A listen through
I listened to the whole playlist this morning and I’m really getting a good feel from it. It fits the moods of the novel, and it stands alone as a Christmas playlist (along with the two previous years’ Christmas soundtracks).
Now all I have to do is write the novel in November.
Words Like Me 