Fall Apart Blog Tour: Music and Writing

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Today I'm hosting S.E. Culpepper's Fall Apart Blog Tour, and she kindly wrote a guest blog on Music and Writing

"Like many authors, music plays a vital role in creating scenes in my mind. I picture moments happening right in front of me, like a movie, and I need that soundtrack. As I write, I like to create a playlist based on the characters, the events in the story, and even a “theme” song for a couple. I might play that song hundreds of time as I work on a book, or on a particular scene.

For Rafe and Jeremy in Private Eye, the theme song was Let It Go by Fauxliage. For Mark and Zane, it was With or Without You by U2. For Christian and Kevin, it was Sanctuary by Alex Clare. Now, with the release of the fourth book in the Liaisons Series, Fall Apart, I’ve created another playlist. If it weren’t for amazing musical artists like Ellie Goulding and Ed Sheeran, I don’t know if I could’ve finished this book.

If I had to choose a single song as the theme for Damon and Alarik, the main characters of Fall Apart, it has to be Ed Sheeran’s Kiss Me. The big love scene wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for that song. Yet, without writing spoilers, there are other scenes in the fourth book even more important—those moments where character emotions are exposed in as raw a way as I could write. Ellie Goulding’s I Know You Care perfectly captured my feelings as I struggled through some of the most difficult scenes I’ve had to write.

As you’re reading, do you remember particular songs and think: “Oh, that would be perfect for this moment!”?

Or is it just me?"



Fall Apart (Liaisons #4) by S.E. Culpepper
Series: Liaisons Series
Paperback: 486 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 27, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1492876569
ISBN-13: 978-1492876564
Amazon: Fall Apart (Liaisons #4)

Dodging his ex, giving the Best Man speech, and smuggling home extra slices of wedding cake are Damon Wright’s only plans on his buddy’s wedding day. Capturing the attention of a renowned photographer with twice the sexual magnetism of James Bond doesn’t even make the list. Accustomed to a life spent keeping his head down, managing family obligations, Damon is unprepared for even a lukewarm pursuit, much less the hot, focused advances of a man like Alarik whose sophistication leaves Damon reeling. Tired of the vapid, morally bankrupt and grasping fellows so common in his line of work, Alarik is through serving as just another step for mercenary men on the ladder to success. Damon’s kindhearted reserve excites a profound response within him, enticing him with the idea of an honest future. Compelled to dig beneath the surface in search of something lasting, Alarik can’t help but wonder if falling in love can be as easy as breathing. Yet, fairytales don’t exist in the pace of real life; they disappear in shadow. Absorbed by the happiness of finding one another, Damon and Alarik never see the darkness coming…

Other books in the Liaisons Series

Private Eye (Liaisons #1) by S.E. Culpepper
Publisher: S.E. CULPEPPER (June 15, 2011)
Amazon Kindle: Private Eye (Liaisons #1)

Question Mark (Liaisons #2) by S.E. Culpepper
Paperback: 376 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 8, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1468047744
ISBN-13: 978-1468047745
Amazon: Question Mark (Liaisons #2)
Amazon Kindle: Question Mark (Liaisons #2)

Lost Won (Liaisons #3) by S.E. Culpepper
Paperback: 376 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 8, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1481205072
ISBN-13: 978-1481205078
Amazon: Lost Won
Amazon Kindle: Lost Won

About the Author: S.E. Culpepper lives and works in Oregon. After graduating college in New Mexico, she served as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard for four and a half years before deciding to strike out on her own as a writer. S.E. is addicted to YouTube, reading, and chocolate, not necessarily in that order. In her free time, she visits parks with her son, studies for her Masters, and bakes. S.E. loves hearing from readers and she makes it a point to get back to them. Contact her through her website: seculpepper.com.

The author will be giving away an ebook copy choosing at least one winner from this blog. The winner/s will be given a choice to pick any of the four Liaison books to win.

Comments

[debrae]

Love this series! More often then not I will hear a song on the radio and then remember a particular book passage that it relates to. I'm usually too absorbed in the story at the time I'm reading to relate it then. Thanks for the giveaway!

[(Anonymous)]

I always enjoy reading about musical playlists for a book!

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[(Anonymous)]

I'm more visual so I don't usually think about a particular song when I'm reading a book, unless they refer to music in the book.

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Playlists

[(Anonymous)]

I like seeing the playlists authors have for their books. It's gives you a different insight about them.

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[(Anonymous)]

I'm not one of those people who has a soundtrack for their life. I'm much closer to words than music, though I do love a good beat. There are a couple songs that are inextricably linked to books/characters for me though. Bring me to Life by Evanescence will always be part of the Odd Thomas in Brother Odd for me. And Demons by Imagine Dragons? It's perfect for Brandon in A Red-Tainted Silence.

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[tizzzzez.livejournal.com]

I read the first book in this series and really liked it, so please put my name into the hat for one of the other books. Thanks

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes, but I have to admit that when I'm really into a story, I'm only thinking about what's happening and where it's going next. Afterward, though, I like to check out interviews and playlists and then match up the behind-the-scene stories and songs with the scenes I just read. Makes me appreciate the book even more.

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