UPDATE: On Valentine’s Day my mom rang the chemo bell. At the end of February she was hospitalized for two nights due to complications. The beginning of March she completed radiation. Then she had a CT scan done that showed the tumor in her lung has shrunk from 5.5cm to 2.2cm. She has started once-a-month immunotherapy treatments to continue to kill cancer cells and maintain the positive outcome of her previous treatments. ❤️ Thank you for all of your prayers and kind thoughts. Its not over yet, but this is great news. Continued prayers appreciated. ❤️
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
I am a judge for the Florida Writers Association’s annual Royal Palm Literary Awards, and I couldn’t be happier! When I looked into the contest, I was pleased to see their diversity statement, the fact that they implement diversity training for all judges, have an LGBTQ+ category for fiction and non-fiction, and have separate categories for young writers so they can enter and see their dreams realized, too. This is a competition I can support and am honored to be a judge for.
I have judged three entries already, which is the amount we must judge before announcing we’re a judge. I can’t say which genres/categories I’m judging, but I will say that it’s several. I am looking forward to reading more entrants and seeing the winners announced later this year.
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While I was participating in NaNoWriMo last year, I was also creating a bunch of playlists for writers. I updated the Playlist page on my website.
On Spotify, you can see the full playlist and also follow it by clicking the heart icon. The widgets below only go up to 100 songs, and some of the playlists are longer than that.
Click the links below to go directly to each playlist. Then click the ❤️ to add that playlist to your library.
You can also go to my Spotify profile to follow me.
MY SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS:
Romance Playlist for Writers (...ANYONE) - Love songs. Listen while writing romance scenes of all heat levels, reading romance, & when you are with your love. Classics, 90s, and current hits.
My Top 10 Favorite Battle Songs - These are my top picks for battle songs I listen to while writing battle scenes. They're ordered to be a progression from before, during, and after a battle.
My Top 10 Favorite Fight Songs - These are my top picks for songs I listen to while writing fight scenes.
Action Playlist For Writers (...ANYONE) - Rock music and heavy metal. Listen while writing action scenes (fights, battles, etc.), reading suspense, or during those times when you need to vent anger.
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PRIZES: Signed paperback copy of A Fighting Chance, XOXO wall art décor, XO bath bombs coconut scent, travel size first aid kit, and an emergency flashlight that you recharge by squeezing.
Oh, how fun! I'm not the only one that has playlists all over the place for stories! Mine are all on YouTube.
ReplyDeletePraying for your mom <3
I absolutely love to create playlists! I do have playlists for specific stories, too. 😃
DeleteAnd thank you for your prayers!
DeleteGood news about your mom!
ReplyDeleteIt is great news. Thanks.
DeleteHow long does it take you to compile a playlist? I find that I need silence to write (or just the sound of the fountains outside). Music is too distracting.
ReplyDeleteGreat news about your mom.
Interesting question. It took me 3-4 days to create the romance, heartbreak, and erotica playlists, which I did at the same time. Other playlists took me a couple of days, but I add to them whenever I come across an appropriate song, so they’re always evolving.
DeleteThank you, Liz.
I make playlists but my tastes in music are much heavier than yours.
ReplyDeleteThese playlists don’t necessarily reveal all my tastes in music. I’m like a wide range of music. Heavier how, exactly? Do you mean rock and heavy metal? If so, I love rock and even heavy metal and have an Action playlist and Fight playlist here that demonstrate that on a small scale.
DeleteGlad about your mum! Love the playlists :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ronel!
DeleteAWESOME news about your mom!! <3 <3 <3
ReplyDeleteI love making playlists for stories I'm working on or for moods, and I LOVE seeing other people's playlists. It's one of my favorite ways to discover new music. I use music both when writing and to get inspired, but when I'm writing, I don't listen to songs with lyrics. That's too distracting for me.
Thank you!
DeleteMaking playlists is one of my hobbies. It makes me so happy.
So glad to hear your mom is doing better. I hope her current treatment helps shrink the cancer more. That's awesome that you are a judge and are enjoying the process.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Natalie!
DeleteI am enjoying the process of being a judge for RPLA. I like the rubrics I fill out for each entry that can help the author. Every time, I get great comments from the higher-ups about the rubrics I create when they read and approve them. :)
I hope your mother continues to improve!
ReplyDeleteI followed you on Spotify, that way I have all the playlists for listening later. Hope the judging goes well.
Thank you!
DeleteAnd thank you for following me on Spotify! I hope you like the playlists and find a few that you want to listen to again and again. <3
Continued prayers for your warrior mother! Thanks for sharing your awesome playlists. I'll follow you on Spotify. Always nice to stop by your blog.
ReplyDeleteBest best,
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Thank you, Adrienne! We appreciate your prayers, and I appreciate your follow on Spotify. <3
DeleteI do listen to Spotify but not as often as I should. hehehe
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the judge thing. :-)
Anna from elements of emaginette
Thank you! I am excited about the judge thing. lol ;)
DeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteContinued prayers for your mom. I'm glad to hear she is responding to the treatment and that the tumor is shrinking. I use Spotify and Apple Music, which I download songs into my phone. I don't have playlist for activities, but have 100s of songs to listen to. As I write this, I'm listing to your top ten favorites!
ReplyDeleteKnowing that you listened to my top ten favorites while writing this comment makes me so happy.
DeleteSounds like good news for your mom! I hope things continue to go as well as possible.
ReplyDeleteI only use Spotify for my podcasts. Music is on Pandora still or I use my iTunes.
There’s a lot of good podcasts on Spotify.
DeleteI will definitely pray for your mom. I'm not on Spotify because I use Apple Music instead. But I like your playlists, especially the romance ones. Some of the songs made me nostalgic for the 90s and brought back good memories of high school.
ReplyDeleteI adore 90s music.
DeleteI haven't use spotify in ages, but I do listen to music when I write. It's such a helpful creative tool.
ReplyDeleteMusic is a great tool.
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