I've always listened to music while I write, but none of my work has been so directly impacted by a song as my new novel, 'So Cold the River,' for which the brilliant strings piece 'Short Trip Home,' composed by Edgar Meyer and featuring the incredible Joshua Bell on violin, inspired much of the story.

Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine.

You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind a closed door.

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