Music is a huge part of how I write. It inspires, it evokes a mood, it can transport me anywhere I need it to. When writing each of the novels, they developed their own playlists. These are songs that thematically follow the story and events as they play out.
I have a public playlist for each of them on Spotify, which you can listen to (links are below). I have listed the tracks and artists as well here, as well as links to the individual playlists. I've now added my new one for the WIP of the 4th installment of COJ! - This may change as I write so you can see the evolution.
Until 2024, there had not been a song that I felt connected to all the stories - that was until Nightwish released Perfume of the Timeless. That song spoke to me in ways I cannot put into words (ironic, I know!). It also sent me tumbling back into this world after almost four years away, and I am now creating the fourth novel.
If you want to hear the song that, for me, sums up this crazy ride it is this one….
JUDAS
KISS
Haunted (Evanescence)
Parallel Worlds (Elliot Minor)
Rock N Roll Star (Oasis)
Drumming Song (Florence and The Machine)
U+Ur Hand (Pink)
Get Your Hands Off My Woman (The Darkness)
Crashed (Daughtry)
Getting Away WIth Murder (Papa Roach)
Sorry (Daughtry)
Broken (Seeth feat. Amy Lee)
Holy Tears (Tara Maclean)
Until It Sleeps (Metallica)
Attack (30 Seconds To Mars)
Vampire Heart (H.I.M.)
It’s Not Over (Daughtry)
Ordinary (Train)
Never Take Us Alive (Madina Lake)
Whisper (Evanescence)
Perfume of the Timeless (Nightwish)
DEVIL'S
WHORE
THE
My Last Breath (Evanescence)
The Swam (You Me At Six)
Mountains (Biffy Clyro)
Sick Individual (Halestorm)
Wings of a Butterfly (HIM)
Patience (Take That)
I Hate It When You See Me Cry (Halestorm)
Bother (Cory Taylor/Stone Sour)
If You Only Knew (Shinedown)
I Get Off (Halestorm)
Amen (Halestorm)
Beautiful With You (Ha\estom)
Weak (Skunk Anansie)
Somebody's Watching Me (Hidden Citizens)
The Flood (Take That)
What You Want (Evanescence)
Mz Hyde (Halesorm)
Invincible Girl (Bad Pollyanna)
Perfume of the Timeless (Nightwish)
DEVIL'S
THE
DUE
Our Solemn Hour (Within Temptation)
Black Vultures (Halestorm)
My Heart Is Broken (Evanescence)
Big Bad Wolf(In This Moment)
Mayhem (Halestorm)
Hand That Feeds (Halsey Ft Amy Lee)
Breaking Inside (Shinedown)
I Am The Fire (Halestorm)
Lockdown (Amy Lee)
Home Again (Stone Sour)
Pull The Trigger (Bad Pollyanna)
Lost In Paradise (Evanescence)
Scarlet (In This Moment)
(I Just) Died In Your Arms (Hidden Citizens)
Unapologetic (Halestorm)
Circle Of Fear (HIM)
The Howling (Within Temptation)
Monstrous Child (Bad Pollyanna)
The Fighter (In This Moment)
Take Cover (Evanescence)
Sick (Evanescence)
Paradise (What About Us?)( Within Temptation Ft Tarja)
Set Fire To The Rain (No Resolve)
Heavy Is The Crown (Daughtry)
Speak To Me (Amy Lee)
The Reckoning (Within Temptation)
Perfume of the Timeless (Nightwish)
IGNITION
The WIP Playlist - this will evolve until it is published