Message from Amanda

I love you so much
I had to dial your number
and see you one last time
and make sure to break your heart
real good
so you feel what I felt
and now I'm over you
and I wish you a good life
and a good wife
and beautiful children
and all that crap.

My Story on The Rose City Sisters Flash Fiction Blog

http://rosecitysisters.blogspot.com/2010/05/43-conclusion.html

Check out my short fiction piece on The Rose City Sisters Flash Fiction Blog.

This is a short piece from a much longer story that just won't get out of my head. It's been fifty pages, it's been five. I come back to it again and again (kind of like an old boyfriend). Submitting this 700+ word piece was my way of saying goodbye to it for a while.

I'm sure it'll be back though.

Music Mondays

I recently read advice from an author to make a unique playlist for each character, and listen to it when writing abou the character. I figure it'd be a worthy cause to devote Music Mondays to Amanda, Annie, Nick, Sam, Tavi, Shane, and Vick.

For Amanda, I came up with 48 songs. But here are the quinessential Amanda tunes:

"Please Don't Leave Me," Pink
"Brilliant Disguise," Bruce Springsteen
"I Love Rock n' Roll," Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
"Counting the Days," Goldfinger
"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in my Hand," Primitive Radio Gods
"I Am Trying to Break Your Heart," Wilco
"Comedown," Bush
"Drinkin' my Baby Goodbye," The Charlie Daniels Band
"Straight Tequila Night," John Anderson
"Neon Moon," Brooks & Dunn
"Get it While You Can," Janis Joplin
"Far Behind," Candlebox
"What I've Done," Linkin Park
"Melody of You," Single File
"Slip Slidin' Away," Paul Simon
"Superstar," Sonic Youth
"Time After Time," Sparklemotion
"Tire Swing," Kimya Dawson
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight," U2
"Settlin'," Sugarland
"Wake Up," Arcade Fire
"Wide Open Spaces," Dixie Chicks