I often find inspiration in odd places, as I’m sure many others do as well. I think most of my ideas come from music. I’m kind of an audiophile. Music is always on, except for when I’m writing. Sometimes I can write to music, but usually not.

Benjamin, a lead in my first novel Glimpsing Infinity, for example, was inspired by Florence and the Machine’s song “No Light, No Light.”

Invidia, another lead from my debut novel, was inspired by Nine Inch Nails’ “Sunspots.”

Glimpsing Infinity‘s theme as a whole was inspired by Nine Inch Nails’ “Right Where It Belongs.”

Nine Inch Nails is kind of my favorite band. Fun random fact: Trent Reznor alone is Nine Inch Nails, and he hires a band to go on tour with him. Reznor makes all of his music by himself. Crazy. The man in super talented. But I digress…

Inspiration.

A lot of fight scenes are played out to other songs on NIN’s album With Teeth. It’s pretty amazing. You should give it a listen.

And gods… Flyleaf’s “Chasm.” This song rocks my socks off. Many scenes were written with that song playing in my head, and sometimes aloud. And to other awesome songs by them. If you’re not familiar with Flyleaf, go to YouTube now. I’ll wait. Just joking. I’m done talking, so really go there and listen to their amazing music.

What inspires you?