Music! And Other Random Bits of Inspiration.

Nothing Quite Inspires like Ondine

Sometimes I start with a picture, like the above.  There's a tone to it, a mood, a fluidity of movement that tickles my creative juices. It's so interesting because she's the ethereal creature, but in the gif it seems like he's almost a vampire admiring a mortal, closing in... possessing her.

And then there's Music!

Music is always important to me. More often than not it keeps the story going in my mind, and a lot of my characters and chapters have had themes...

 Nine Inch Nails-- With Teeth

Autumn & Aleksi Theme Danse Macabre 2: Dark Awakenings 

Golden State -- Obsession

Autumn & Nikolai Theme Danse Macabre 2: Dark Awakenings

Placebo -- I Feel You

Garrett & Evan's Theme

She Wants Revenge --- Tear You Apart

Aleksi & Autumn theme in Danse Macabre (It's even Aleksi's Ring tone for Autumn)

Placebo -- Taste in Men

Evan's Theme

Adam and the Ants --- Kings of The Wild Frontier

Danse Macabre 2: Dark Awakenings  Chapter 7

Hozier-- Take Me To Church

Aleksi's Theme

Beyonce -- Crazy in Love (FSOG remix)

Almost every sex scene 

Beyonce --Haunted (FSOG remix)

Every other sex scene 

Denmark + Winter -- Crazy

Autumn Theme Danse Macabre 2: Dark Awakenings

Rasputina -- Hunter's Kiss

Autumn's Theme Danse Macabre

Foo Fighters -- Darling Nikki

Garrett's Theme

Imagine Dragons -- Gold

Vlad's Theme

Natalia Kills-- Wonderland

Leslie's Theme

Clint Mansell -- Perfection (Black Swan OST)

Colette's theme

Happy Listening :) hope these songs inspire you some and maybe give a little insight into the characters.