Mood Music: Romance Scenes

My repertoire of snappy blog posts is running dry. Has been running dry, actually, since mid-summer. Alas, inspiration is not what it used to be.

Thus I shall venture into a widely discussed topic: music. We are all well aware that music and writing often go hand-in-hand. Whether it helps you get in the mood to write a particular scene or you let it play silently in the background while you work, music is a good source of instant inspiration. The espresso double shot of the creativity world, if you will.

In that vein of thought, I hereby dub this blog post the first in the Mood Music series. What songs do you play to set the mood for writing romantic scenes? Is there a certain song that will always kick-start your romantic juices (um...don't think about that for too long. It may get dirty.), or is there a combination that's different for each story?

I usually choose a variety of songs for each story, but there is one song that will always put me in that romantic frame of mind:

James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover (Clip Officiel)
by Henrietta-Aime-Fumer_Tv

This just made me realize that most of my story couples have tragic ends. Hm.

So, fire away! Let's get those romantic juices flowing! (Okay, that does just sound dirty...)