My Favorites

Authors and Books

Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series (Laurell K. Hamilton), The Raw Shark Texts by Stephen Hall, Song of Fire and Ice series (George R.R. Martin), Lord of the Rings, Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg), A Wrinkle in Time (Madeline L’Engle), Ann Brashares, Thich Nhat Hanh, On Writing (Stephen King), The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux) Kat Richardson, Jeanne C. Stein, Patricia Briggs, Simon R. Greene, Jim Butcher

Music to Write To (I can’t write to anything with English lyrics, with a few exceptions)

explosions in the sky, Mono, Sigur Ros, Apocalyptica, Emilie Autumn (Unlaced), Conjure One, …soihadto…, Delirium (Archives Vol 1 and 2), Lisa Gerrard, Kingdom of Heaven OST, Lord of the Rings OST, Midnight Syndicate, Nox Arcana, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Mogwai, Lisa Gerrard, 300 OST, E.S. Posthumus (note: OST = Official SoundTrack), The Glitch Mob

Non-Writing Music

Dream Theater, Emilie Autumn, David Bowie, Portishead, Sinfinis, The Cruxshadows, Alphastatic, Regina Spektor, Nightwish, Peter Gabriel, Eisbrecher, J.D. Blackfoot, Sting, Rush, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Tom Waits, Nine Inch Nails, Regina Spektor, Daft Punk, Pink Floyd, The Crystal Method, The Chemical Brothers, Front Line Assembly, Seven Nations, Enigma, HorrorPops, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Oomph!, Slayer, Danzig, Abney Park, Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Dresden Dolls, The Crow OST, Titan A.E. OST, Android Lust, Oneiroid Psychosis, Mankind is Obsolete, Otep, Kerli, Beats Antique, Kai Altair

Movies

Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, The Dark Crystal, The Last Unicorn, The Lord of the Rings (extended versions), The Ninth Gate, The Fifth Element, V for Vendetta, The Usual Suspects, The Crow, Clue, Ghost in the Shell, Patton, Serenity, Dune, Interview with the Vampire, Kingdom of Heaven (director’s cut – yes I have to specify because I thought the theatrical version sucked), Underworld, The Matrix, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Juno, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Silent Hill, Jurassic Park

TV Shows

Sons of Anarchy, Dr. Who, Entourage, The Tudors, House, White Collar, Covert Affairs, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Lost, Mythbusters, (though in reality, I rarely watch any of these anymore), pretty much anything on History, Discovery, Science, or National Geographic channels, Invader Zim, Dark Angel, Firefly, Deadwood (too bad they were canceled). Note: Whatever you do, don’t tell me about Lost. I haven’t seen past the first half of season 3. I repeat, DO NOT TELL ME ABOUT LOST!!!