Sat, 07 Feb 2026 19:58:37 -0800WeeblyMon, 02 Jan 2017 16:44:55 GMThttps://www.erinbowlen.com/mynovelsoundtrack/mynovelsoundtrackBefore there was writing, there was music.  Or, at least that's how it was for me.  I've been playing music my whole life, and so it's probably not a surprise that music plays a large part of my writing process.

If, like me, you grew up in the 1990's, creating mixtapes was a big part of your childhood.  I loved curating playlists from all of the songs I listed to, re-arranging them into a narrative that told the story I wanted to listen to.  So, when it came to writing my first novel, I took my love of music and making mixtapes, and began creating novel soundtracks for each work-in-progress.

To get a peek behind the scenes at my writing process for each of my novels, click on the links below and see #MyNovelSoundtrack for each one: 

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