Soundtrack: A Friend in the Dark

When writing A Friend in the Dark with Gregory Ashe, we literally hopped onto the same Google Doc for a few hours at a time, as consistently as possible, and completely wove our storytelling together. So the opening paragraph of a chapter might be his writing, then there's a sentence from me, a sentence from him, a paragraph from me, so on and so forth. It was something I'd really wanted to try for a long time, and not only was it fun, but I think we managed to create a pretty good book!

But because I wasn't in my own head the entire time—instead reacting to dialogue and description Greg wrote—that by its very nature, has a feel different from my own writing, I had to let my music choices sort of wander and run wild. Whatever worked is what was kept on repeat. Some of the songs make sense to a character's personality, or a pivotal moment, and others were just good to zone out to.

A Friend in the Dark releases September 8, 2020 with all online vendors!

Avicii - Levels

5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood

Bastille - Of The Night

Bebe Rexha - Last Hurrah

The Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

Ellie Goulding - Lights

The Lumineers - Ophelia

twenty one pilots - Tear in My Heart