There Goes the Galaxy Official, Unofficial Soundtrack and YouTubely Goodies

You ever listen to music and think, "Wow, this song sounds like a soundtrack for this very moment of my day"? Well,  'd had some songs that either inspired actual bits of the There Goes the Galaxy books, or seem to me like they work in my Greater Communicating Universe. I've been pulling them together when I can, for the eventual launch party of the third book (y'know, down the road). I will also be including some of the fun, spacey dubstep/trip-hop songs in the mix, that one of my Facebook followers was kind enough to connect me to (I love driving around to it!).

Anyway, this week has already been madness for me, work-wise, but I didn't want to leave you folks all empty-handed. So I thought those who have read the tales might enjoy seeing some of the songs I had in mind. This is what I would include:

• My, My, Time Flies- Enya
• Is That You Mo-Dean?- B-52s
• End of the World as we Know It- R.E.M.
• Walking on the Sun- Smash Mouth
• Blinded Me with Science- Thomas Dolby
• Angel is the Centerfold- J. Geils Band
• Rapture- Blondie
• Rocket- Def Leppard
• Crime of the Century- Supertramp
• There Goes a Tenner- Kate Bush
• Planet Claire- B-52s
• Space Age Whiz Kids- Joe Walsh
• Satellite- Smash Mouth
• Major Tom- David Bowie
• Space Oddity- Peter Schilling
• Ashes to Ashes- David Bowie
• Songs for a Dying Planet- Joe Walsh
• Watching the Planets- Flaming Lips
• You Will Go to the Moon- Moxy Fruvous

I am, of course, open to additional suggestions for a good, spacely soundtrack! Because, as you know, new inspiration is never far away! 

Also, I'd posted another audio reading of There Goes the Galaxy on my YouTube channel. If you enjoy these, you can subscribe to them here: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBeC9G_DzC4UAG2f9HVxtgA

Otherwise, I hope you all have a good week. I aim to come back to you all with an actual humor post when I'm feeling less day-job stressed and more, um, humorous.

The Duality of Day Jobs... Plus Youtube Channel Fun

It's an interesting thing when you're a writer with a day job, particularly when your day job is high stress and deadline-oriented, yet your fiction writing is in a genre as playful and quirky as humorous sci-fi.

During the day, people know you as professional. Responsible. Boring. Restrained even. The one who takes care of the tasks nobody really wants to do, simply because they have to get done. 

Then at night, early mornings and on weekends, you suddenly transform into that weird chick who's writing that even stranger book series with all the off-beat aliens in it. The one who jokes and has fun and who views no idea as too outrageous for at least some consideration.

It's a little like being a superhero, only without the heroism, superpowers or spandex.

You have to block out one to be the other.

This week has been a bit high stress during the day, to be honest. So it's been particularly enjoyable to me, acting out these various audio readings from the There Goes the Galaxy books. I've posted a last one-- this is from the first book-- above. And if you like these and want to listen to more of them, they're housed right now on a YouTube channel. Give it a Subscribe on YouTube, if it's something that launches yer rockets. :) I may add more as the spirit moves. The channel is here:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBeC9G_DzC4UAG2f9HVxtgA

And if you have friends who like it when authors read them stories, I'd appreciate it if you'd pass the word along. I'm still contemplating whether there will be a full audiobook in the future, and whether I'd just get someone professional and cosmic to read the thing. (In other words, someone who definitely isn't me.)

Anyway, that's what I have on tap for you good people today. I plan to do some writing on the third There Goes the Galaxy book-- Tryfling Matters-- this weekend. It's been good progress so far, and while the draft is rough, it's the kind of foundation the tale needs.

Happy weekend. And may all your off-hours be stellar. :) --Jenn