All of my books to date have had an accompanying soundtrack. These are the songs which play in the background as I am writing, and lend themselves, in some way, to the story I am telling. When I’m away from the keyboard, they help keep my head in the world I’ve been creating. They provide inspiration and often motivation. For The 7 Habits of Highly Infective People, the soundtrack to writing was especially important. The songs helped create the tone I was going for with their dark and moody ambiance and they became very much like a real soundtrack to the little movie that was playing out in my mind. As such, I wanted to take a moment and thank the bands who created the aural tapestries that wove this particular reality. Other than the first song—which I came to think of as the opening theme for the book—and the last, they are presented here in no particular order.
Timekiller —Project Pitchfork
Madre, Protegenos —Ion
Cold —Chiasm
Dead Souls Dreaming —Diary of Dreams
Lost in Time —Arcana
Town E. —Love Is Colder Than Death
Buried Philae —Rajna
Une Nuit Ein Hiluern —Artesia
16 Miles —Ego Likeness
Here Comes The Rain Again —The Cruxshadows
Elyria —Faith and the Muse
Ein Enwachen —Illuminate
Sacrifice –London After Midnight
Precious New World —Project Pitchfork
Ad Mortem Festinamus —QNTAL
Cannibals —Diary of Dreams
Rache —Unheilig
Walk Away —The Cruxshadows
Formula —Chiasm
Sacrifice —Lacrimosa