5 on Friday -- Set 199

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

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I'm in the last two days of the November writing marathon known as NaNoWriMo, wherein crazy people write a 50,000-word first draft novel in 30 days.

This is my fifth year slogging through the ordeal. At this point everyone participating seriously questions their sanity.

However, from past experience I also know that pushing this far past my normal creative process always gives me amazing material to work with later.

So, as I head for the 50,000-word finish line, here are five tunes about writing.

1 - Every Day I Write the Book -- Elvis Costello

2 - Lady Writer -- Dire Straits

3 - Dancing in the Dark -- Bruce Springsteen

4 - Paperback Writer -- The Beatles

5 - If You Could Read My Mind -- Gordon Lightfoot

5 on Friday - Set 162

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

When I was looking through the arts section of the paper yesterday after I finished eating supper, which is my chill out time between the day job and my evening writing shift, I noticed several event listings that featured World Storytelling Day.

What a great thing to showcase for 5 on Friday, I thought. So here are five story songs as we head into World Storytelling Day, March 20th.

1 - Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles 

2 - Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen

3 - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 

4 -Darlington County - Bruce Springsteen

5 - Taxi - Harry Chapin

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend--I'll be at my second Women Making Waves conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Storytelling through film, television and digital media, by women. It's not a women-only conference, however--it's a film industry event attended by both genders. In fact, my fellow conference-goer this year is my husband Brad.

I'll share the highlights in next week's Thursday Thirteen.

Thursday Thirteen - 143 - 13 Songs About Canada By Canadian Artists

As we head ever closer to the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, here is a tour across the country I'm honoured to call home:

1 - We are First Nations, Inuit and Metis.

Hina Na Ho Ho (Celebration) - Susan Aglukark



2 - We love hockey.

The Hockey Song - Stompin' Tom Connors



3 - We stride through our days with our past in every heart beat.

Cape Breton fiddle music - Buddy MacMaster and Ashley MacIsaac



4 - We carve our future through The True North, strong and free.

Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot



5 - 'Mon pays, ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver' ('My country is not a country, it's winter')

Montreal -40°C - Malajube



6 - We stand on guard for thee.

Hero - Nickleback



7 - 'And for those who like to rock, a rocking chair in the middle.'

Oowatanite - April Wine



8 - We define who we are by who we are not.

American Woman - The Guess Who



9 - We show the kiddies how it's done.

YYZ - Rush



10 - We shrug off genius as mere poetry.

Dance Me To The End of Love - Leonard Cohen

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11 - 'Car ton bras sait porter l'épée, Il sait porter la croix!' ('As in thy arm ready to wield the sword, So also is it ready to carry the cross.')

Time For Mercy - Jann Arden



12 - With glowing hearts we see thee rise.

Departure Bay - Diana Krall



13 - O Canada! Our home and native land!

Home - Michael Bublé



Janet says Thanks for the reference to the Friendly Giant - I always called for the rocking chair before my brother.

Anthony North says It's always good to celebrate one's country.

MommyBa says Canada's always been on top of my list as the best place to go to in the world.