{"id":10162,"date":"2015-03-30T08:25:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T21:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=10162"},"modified":"2015-03-28T07:51:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T20:51:43","slug":"what-music-inspires-david-mcdonald-sircamaris-inspirationalmusic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/what-music-inspires-david-mcdonald-sircamaris-inspirationalmusic\/","title":{"rendered":"What Music Inspires David McDonald @sircamaris #InspirationalMusic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"post-content clearfix\">\n<h3>Who is David McDonald?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/David-McDonald-for-Shapter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10210\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/David-McDonald-for-Shapter-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"David-McDonald for Shapter\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/David-McDonald-for-Shapter-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/David-McDonald-for-Shapter.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>David McDonald is a mild mannered reporter and editor by day, and a wild eyed writer by night. Based in Melbourne, Australia, he is the editor of a fortnightly magazine for an international welfare organisation, and divides his spare time between helping run a local cricket club and writing. In 2013 he won the Ditmar Award for Best New Talent, and in 2014 won the William J. Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review and was shortlisted for the WSFA Small Press Award. His short fiction has appeared in anthologies such as <em>The Lone Ranger Chronicles<\/em> from Moonstone Books and <em>Epilogue<\/em> from Fablecroft Publishing. David is a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association, The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, and of the Melbourne based writers group, SuperNOVA.<\/p>\n<h3>Where can I read more about this fabulous author?<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"David Mcdonald\" href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcdonaldspage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.davidmcdonaldspage.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What music do they like?<\/h3>\n<p>I have\u2026well, let\u2019s just say an eclectic taste in music. As I hear songs I like I add them to a Spotify playlist which I have playing in the background when I am writing\u2014there is no rhyme or reason to it at all. You might find Led Zeppelin next to Lorde, or the Whitlams rubbing shoulders with Whitesnake.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m86ae_e_ptU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-AU&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is David McDonald? David McDonald is a mild mannered reporter and editor by day, and a wild eyed writer by night. 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