Comments on: Ain’t No Muse

By: classically educated barbarian

classically educated barbarian — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:43:45 +0000

ps…Her website is dialamuse.com and her name is Dia.

By: classically educated barbarian

classically educated barbarian — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:42:06 +0000

You may laugh, but when I get desperate I seek out dial a muse. I always think its a writing problem, but in fact, she teases what the real situation is out of me, and then voila! I can write again. Cheaper than an editor, and she makes me feel like I’ve just gotten an emotional back rub.. – Ceb

By: Cindy Procter-King

Cindy Procter-King — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:43:35 +0000

visualize Damn muse.

By: Cindy Procter-King

Cindy Procter-King — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:41:39 +0000

Your creativity IS your muse. At least it’s my muse. I have a muse. She kicks me around, and I kick her around. I’m in charge, though. She’s my creative subconscious.

I like having a muse, because it gives me something to visual when I’m having trouble with some facet of a story. I picture my muse (or a piece of her body, her hand – don’t judge me, it’s complicated) when I’m falling asleep at night and instruct her to solve whatever problem I’m currently struggling with. She’s to do it while I’m asleep. 7 out of 10 times, she does. If I don’t give her the proper instructions, she doesn’t come through. It’s a trick to get the subc to work on a targeted area.

Call it what you will. I call it my muse.

By: HelenKay

HelenKay — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:39:46 +0000

I agree with Steph that we have this elusive “something” inside that helps us write. To me that’s a drive to use my creativity but not a muse. And just having the desire and a spark of an idea isn’t enough. I have to push and push and work.

I just think there’s this misperception that authors sit there waiting for the muse to arrive to get started, and then this magical thing happens. Not for me. If I waited…I’d still be waiting. If I only wrote when I felt like it or when the ideas flowed easier, I’d still be on book one.

Just once I’d like one of my books write itself.

By: Stacy ~

Stacy ~ — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:18:40 +0000

I know you’ll get past this, but it’s gotta be frustrating. Hang in there, as Victoria says we all have our bad days, but don’t let it get you down. Your stories are always wonderful!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:42:45 +0000

Sometimes it’s good for readers (me especially) to hear that authors are human. On the days I’m feeling down and like I can’t do anything right, I always pick up a book and it makes me feel better. It’s good to know that the people who create my outlet, have bad days too!

By: Cecile

Cecile — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:12:50 +0000

You are tooo funny!!! The idea of a muse is a wonderful escape… but you are right… it is still you sitting in front of the computer, (gosh forbid…) typewrite… and even more (gosh forbideeee) pen and paper… it is all you! But you are right, I lmao… she would be nice every now and the to smack the crap out of her when you need!!! LOL!!!
The imagination is yours… just look!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:28:44 +0000

Good luck, HelenKay! (And lol, Stephanie.)

By: Stephanie Tyler

Stephanie Tyler — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:21:14 +0000

The thing is, I believe we’ve all got ’something’ – I don’t necessarily call it a muse. I mean, I kind of loved what Elisabeth Gilbert talked about in terms of the muse / vessel thing. Like, you still have to show up, do your work, do your part – the muse isn’t an excuse. But that there are days when the magic just happens. You can’t explain it, but there are times I’ll look up and it’s like, where the hell did all that come from?

And the magic doesn’t happen all the time. I mean, maybe it’s not like that for everyone and that’s cool – but for me, I believe in some kind of muse-ish thing or magic or just some kind of connection to something. Otherwise, everyone could write books from sheer determination alone.

And I’m not talking tortured artist muse either – there are days I just sit down and write and it’s good stuff but there’s not that same magic. But I still work.

OMG HelenKay, am babbling on your blog. Sorry.