So according to certain friends of mine, since my birthday this past March I am in a full-blown mid-life crisis. I've colored my hair (again), considered getting contact lens (again), pinned pictures of dresses on Pinterest that only someone built like Audrey Hepburn would look good in, and thought about running away to join either … Continue reading A Pirate Turns 40…ish
Category: Stalking the Wild Muse
How to Lure in and Thereafter Keep Your Muse
The Reason Geese Won’t Fly And Why Most of Us Never Live Our Dreams
Why don't we all live our dreams? I had an inspiration today on the drive in to work. Here's how it went (wavy fade to flashback): So I'm sitting in traffic this morning. It's spring (FINALLY) here in Chicagoland. And that means two things. One, it's construction season, so every east-west road across the Fox … Continue reading The Reason Geese Won’t Fly And Why Most of Us Never Live Our Dreams
An Independent Woman
It is an amazing time to be a writer. When I was young(er), the publishing world had me by the throat. Find your story (but make sure it fit into the neatly defined categories set forth by the books sellers of the world). Then write it and ship it off to every literary agent worth … Continue reading An Independent Woman
How to Bait the Trap – or Victuals & Libations to Lure the Muse – Part 3
But, some of you are asking, why go through all this trouble? It’s just a snack, after all, right? Oh contraire, gentle readers. Muse food really serves three functions. First, you are now armed with one of the writer’s secret weapons. A moment of decadent joy. This pampering can be a great pick me up … Continue reading How to Bait the Trap – or Victuals & Libations to Lure the Muse – Part 3
How to Bait the Trap – or Victuals & Libations to Lure the Muse – Part 2
A cup, a cup, my kingdom for a cup! Now that you’ve got your perfect Muse food in mind, the next step is to find an appropriate container to both hold the food item and, equally importantly, to attract the Muse. My Muse happens to be attracted to fine bone china in a violet pattern. … Continue reading How to Bait the Trap – or Victuals & Libations to Lure the Muse – Part 2
How to Bait the Trap – or Victuals & Libations to Lure the Muse – Part 1
Muse Food. Food of the Gods. Ambrosia. Call it what you will, it is that food – the one you’d walk two miles through the densest jungle, braving leopards and snakes and all manner of hostile natives to get, that is the best food to use to bait your Muse Trap. Join me now as … Continue reading How to Bait the Trap – or Victuals & Libations to Lure the Muse – Part 1
The Flavor of Dreams
Had several bizarre dreams last night. One of them involved my best friend's sister-in-law, who is seriously ill. That one, while it made no linear sense, I can recall pretty clearly. But there was another one that eludes me, although I catch glimpses of it out of the corner of my eye as I go … Continue reading The Flavor of Dreams
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