Comments on: Messing with the Muse http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/ What's hip, what's now, what's tomorrow in the romance genre world. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:26:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: groovy http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-17734 groovy Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:25:55 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/25/messing-with-the-muse/#comment-17734 My Muse has killer narrative skills. She constantly comments on toilet paper, aspirin, advertising, coffee, sunsets, whacky situations involving in-laws and outlaws and cat claws. She talks non-stop! (Side note: My husband always regrets it when he asks, "So, whatcha thining about?") The trick for me is to actually have a pen or keyboard at hand to write it all down. Sometimes she comes up with the FUNNIEST stuff, and I miss it because I'm on a long car ride or pushing a shopping cart. I really wish, at times, that she could record all her chatter on one of those mini-recorder thingies. Then I could thresh the words and find those golden kernals that are worth keeping. My Muse has killer narrative skills. She constantly comments on toilet paper, aspirin, advertising, coffee, sunsets, whacky situations involving in-laws and outlaws and cat claws. She talks non-stop!

(Side note: My husband always regrets it when he asks, “So, whatcha thining about?”)

The trick for me is to actually have a pen or keyboard at hand to write it all down. Sometimes she comes up with the FUNNIEST stuff, and I miss it because I’m on a long car ride or pushing a shopping cart. I really wish, at times, that she could record all her chatter on one of those mini-recorder thingies. Then I could thresh the words and find those golden kernals that are worth keeping.

]]> By: Domingo Delicioso #6 « Desperate Writer http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-17733 Domingo Delicioso #6 « Desperate Writer Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:48:31 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/25/messing-with-the-muse/#comment-17733 [...] Ooohh…I never thought of it that way, Alisa….wow. [...] [...] Ooohh…I never thought of it that way, Alisa….wow. [...]

]]> By: FrancescaH http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-17730 FrancescaH Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:03:47 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/25/messing-with-the-muse/#comment-17730 My muse is male. I get mighty ticked at him when he decides he'd rather watch football or NASCAR, but mostly we get along. And when we write love scenes, wooo baby they are HOT! :shock: The thing about male muses - they really prefer meat and potatoes to the odd apple or two. So anyone looking to trade out your girly muse for a guy - keep that in mind! My muse is male. I get mighty ticked at him when he decides he’d rather watch football or NASCAR, but mostly we get along. And when we write love scenes, wooo baby they are HOT! :shock:

The thing about male muses – they really prefer meat and potatoes to the odd apple or two. So anyone looking to trade out your girly muse for a guy – keep that in mind!

]]> By: KeVin Killiany http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-17727 KeVin Killiany Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:29:12 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/25/messing-with-the-muse/#comment-17727 Okay, catching up here after a month away. Reading parts of some of these essays out loud to Valerie. Mentioned the male muse theory. She asks "Who wants a muse who can only recognize eight colors and classifies music as rock and not-rock?" (I promptly refuted her argument by naming all nine colors.) I think it was Ernest Hemingway who said a real writer doesn't wait for inspiration, he goes out and hunts it down with a club. Me, if I think of my muse as muse I think of them as a sort of brainstorming think tank. Got the whole gang in a room with lots of coffee and doughnuts and flip chart pages taped to the wall. I stick my head in and ask what's up and they shove a wad me scribbled notes on napkins and envelopes and stickies at me. Ideas. What I do with them is up to me. They're in charge of inspiration, I'm the go-to guy for perspiration. Not as elegant as some arrangements I've heard tell of, but it works for me. Okay, catching up here after a month away. Reading parts of some of these essays out loud to Valerie. Mentioned the male muse theory. She asks “Who wants a muse who can only recognize eight colors and classifies music as rock and not-rock?”
(I promptly refuted her argument by naming all nine colors.)

I think it was Ernest Hemingway who said a real writer doesn’t wait for inspiration, he goes out and hunts it down with a club.

Me, if I think of my muse as muse I think of them as a sort of brainstorming think tank. Got the whole gang in a room with lots of coffee and doughnuts and flip chart pages taped to the wall. I stick my head in and ask what’s up and they shove a wad me scribbled notes on napkins and envelopes and stickies at me. Ideas. What I do with them is up to me. They’re in charge of inspiration, I’m the go-to guy for perspiration.

Not as elegant as some arrangements I’ve heard tell of, but it works for me.

]]> By: Yvonne Lindsay http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-17707 Yvonne Lindsay Thu, 31 May 2007 23:09:51 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/25/messing-with-the-muse/#comment-17707 Hmmm, a male muse. Now then I really would never get anything done. My muse is currently sulking as I've run out of milk for coffee. How could I be so stupid? Actually, this week I was pondering angels (particularly the quote attributed to Michelangelo which says "I saw the angel in the marble and I carved until I set him free") and was wondering if I have an angel in my keyboard. I should have known better. I have an angel on the top of my bookcase (actually, better known as a Molly the Muse angel soft toy) and when I went to check a book title on my shelf she promptly fell down and hit me on the head. Hmmm, a male muse. Now then I really would never get anything done. My muse is currently sulking as I’ve run out of milk for coffee. How could I be so stupid?

Actually, this week I was pondering angels (particularly the quote attributed to Michelangelo which says “I saw the angel in the marble and I carved until I set him free”) and was wondering if I have an angel in my keyboard. I should have known better. I have an angel on the top of my bookcase (actually, better known as a Molly the Muse angel soft toy) and when I went to check a book title on my shelf she promptly fell down and hit me on the head.

]]> By: Kimber Chin http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-17706 Kimber Chin Thu, 31 May 2007 23:04:26 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/25/messing-with-the-muse/#comment-17706 "Kimber Chin, let me guess, you work in management?" In, around, under, over, despite, you name it. I'm a business babe and proud of it. Only tolerated here 'cause I buy romance novels in mass quantities. Otherwise, I'd be banned for sentence fragments, poor spelling, and use of imaginary words. “Kimber Chin, let me guess, you work in management?”

In, around, under, over, despite,
you name it.

I’m a business babe and proud of it.
Only tolerated here
’cause I buy romance novels in mass quantities.

Otherwise, I’d be banned for
sentence fragments, poor spelling,
and use of imaginary words.

]]> By: Mental Health Day « A Field of Paper Flowers http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-17705 Mental Health Day « A Field of Paper Flowers Thu, 31 May 2007 22:16:02 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/25/messing-with-the-muse/#comment-17705 [...] May 31st, 2007 by seanachi So today’s post on Romancing the Blog was about how we treat our Muse.  After a humorous accounting of the tortures, maltreatment, and abuse she heaps upon her Muse, Alisa Kwitney concludes: [...] [...] May 31st, 2007 by seanachi So today’s post on Romancing the Blog was about how we treat our Muse.  After a humorous accounting of the tortures, maltreatment, and abuse she heaps upon her Muse, Alisa Kwitney concludes: [...]

]]> By: Diantha http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-17704 Diantha Thu, 31 May 2007 22:08:10 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/25/messing-with-the-muse/#comment-17704 You folks are cracking me up. I've now got this mental image of an Old Hag with ADHD who is fond of the bottle and agitating for workers' rights. Kimber Chin, let me guess, you work in management? You folks are cracking me up. I’ve now got this mental image of an Old Hag with ADHD who is fond of the bottle and agitating for workers’ rights.

Kimber Chin, let me guess, you work in management?

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-17703 Jennifer Thu, 31 May 2007 21:31:20 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/25/messing-with-the-muse/#comment-17703 My muse only shows up once in a great while. *sigh* I think mostly she is out drinking. My muse only shows up once in a great while. *sigh* I think mostly she is out drinking.

]]> By: Kerry Allen http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/messing-with-the-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-17701 Kerry Allen Thu, 31 May 2007 15:53:59 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/25/messing-with-the-muse/#comment-17701 Methinks my muse has passive-aggressive tendencies. Kimber An's comment about being pestered to write stuff she doesn't want to sounds awfully familiar. I have the order of my first 20 books or so all planned out. Number Two and Number Twelve are practically finished, whereas the file on Number Six consists of a sticky note that says "Alik's book," and Three through Eleven aren't a whole lot thicker. Nah, she wouldn't do that to me. I think she just has ADHD. But just in case, maybe I should bake her some cookies... :shock: Methinks my muse has passive-aggressive tendencies. Kimber An’s comment about being pestered to write stuff she doesn’t want to sounds awfully familiar. I have the order of my first 20 books or so all planned out. Number Two and Number Twelve are practically finished, whereas the file on Number Six consists of a sticky note that says “Alik’s book,” and Three through Eleven aren’t a whole lot thicker.

Nah, she wouldn’t do that to me. I think she just has ADHD.

But just in case, maybe I should bake her some cookies… :shock:

]]>