#fickle muse

[uschi-the-listener]

abandoned

I remember

though the feeling is gone

once all I had to do was

Wait

pick a word

from those

flowing like a breeze

all around me

emotion would follow

magically

something good was born

Now

it’s gone

if there were no words

hanging in front of me

done and done

I would never know

[lady-wallace]

Current mood: Starting two different fics and still not knowing which one I want to write first. Why is my muse like this?

[searchingwardrobes]

Me, juggling way too many WIP:

My muse this morning in the shower:

I have an ideaaaaa. . . . 

[merindab]

How come I got a plot bunny at 1am when I did nothing all weekend and already agreed to go back to work today instead of tomorrow?

[uschi-the-listener]

Bottom of the 9th, Please No Extra Innings

I must be pregnant with a poem . I am restless moods swinging gaily churning in my irritated brain . nesting at the desk firing off false labor . generating angry haiku . I wait for words which have failed me so far today . having the feels and no words is like trying to eat with your mouth sewn shut . I stretch and feel that internal mental itch . something is brewing and my stomach roils and complains . where is it? where is it? . some people equate birth to giving the infant creation to the light . light me up I have matches and I know how to use them . don't tempt me past my strength . the last little time before giving birth is the absolute worst. .

[nnschneider]

My muse: Hey, remember that fanfic with the haunted house?

Me: What haunted house?

MM: The one with the pond and the ouija board.

Me: Wow! I totally forgot about it, but yes, I remember it now.

MM: Great. You're going to need to sit down for the next part, because I have it all figured out.

(period of productivity)

Me: Okay, we're in the home stretch. There's gotta be less than a half page to wrap it up.

(silence)

Me (looking around for my muse): There's just a couple paragraphs to go. What do I write?

MM: Hey, remember that crochet project?

[redwingandaprayer]

Sam's hanging at home and enjoying Mardi Gras with his family.

[flightofthefaeriedragon]

I know this has been said before, but it's so annoying that I have to keep feeding my body, over and over, multiple times every day. It's so inconvenient.

And apparently sleep has also become inconvenient for my body lately, so that's fun. At least this half awake, relaxed brain state has made me write a whole bunch, which actually is fun, even if it's all over the place.