How do I find inspiration? How do I not?
I'm in constant flow of ideas, which are often met with the
frustration of having my hands tied. Or my mind riddled with something else
while the muse waits, and waits, until…
a) I write the notes in my notebook. b) I get right down to
business. Or, c) I multi-task with projects spread around, carelessly
completed.
Not always carelessly, but that's how it feels. I try and
slow down, but time flies, and I have children! Not young children,
worse--young teen-age boys! And they need more help than they must have needed
as toddlers. I swear.
But what inspires me to write? That is what this Blog Hop is about. I would say above
all—it is PEOPLE! The Characters, shady ones, unusual traits, hidden kindness,
overt cruelty, or Joe Shmo, who I turn into a Wizard on the page.
I played with Barbie’s well into the age of thirteen. Of
course, I realize why, now. It was the dramatization of the characters I
craved. When we moved from Cocoa Beach to Key West, I was only permitted to
bring the most essential. I figured it was a good time to drop the Barbie
dolls. I sure did miss them. But by writing fiction, I can still pretend and
make-believe.
And having fun inspires me all the time.
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