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Thursday, February 07, 2008 A Series of Writing Posts... On Feeding the Muse

I'm going to switch gears for a bit and talk about feeding the muse. For me, at least, creativity is a fickle thing. (A lot of that has to do with the unmedicated depression, thank you insurance company.) It takes a lot to keep it fueled. Luckily though, it's easy to power-up. I'm getting ready to start my next polar bear book so every snow and every run on a cold, winter's day gets me to thinking about Kjell and the sexy American sniper he's about to encounter.

I'm also a big fan of insense and essential oils. There's one "clarity" that's a pine/spruce scent and it does wonders for "waking" me up and getting the muse to work. Like ice cream for the mind. :) I also love music. Because my day job involves talking on the phones, I can't have music playing all the time. But I adore instrumentals, world music, and "new age" music. All of that really sets the mood. I even have a "polar bear mix" I put together on my ipod when I was writing my first polar bear book, Bjorn's Mate, that's also great for winter runs.

This is a quick post, but here are a few things that help my muse. And I'll expand a bit on these in coming posts.

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