The dead muse

Hi Bookworms and bookdragons!

I'm so sorry it took so long, I lost wifi for several days! But it's back, and today I'm writing about muses again. Specifically: The dead muse.

For the last month, my muse has not spoken to me. Not a single word. No funny ideas, no scenes, no characters, no nothing. I'm actually sitting here writing this instead of trying to stare at a blank screen and carve something from my imagination again.

So, I've taken to trying random things to try and wake it up again. This includes: Dressing up as characters. Drawing characters. Reading new books. Watching new movies. Watching old movies. Sewing. (literally. I got out a sewing machine and tried to sew a dress.)

Nothing has worked. Today, I myself have writing block. So I guess today is more a question to all of you: how do you revive a dead muse? Is there a type of song? A certain book? Incantation? Zombie plague? How?

I'll keep you up to date, and if you want I could even include more detailed elaborations of how I've tried (and failed) to wake up the muse. Just let me know.

Until next time!

I'm Back!!!!

Hello my dear Bookworms and Bookdragons!

I'm so sorry for that absence! Things in my own life got...crazy. But now I'm back! And ready to dive in with new book ideas, recommendations, advice for writers, and just plain craziness. :)

I have a goal to finally get things going on here, and start posting more regularly! (Let's see if that's even possible, shall we?)  I recently competed in Nanowrimo, and both camps, and I actually finished one of them! So now I'm back, ready to write more, and hopefully not forget about this place!

Anyway, sorry to keep you all waiting. I'm hoping to get a new post up within the week! Maybe some advice on writing dialogue! Who knows?

Thank you to each and ever one of my avid readers who is still here, despite nearly a year of nothing, really sorry about all of that. Hope to not fail you guys so much.

Well, off to the books!

~Mara.

P.S. You might notice some things are different. I'm trying to change how I do things, and a part of that includes dropping the Latin phrase. If anyone misses it I can try to bring it back, but I think it was just dragging things down. :) Let me know your thoughts!