One is not amused!

 According to Mr Google, A muse is "A person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist"

In mythology, muses were nine goddesses who symbolised the arts and sciences. Muses are therefore predominantly perceived as women. Calliope was the muse of poetry - she was revered as superior and said to have inspired Homer in writing the Odyssey. I am not sure such a goddess exists for me!

I have always loved the film "Shakespeare In Love" and the love story between Viola and Shakespeare as he finds her on his writing journey and she becomes his muse. I guess if you are writing about love, a partner is going to be a source of inspiration - but alas! I am not looking to write any sonnets!

I guess looking back at writing my first children's book, my eldest daughter was my first muse. She inspired one of the main characters and I could clearly imagine her in the story. Now, I am not sure if I have a muse.

But does it need to be a person?

Can a muse be simply a situation? Or a piece of music? A word that I have heard recently?

(I recently learnt the word marginalia and I am determined to use it in some form of writing!) 

I feel a little like I am just rabbiting on here....but a lot of the time is questions like this that end up leading me to create something. One question leads to another (for example, what would my muse look like? Is it my higher self? Am I slowly losing the plot - the most likely explanation!)

Whoever or whatever my muse is, I hope they can lead me in the right direction. My writing is stuck in limbo and I am unsure on what route to take. I am not even 100% sure writing this blog is actually doing me any favours!! 

Anyway, I shall leave you with my imaginings of what my muse might want to say to me (should I ever find them!)

Write. Just write.

Whether the words make sense or more than often not,

Don't let that doubt override the passion - the drive - the joy you can bring to others.

Write. 

Don't be scared of what might happen and probably won't

Even if nobody reads it - appreciate the process.

Live for the power of your words.

Just write!!!