An idea is just like a baby: sucks all your time, gives you mood swings and you’re not sleeping. Perhaps not the cleanest of ideas but I decided I like my sleep whenever I can get it. I used to sleep with a note pad near the pillow so that when ideas struck, I would just reach over and scribble notes down, without having to roll over, or even open my eyes. I find myself lying awake at 4am writing entire pages of notes and spider webs, giggling like a villain from the Ghostbusters (the cartoon. She doesn’t transmit ideas, so much as carpet bombs them. Because I am both lazy and supportive of questionable resources. See above for reference about dancing naked lady.

And one of the creepiest abilities in the series.Īlso, no one can pronounce the name Terpsichore – which represents the muse of dance. I’m a hunter x hunter fan and ‘Terpsichore’ is an special ability of a cat-humanoid mass murderer. (Too much info into your personal life there, Ryan.)Ģ. Only a naked dancing woman has enough power to torture me as much as my ideas do. Two reasons I like using the word ‘muse’.ġ. They’re usually in a cluster (as most ideas are) and hovering around some poor bloke trying to sew together the pieces of his mind. Muses were Greek goddesses of inspiration. I’ve exchanged banter and jokes about the so called muse – usually with regards to a ‘writer’s block’ (which by the way does not exist).īut before I go into a tirade about what floats my metaphorical boat, here’s some history. Where do you get your inspiration? What inspires you? What makes you want to write? I’m also giving away pre-releases of his highly anticipated novel in exchange for a review, so feel free to email me at Now, onto his hilarity: You can follow him at his website or check out his novel on Goodreads. Ryan Attard is the author of Firstborn, the first book of the Legacy series, coming out December 13th. Shannon here, just to introduce this upcoming author.

Dread Night by Ryan Attard