A great description of a writer...

[cedunkley]

I'm a fan of Josh Ritter's music. Excellent lyrics. I recently discovered that he has written his first fiction book called Bright's Passage.

I stumbled across this interview with Josh where he talks about his muse, which he refers to as The Monster:

Feeding the Monster

Here's a snippet:

The monster is the invisible force that decides what

Comments

[angeladegroot]

Thanks for sharing the Monster/Muse snippet. I've never thought of it that way but it rings true all the same. My muse isn't scantily clad - just a little grey man, incredibly overworked, spending his nights and days searching for the perfect word, opening, ending, plot twist and character motivations. He seems to come up with his best ideas when I'm walking the dog or taking a shower.