Day off today, thanks to a late night following a theater trip last night.

Gives me a chance to muse on the subject of muses. Having struggled to write six sentences yesterday that I was very unhappy with, and then two sentences which I was much happier with, I was aware of two things:

First a voice in the back of my head telling me the rubbish sentences were rubbish. I'm sure the voice was one I recognized: S a former colleague from TheOldPlace who was good at pointing out where words/phrases/sentences could be much improved.

Second a realization regarding the lack of S, who - if not likeminded [1] - was at least one of those people you've learned to work with in a particular way. I've not located someone similar who I can bat ideas around with until we've beaten them into submission and got something on the page that is respectable.

So here's to muses, past and future, with gratitude. Long may your wordmastery continue!




[1] Probably fairer to say we could disagree about almost anything!