Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Drawing to a close...

I'm still here, not yet gobbled up by those shifty shadowy things sitting just out of reach of the circus lights, though let me tell you, I've seen a few of the carnival folk muttering about me as I wait for my muse to finish whatever it is he does when he's not directing my hand... (I've never quite had the confidence to ask him either. The way I figure it, so long as he provides me with the stories and keeps me out of the actual planning, then we can carry on living happily together)

The novel is racing towards its climax - 65 pages left to edit. I'm so deep within that stage where it takes up all of my thinking; it's the only thing I want to do, even when I'm at work staring down a microscope, all I'm thinking about is catching up with my muse as soon as I get home.

Me wifey thinks my muse is code for mistress, but I keep telling her it's not... I'm not that mad...

1 comments:

Christopher Elston said...

Hey, Marty.

You know, I don't think writers talk about their muse much and they should. Mine can be quite elusive at times but when he comes to visit, he just provides me with the words and I can often lose an hour and 'wake up' and there's 3,000 words in front of me. And let me tell you, my muse (who I've yet to name) is a real violent son of a bitch.

It's actually funny. I can write a fairly docile scene and when a violent scene comes the writing changes pace, like he loves it when he gets his chance to go nuts...it's eerie.