http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/-t1.htm Where do yours come from? And what are they? Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:04:38 GMT 10 http://jaebaeli.com/KIWI/kiwilogo2.png http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/-t1.htm http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/what-was-your-hook-t40.htm Jae Baeli Like many writers, i began developing a love for writing with poetry. My first memory of anything like that was when i was trying to remember the rhyme: Quote:Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair... And then i blanked on the rest. So i said, "So, I gave him a wig to wear..." I was a kid, what can i say? But the feeling I got from that minuscule act of creation started something, and the flame has burned hotter as every year went by. Now i write the rare poem, ... Epiphanies & Inspirations Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:04:38 GMT http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/what-was-your-hook-t40.htm#41 http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/what-was-your-hook-t40.htm http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/my-muse-still-breathes-t35.htm Jae Baeli 22 August 2007 All authors get to a point in their writing life, where they feel they have plumbed the depths of the well the Muse provides, and begin to doubt that they have anything else to offer. This is usually a case of stagnation within the milieu of new experience. Without new input, new contrasts in our day to day lives, we can only reiterate what we have already learned. I had reached this point a few weeks ago. I feared that the 12 books I have in print and the 2 I'm almost ... Epiphanies & Inspirations Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:53:13 GMT http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/my-muse-still-breathes-t35.htm#36 http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/my-muse-still-breathes-t35.htm http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/retarded-houdini-t17.htm Jae Baeli Where do my ideas come from? Often, I get them while sleeping and dreaming. For example, this morning, this opening "voice" was given to me just before I woke up. I'm hanging upside down, wrapped in tarp, like some retarded Houdini. How did this happen, you ask? (I heard you ask). Well, it all started with me, walking along the sidewalk, minding my own business. I always mind my own business because I know there are plenty of other people out there who will mind it for me, if ... Epiphanies & Inspirations Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:14:37 GMT http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/retarded-houdini-t17.htm#18 http://kindredinkwriters.forumotion.net/epiphanies-inspirations-f69/retarded-houdini-t17.htm