The Inspiration I need To Get Myself Writing by
Traci McDonald
Inspiration is a fleeting and fickle mistress. There
are days when I cannot find the inspiration to do anything but take a shower. While
she is an unreliable mistress, work is her solid partner.
He is not as pretty or as charming as she is, but he never lets you down. When
inspiration is off playing with the fall colors in the orchard, work is
harvesting the apples. While inspiration sings her melody, work is playing the music.
During inspiration’s pouting tantrums, refusing to cooperate, work is soothing
her hurt and anger until she comes to her senses.
I get most of my story ideas from those pure flashes
of inspiration that come when the mistress is content, peaceful and whispering
in my mind. I write the best I can when she is fed, appeased and lounging
beside me; but I get nothing when work does not accompany her.
I find her in music, lyrics, stanza’s voices and
instrumentation. I chase her when I read books, blogs, articles and research. I
fight her when I am plotting novels, out-lines, short stories and blog posts. I
have discovered though that no matter my relationship with inspiration; I can
only make dreams come true with work.
The inspiration I need to get myself writing is just
a flash of pure imagination. That flash creates a spark in my mind and an idea
begins to form. The more the idea turns to something real, the more my fingers
ache to sit down and write. She gets my mind and heart flowing, but he puts my
hands up on the keyboard and convinces me to give her a voice.
About Traci McDonald:
Debut author Traci McDonald has been a writer since she
figured out how to make words on a page. Traci wrote for English classes like
most people, but she wrote everything else in between. Traci won minor competitions
with short stories, poetry and lyrics before becoming visually impaired. That
is just a political correct way of saying Traci McDonald is blind. Traci lost
her eyesight 17 years ago, but it never stopped her from living life and
following her dreams. She has struggled with her health and raising kids, prior
to the publication of her first novel. Traci is very excited to see
her dream in life coming true. She lives in a small cozy town in the Mojave
Desert, less than 150 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Traci McDonald has four other books in the process of
becoming published and a whole list of others she plans to write.
You can find out more about Traci McDonald and her debut
romance novel during her World of Ink Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/8nejedq
