Dollhouse Dreams
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APPEASING THE MUSES
While writing, I spend too much time alone. I love the time I spend deep in fiction, but I find my balance in real life. I need interaction with real people. I enjoy being a wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. I believe in having an active social life, so I go out to meet with friends or invite people over. I have my work hours I adhere to and regularly schedule in down time. I never write late at night. I also love to sing, and I’ve been known to hit the stage once in a while in amateur plays…I love the challenge and the experience of becoming a character. Muses don’t exist if you don’t sit down to write the first words. But when you get to it, they appear out of the blue. You have to lasso them in with discipline and sheer will. Pretty soon, if you keep at it, and you’re deep enough into a story, they are the ones who have you by a leash and you can’t free yourself from them anywhere you go. What works for me while writing? A schedule. Also, I forgo any word-counting. Word counting is for school.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
› Sophia Segovia is a Mexican-born novelist and the author of El Murmullo De Las Abejas. She holds a degree in Mass Communication from the University of Monterrey and is always searching for inspiration for her next creative creation.
