Neil Gaiman does it too!

I'm kind of hung up on this music and writing thing. I'm rediscovering music after a period of a few years where it hasn't been as big of a part of my life. I forget sometimes just how connected I am and how much better things work when I've got a melody streaming into my ears from somewhere. Silence is indeed golden and I appreciate it when I'm able to snag some. But the wheels of the machine turn in time to a tune.

I just read this article and brief interview with Neil Gaiman and apparently he writes with music if he's in a place where he's able. So, if one of the most prolific and talented writers of our time does it, there must be something to it, right?

( Slow progress this week. )

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Writer's Block: Animal magnetism

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Thanks in part to my mom, I've always identified with owls.

But as for an animal I'd like to wake up as, I think a big cat of some sort like a mountain lion or a panther or a tiger or something. They're solitary. They're predatory. Pretty awesome all around, even though I'm not a cat person, per se.

I would say a wolf, but the whole pack mentality thing isn't my bag. Also, I'd hate to wind up in a situation where I might be staring down Sarah Palin's helicopter.