Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?
Sometimes we need to take a break and fill the creative well
This month I’m celebrating finally finishing the draft of the rewrite of my Middle Grade novel. It was pretty much a Page One Rewrite, and frankly I’m not sure it’s any better than the original. It was fun to do, but I’m glad it’s over. Well, not over — I still have to revise. But first I need to let it sit for a while. I need to let all the questions percolate in my brain. Then I’ll re-read it and see what I’ve got.
I wrote about this last December, in my post The Importance of Letting Your Work Rest Before Editing . Now, I have to take my own advice. It’s nice, actually, to be free of a specific project. To let inspiration soak in, to play a little. Especially as winter drags on (not that It’s been a very harsh one here) it’s nice to seek out some fresh inspiration and do some creative play.
What’s been inspiring me lately? A few things:
I am a patron of Egyptologist Sarah Parcak, a.k.a. “Indy from Space” who developed a Patreon to raise funds for her team’s digging season in Egypt. She shares fun stuff like behind-the-scenes looks at archaeological sites, Egyptian recipes, and this YouTube video of The Song of Isis, performed in ancient Egyptian language from The Pharaoh’s…
