Finalist Welcome Desk

[cookala]

Hey, Jee, don't worry too much - I've been going through something similar for about a month now, and I'm just starting to feel the muse's nudge again. I think it's just the aftershock of how our minds were pushed and pulled to their limits over the time frame of the challenges - and you went 5 rounds more than me. But I know what you mean by "flat". Relax for just a bit, let it all settle down, and you'll be fine. I find that when I push too hard, it comes out constipated anyway. Just take it a day at a time.

[Andrea345]

Myst IV - Revelation
Worth it.

Watering Hole

Try JB's list of calvaldos, Scavella's rum recommendation, the scotch list, and a wide selection of wines.

Clean out your PM box. It's full.

It'll come back. Or, if it makes you feel better:

You have five days to write twelve sestinas, four limericks, and a Bulgarian variant of the virelay. You must critique six poems in Merciless and four in High. Don't forget, you must also drop in to AGC&C and encourage seven blooming poets with selections from the Collected Works of Tennyson.

[SarahJF1]

HAAAAAAAA! Nice one, Andrea

I'm looking forward to reading your virelay, Jee.

Sarah
(I'm missing the challenges. Sad, but true. I blame it on a lack of a fulfilling love life)

[SarahJF1]

If I had a muse, she/he'd probably be hanging out of the bathroom window, as I dangled him/her from his/her toes, screaming for me to end the anguish and let go.

Sarah
(Luckily, I don't think I have one. I'm not sure if I believe in muses, really. Do people really have them?)

[Harry R]

Originally posted by SarahJF
Luckily, I don't think I have one. I'm not sure if I believe in muses, really. Do people really have them?

Actually, the cats keep bringing them into the huse. If you've never seen a muse with a chewed head, think yourself lucky.

Harry

[Jee Leong]

Good suggestions, people. I may try staying away from the board for a while but, damn, it is addictive.

[SarahJF1]

Do you have Museholes in the skirting?

Try Humane Muse-traps, if you are being Pestered by Calliope, annoyed by Clio, or irritated by Thalia.

Remember, though, you must deposit your unwanted muse at least half-a-mile from your huse in order to ensure it will not find it's way home. Unless it is decapitated, of course, in which case it could end up haunting a Dutch windmill for ever.


Sarah

[SarahJF1]

Jee! You can't stay away from the board! If you do that, I can't learn things from your threads in Voyages!

(always thinking of the other person, me).

Sarah

[SarahJF1]

Actcherly, too, I think Andrea is a bit the unsung hero of the Apprentice. Because she's produced some fantastic things, but also her entries have been a bit overshadowed because some of us (hi, Laura) have been on such a Learning Curve. Perhaps.

I'd like to give her a big cheer, anyway:

Ray!

for Andrea345

(who thoroughly deserves it)

[Andrea345]

Originally posted by SarahJF
Do you have Museholes in the skirting?

Try Humane Muse-traps, if you are being Pestered by Calliope, annoyed by Clio, or irritated by Thalia.

Remember, though, you must deposit your unwanted muse at least half-a-mile from your huse in order to ensure it will not find it's way home. Unless it is decapitated, of course, in which case it could end up haunting a Dutch windmill for ever.


Sarah

I thought my house smelled kinda musety. Thanks for the cheer, Sarah. Made me smile, but I'm telling you, I was doing the "Thank Heavens It Ain't Me Happy Dance" when I saw that last exercise. That was a helluva lot of work. It t'warnt no Pome A Week. Dang, I remember changing my original warning post from ten down to seven, too. See, I'm prescient. That hurt my head just reading it.
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