30 questions fic meme, day 4: no disrespect to the spirits of the arts

4 – Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?

This is the question that actually made me want to do this meme, because it irritated me so much that I couldn't stop thinking about it. *g*


Short answer, with apologies to everyone I adore who uses this metaphor (or who actually has a supernatural consort who inspires their work, in which case, dude, that is kind of awesome and yet scary): No. The word "muse" makes my eye twitch.

( Longer answer, which is that that's not quite the way my story-generating process works, and I am curious to hear from people whose story-generating process works differently. )

( All 30 questions under the cut. )