Not very Submissive but if I had to choose a pix for my muse... 😉
Some authors neglect their Muse and some spend hours trying to entice their elusive Muse while others have a dominant, demanding Muse using them only as a conduit to the typing keys!  My Muse and I have more of a Sub/Dom relationship. With my Muse being the Sub, patiently waiting for me to have time to give her attention and eager to please when I turn my eye to her.
I recently spent 4 days in Miami at a conference. Since it was a long, early flight out I brought a book and that pretty much became my entertainment. No desire to write when I’m enmeshed in another’s creation. Although if I write after, sometimes my style is influenced by it. Its really fun to read an Anita Baker book then a Stephanie Plum and watch the dark jostle with the silly camp when I try to write after!
Sadly I don’t even have time for THAT anymore. So when the boy toy I was hoping would join me in Miami (my Hottie… see previous posts hehehe) had to cancel due to work I decided I’d try to use the time to write. (I’ve tried before at a long conference to try and find a desirable male to play with AT the city I’m visiting but its darn difficult and makes me feel a little unsafe. So I try to bring my own if possible.)
And this conference is perfect for it. They really only have Exhibits open during the breaks and that ends up being basically 3 hours a day, tops. The rest of the time I lounged by the pool or hung in my room and did data entry. But the few times I went down to eat instead of just ordering room service, I chose to try to finish the pre-plotting on the Slut book (which may end up being a series. It has that possibility as I flesh it out).
I’ve been doing this little technique of pre-plotting when I go on lunch date meets and they no show me! Coffee meet no-shows I can just leave.. but if I’m there for lunch, I’m seated and I might as well order. So I use the time to work on laying out the plot of a book. Got the first book of the multi-verse done that way. And half of the Slut book.  Which I finished in Miami. Working on laying out the World Stats for the Slut book and then it’ll be ready for me to dive in and write.
Because when I DO start writing… I tend to get consumed by it. When I wrote Cat it was all I did in my free time. I took a lunch break at work and wrote and wrote. I’d get home and after dinner I’d write and write and write. I’d put myself to sleep imagining the next days dialogue & scene. I’d do the same while driving and working and helping kids with homework and doing dinner. Which was why I finished Cat in only 6 months, including several edits. (I still miss Bryce)
So I did more of the plotting while in Miami. And one morning in Miami I woke up from a very interesting dream. Now most of my story ideas come from dreams. Fascinating and detailed dreams. And when I wake up and remember them I often analyze them for book potential. Which I did for this Miami dream.
And I realized, in THIS dream, the clearest part of it was me realizing this was interesting and going somewhere to pre-plot it!
You know your Muse is trying to please when she’s guilt-tripping enabling supporting ANY form of writing you do!