Present And Accounted For

Are there tricks you use to get yourself into that space where everything just flows onto the page?

The Muses. So vital. I've oft considered erecting a shrine to them, but then Los Angeles has enough already. I'm a member of a bunch, like The Broad, LACMA, The Getty Villa. Those will do in a pinch.

I can't say I have any particular tricks. I meditate and chant daily, but I do that regardless of my writing tasks. I wish I had a cool object or activity to help trigger the state of the groove. Tak...