Where The Ideas Come From

Where do you get your ideas from?

It’s the cliché question every fiction writer gets asked. Over and over again. It bugs the hell out of some people, but I rather like trying to come up with answers, because the creative process fascinates me.

I say “answers” in the plural, because I believe the muses are capricious souls, with as many moods and methods as there are stars in the firmament. Nevertheless, if you look hard enough, you can find patterns in their behaviour. Even Calliope is a creatu...