Goodreads asked Lisa Marie Basile:

How do you get inspired to write?

Lisa Marie Basile I am ALWAYS grateful to have the muse running through me when she does. I never coax her, I just wait (unless I'm under contract, which often means I'm always working and it feels very natural to me). I know this is not your standard writing advice. Eventually I become a sort of medium; I know when I have The Work to do. The muse is the poet, I’m just the vessel. Maybe she’s the subconscious, maybe she’s the ancestral, maybe she’s the great mystery. I don’t ask too many questions when she’s here. So, I often just let myself feel, exist, and live — trusting that the ideas will flow when they're ready. Living and experiencing is part of the job, too!

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