In Which the Author Castigates His Muse

Now, look, you.

You’ve got a lot of god­damn gall knock­ing on the metaphor­i­cal door while I’m in this head­space. Two nights with lit­tle sleep; two days in which liba­tions were enjoyed vig­or­ously, and now you show up with ideas in hand.

I call shenani­gans, ma’am. I truly do.

You never drift by when I am sit­ting, wait­ing, recep­tive, star­ing at a blank screen grit­ting my teeth with effort, will­ing the words to man­i­fest. Oh no. You show up when I’m relax­ing on the couch after an after­noon of glut­to­nous activ­i­ties, while I am sink­ing into a torpor.

Not tonight, dear. I have a headache.

Bah. You’d bet­ter be here when I wake up.

Christo­pher T. Miller

Christo­pher T. Miller is a soft­ware devel­oper by trade and a writer by neces­sity. He is one of the co-founders of Podiobooks.com and is the Over­lord of The Secret Lair. He has not yet been eaten by a grue.