I woke up this mornng with the sleeping wordmeister still in my head. So feeling neologistic I stayed in bed and let my stream of unconsciousness flow. (one simple definition of “neologism” is a newly coined word). This morning I was reminded of one of mine: “viagravation” - the feeling senior golfers get when they can’t watch golf on television without being reminded of their impending or present state of (mind?). Not feeling like getting up, I stayed in bed.

Here, not necessarily in order, are some thoughts from that stream of unconsciousness: a lock of red hair and white wine; caliphate; Pote n Tate (brothers from the Ozarks); “viagravation” (see above); the dullest pencil (is sharper than the sharpest mind - a memory thing) - (damn, I forgot to put my pocket notebook next to the bed again); …

Is ideation easier when you are warm and snuggly or when you are cold and have to move around? Warm and snuggly for me. How about you?

When and where do you get the best ideas?

When and where do you get your best writing done?

Do your ideas come in clusters? Or, must you “cluster” to get ideas?

Can you be a good writer if you only have questions? I had a student surprise me once with his observation that, “What makes you a good teacher is your ability to ask good questions!”. ( I didn’t question his observation Must be I have something in my eye in this morning - I keep winking … or blinking … my way out of “nod”.

Question of the Day: can a solipsistic writer be successful?

You did read the title of this post, didn’t you?

Neologism of the Day: “solipsilly” - being so self absorbed, you can’t be taken seriously.

“Viagravation” came in a close second. However, because I took the time to look up the word “solipsism” I thought I would give the nod to the more serious (;-) neologism. There I go again with that winking … maybe later today, I’ll get more serious. Bet you can’t wait? Silly me.

- Val

PS: My excuze is that my muse is - nocturnal.