{"id":1446,"date":"2011-06-01T16:51:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T21:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2011-06-01T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T21:51:38","slug":"has-anyone-seen-my-muse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=1446","title":{"rendered":"Has Anyone Seen My Muse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My muse is\u00a0missing in action. I thought\u00a0at first it was off sulking because I wanted to go in one direction with my writing and it wanted to go\u00a0the opposite way. We&#8217;ve\u00a0hit impasses before but they&#8217;ve never lasted this long. Previously, one of us (mostly me) has come slinking back all apologetic.<\/p>\n<p>However, this time it&#8217;s different. I&#8217;ve offended my poor muse &#8211; big time! I hoped my recent weekend away would give us some time apart and it would be waiting impatiently for my return, ready to smack me into writing submission. It wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve looked in the closets, under the beds, in the garage, the garden shed and it&#8217;s not in any of those places.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll bring flowers,\u00a0a nice bottle of wine and maybe even some chocolate\u00a0to our reconciliation meeting if it means us getting back into a working relationship.<\/p>\n<p>So if you should happen to see my muse wandering about aimlessly, looking lost, dejected and rejected and will you please send it home?<\/p>\n<p>You can tell it, too, that if it comes home, I will love it and hug it and squeeze it and call it George.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My muse is\u00a0missing in action. 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