On the Subject of ‘Muses’ From a Writer’s Perspective.

Whenever I see people discussing a writer’s claim to have a connection to ‘muses’ as either being ‘insane’, or being suspect of some paranormal influence, I always want to have a sit down with them to explain what having ‘muses’ mean as a writer.  This isn’t to say that there aren’t people out there who have some difficulty discerning voices in their minds, or that there aren’t people who may have some otherworldly connections (after all, many very famous and successful actors claim this very thing), but the average writer who mentions muses isn’t speaking from either of these directions.