look at the way people will read novels by authors who

...Are utter crap. Looking at some of the stuff that gets published - that gets *praised* - ugh. That's no way for me to learn to write better. More sellable, maybe, but not better.

All you get - from your own imagination, you mean?

Muse is very... harping on an issue. Now, he has a right to, don't get me wrong. But every single prompt I see leads me that way.

I wrote from pure muse flow, which is best for me, and I also wrote with no inspiration whatsoever, and it seems most readers can't really tell the difference. I can fake it pretty well. I just don't enjoy it as much. On the other hand, if I write stuff that makes me shudder, or makes my beta cringe to read... sigh.

And thanks for all the compliments on the way, dear.