"BACK TO THE BOOK."

We call it, "Writing." We might also call the act of transcribing mental flicker-movies, these internal inspirations to outer written expression..."Channeling."  A higher aspiration coming from a higher place, down through us. 

This aspiration is an Ideal composed of Ideas and materialized by definitive words; but in this post-2000 wired world of instant gratification, does the lengthy act of Idealism through Words matter anymore, to bottom lines of multimedia file-sharing, and quick-cut attention spans?

Why, you may wonder, do I romanticize what a Writer does, when she or he plants their behinds solidly on to a chair and remains there...for hours!? They just sit there...the Writers...sitting, but also fluttering those 'magic digits' across key-boards, some on type-writers, or by pen on note-pads, rendering human stories close to their hearts or intellectual obsessions. To render stories through that torrent of reaching words!

AFTER RESONANCE with AUTHOR REBECCA HAMILTON

Author Bio: REBECCA HAMILTON (@InkMuse) writes Paranormal Fantasy, Horror, and Literary Fiction. She lives in Florida with her husband and three kids, along with multiple writing personalities that range from morbid to literary.

1.  How might you prepare an "empowered writing environment/atmosphere" to sit down and manifest your work?

R.H.:  I do a few things. First I select some songs that I think lyrically and musically influence the right atmosphere. I also gather photographs that provoke the right mood. Other than that, I like to have some "visuals" in my mind, which I type into the blank document before I start writing as a constant reminder of what I want to achieve. Also, I really love a blank document (fresh, unruined, and full of possibilities!), so I always start my editing/writing on a new, blank document.