I'm writing this post while sitting on the couch with my brothers and watching TV. I remember a time when kids' shows were cool, educational, and genuinely amusing. Now there are shows like Chowder, Flapjack, Hannah Montana and Spongebob. None of the modern kids' shows are good any more. They teach kids things like 'It's okay to date when you're twelve', 'you can break up with your "boyfriend" for a stupid reason and not even worry about it because none of your actions affect anyone but you' and 'it's okay to run around like a maniac making tons of noise and annoying everyone'. What sort of lessons are those to teach kids?

Sorry about the mini rant. Kids' shows really just bother me.

Now, I have a question for my readers. (I do have readers, right?) My question is this: Where you do get your inspiration, your ideas? What, or who, is your muse?

Personally, I get my inspiration from the most random of places. For instance, I once wrote an entire short story from a scene I had running through my head at one in the morning. I couldn't get the description of a dragon out of my head; the words ran around and around in my head, describing a scene of beauty and terror, and I couldn't sleep, so I wrote it down. The next day, I wrote a short story, and it is one of the pieces of writing I am most proud of, to this day.

Other times, someone around me will say a single word, or a phrase, and I'll get an entire story out of it. I get my inspiration from things like movies, songs, TV shows, books, and the people around me.

So where do you, readers, find your inspiration?

- Aimee