I think I wrote maybe a handful of words yesterday, hence the non-progress. The story is very slow to form, and I've been rather tired lately and having difficulty concentrating. I might try revising my Inca myth story rather than work on this story, for I still have no clue what it's about.

For those who don't normally follow the blog of the slushmaster, he's posted an entry on the process of fishing my story out of the slush (and it was rather unusual process for him this time from what I gather). It's had me thinking a bit about derivation, imitation, and influence as well as the idea of readers wanting the "familiar" or things similar to their favorite authors (when I worked at the bookstore, we had lists of "if you like this author, you'll probably like this one" to help out the customers.). What we read obviously influences us whether we're conscious of it or not, and hell, weren't the greats of the Canon influenced by the works that came before them? I mean, would there have been a Ulysses without The Odyssey? And how many authors pillage the Bible for material? Seeings how I'm always worried about originality in my work, I'm always wondering where the line is between inspiration and imitation. Any thoughts?