Summary: Throughout literature, writers have invoked their own muses, asking them for inspiration and sometimes claiming to be a conduit through which the muses were speaking. Among musophiles: Shakespeare, Milton, Chaucer, Dante, Homer, Virgil, and this week's guest. A former nightclub singer, published songwriter, and restaurateur, Rita Schiano now makes her living as a freelance writer and editor while working on novels, screenplays, and teleplays. Painting the Invisible Man, the fictionalized story of her investigation into the decades-old murder of her father, is her second novel. Please join Rita and host Paula B. as we contemplate: How she found her muse How her muse helps her on a daily basis What happens when her muse gets ornery What a writer's obligations to her muse are Whether she could have written her book without her muse Whether having a muse makes her a better writer.
