Freda, you're alive!
I was wondering about this and was going to ask some other writers too, but since you suddenly popped up I thought I should give you some piece of the action.
How about moods:
I personally am quite surprised by my sudden injections of creativity when I'm fairly down. (don't even get me started on the suicidal attitude of girls in Belgium, oh and what about turtles, they don't bring along their houses, they bring along their coffins) ahum anyway: when is your best or worst mood to write?
(I almost never write when down though I splurge my ideas to people through instant messaging, that's why I have yet an alternative mood that's fit for writing too
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