At The Coffee Shop
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Last published Tue, Jul 11, 2017
" If you are stuck on your book Aiden , why don't you just look around the shop to see if something or someone could set the spark so your idea start flowing ? "
Genevieve spoke softly after placing my black coffee on the vacant spot next to my laptop .
"It isn't as easy as you may think Gen.. " I replied in an exhausted tone .
Why is it now that I have a writers block ? On my most important book ...
Signing to myself I watch Gen go back to the counter to serve an awaiting customer .
I decided to take a sip of my coffee and look around the room .
And there I saw her ...
On the other side of the coffee shop gazing out the window with the most contemplated expression drawn on her face .
And that's when I knew ... I have found my new muse .
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