I am so glad and honored that I am able to write for Odyssey. Being able to write about topics that are important to me and share it with the world is unbelievable. However, the program we need to use to write such beautiful articles and listicles, it's a pain in the rear end.
1. Update your Muse
I have like 20 times, but nothing absolutely changes. I think Muse is just trying to play games with me.
2. Let me just delete this...
Highlighting and trying to delete a sentence that you type in Muse normally just ends up backing up one single space. Not what I am trying to do at all.
3. Time to bold
Why won't you let me bold this word Muse? I've been clicking the button like 20,000 times and you still won't bold.
4. Wait don't bold that!
Nothing like Muse deciding to bold everything else but what you were wanting to bold. The same thing goes for italicizing, and strikethroughs.
5. Scheduling social media shares
Waits forever for the Facebook or Twitter box to finally show up.
6. Sticky situations
This has been stuck on Muse for me for a few days now, no matter what page of Muse I am on. I have no clue where it came from.
7. Typing
Sometimes I will be typing my article and all of a sudden, the thing jumps up my article and all of my typing ends up there.
8. Writing a listicle
Ahh, listicles. The most popular type of work on Odyssey, but the most annoying thing to deal with in Muse. At least you are finally done writing it.
9. Ha! The listicle is now deleted!
You finally log back into muse to see half of your completed listicle just gone. Where did it go? Nobody really knows. At least it is in Muse's history.
10. Checks history
Clicks on history...all of the times the article saves are just as bad and messed up. And sometimes it doesn't even save.
11. Hyperlinking
So, I hyperlinked this one word, closed out of Muse and came back that afternoon to finish my article. EVERYTHING WAS HYPERLINKED.
12. Finally turning in the article
Only to have your EIC asking you where half of your listicle is and wondering why you turned in unfinished work.
13. Revisions
It's finally done and everything looks great. Just praying to the Muse gods to let it finally get published.
14. The article needs revision...again
WHY MUSE, WHY?! Just let me be done with this listicle. It has been two weeks!
15. Never again
I am NEVER going to write a listicle again. Who am I kidding? I'll probably write one next week.
It is honestly a never-ending cycle. I am still glad I can write for Odyssey. I'm just glad Muse did not delete anything from