OH MY PANTIES! Yet another panty story

I’ve been dealing with a very annoying little brat lately. 

Everyday I have to fight, cajole, or 
beg her to do her work. I'd like to 
punish her but: 
Will she get more obstinate? 
More Whiny?
More infuriating?

Here's a sample of one of our exchanges:

Little Girl Me:    I HATE IT!!!!!!!

Big Girl Me:        I know you don’t like social media but    
                          you  have to do it.

Little Girl Me:   WHY?

Big Girl Me:       Other authors do it.

Little Girl Me:   Who cares?

Big Girl Me:       I care. And it works. To get reviews, sell 
                         my book.                                      

Little Girl Me:   So why you don’t just get an agent?

Big Girl Me:        I tried. Didn’t happen. Time to self-pub.

Little Girl Me:    So why do I have to suffer?

Big Girl Me:        We’re in this together, remember?

Little Girl Me:    I signed up only for the fun stuff—     
                          writing. Not the dumb boring stuff.

Big Girl Me:       Well it’s time to put your big girl panties 
                         on and just do it. . .otherwise. . .

Little Girl Me:   Otherwise what?

Big Girl Me:       Otherwise I won’t let you have your 
                         favorite ice cream-mint chocolate chip.                                     
                         

Little Girl Me:   I thought you were trying to lose weight?  

Big Girl Me:       What? Are you my conscience now?

Little Girl Me:   Fine! I’ll do it. But I want 4 scoops!

Big Girl Me:       Deal!          

So?

Do you struggle with doing all that must be done to be 

self-published?

Always,

Em-Musing

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I DO BELIEVE

IT'S TIME FOR THE

INSECURE WRITER’S SUPPORT GROUP BLOG DAY

The first Wednesday of each month, members of IWSG announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG Day post. These questions may prompt you to share insight or a personal experience or story. Remember, the question is optional. IWSG was founded by Alex J. Cavanaugh and is a forum of writers who gather to talk about writing and the writer's life.The awesome co-hosts for the February 5 posting of IWSG are:  Lee Lowery, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, Jennifer Hawes, Cathrina Constantine, and Tyrean Martinson!

February 5 question – Has a single photo or work of art every inspired a story? What was it and did you finish it?

I have posted before...

About things that scared me while growing up...

Like watching Bela Lugosi in Dracula on TV.

Many nights with my head under the covers.....
I believed Dracula was going to morph into a bat...

Fly in my bedroom window...

And turn me into a vampire...
So I kept my window open just a few inches in the summer.

My dad would always come in and open it wide...

“No, daddy,” I’d squeal, “don’t open the window all the way.”

“But it’s too hot in here.”

“But I’m afraid a bird will fly in.”

(Yeah, I wasn’t thinking bird, I was thinking bat)

Reluctantly he’d close it.

But bats and vampires...

Weren’t the only things that scared me.

My parents had quite an interesting  library...

And even before I could read...
I’d peruse the illustrations in those books...

Like Milton’s Paradise Lost

And Dante’s Inferno

Both book illustrations influenced my first book, Azael’s Lot that included angels, fallen angels, and demons

But there’s one illustration... 
In Eugene Field's Poems of Childhood...

That even today gives me the shivers...

It's "Seein' Things at Night"...
Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.

And why you ask...
Does it still give me the shivers?
Because ghosts...
Are in my “Realms of Possibilities”

Of things that do go bump and boo in the night. 

And you?

Did an illustration or photo ever influence you?

Always,

Em-Musing