Wednesday, February 7, 2018

GHOST OF A CHANCE?

This post is part of the monthly blog hop/therapy session known as the Insecure Writers Support Group, founded by the one and only, Alex J. Cavanaugh. If you're a writer, insecure, or just supportive of writers—insecure or not—please join us. It happens the first Wednesday of each month. It would be sweet of you to visit at least a dozen or so new blogs and leave a comment. Your words will be appreciated.  

The awesome co-hosts for the February 7 posting of the IWSG are Stephen Tremp, Pat Garcia,Angela Wooldridge,

Februry 7 question: What do you love about the genre you write in most often?

What do I love about the genre I'm "currently" writing? 
I believe! 
I believe ghosts, demons, witches & fallen angels exist!
Most parents...
Tell their kids that there are  no such things as ghosts...
Not my parents...
They used to tell me and my sisters...
There were spirits all around us.
(thanks mom & dad)
For years I slept under the covers... 
With a bible over my heart...
Wondering if a spirit was hovering over me in the dark. 
And many nights when I had bad dreams...
I would crawl into my parent's bed hoping to feel safe...
Not a chance! 
My imagination turned them into Dracula and his bride...
So with my heart racing...
I would scurry back to my bed...
Dive under the blankets...
Put a pillow over my head...
Clutch the cross around my neck... 
And sweat myself to sleep.
When I became a mommy it struck me...
These kind of ghost stories weren’t nice. 
And when my kids were afraid of the boogeyman...
I did everything I could to convince them...
There were NO such things as ghosts or monsters.
Looking back...
I’m guessing that my father...
Who was an artist and writer...
Enjoyed telling these kinds of stories...
To get a reaction.
(yup it worked)
Now mind you...
I too love telling a good ghost story...
To get a big reaction...
But not by scaring the bejeebers...
Out of my kids or grandkids…
But rather in a published novel.
I’m on that path now and ...
Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
This process of getting published... 
Is a whole lot scarier...
Than any ghost or monster real or imagined. 
So with lots of prayers and faith I forge forward...
And you?
What is/was the process of publishing your book like?
Scary? Exciting? Daunting? 
Or what?

Always,


Em-Musing

8 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Your parents were hard core.
At least in a book, you'll scare only those who choose to read it and be scared.

Rachna Chhabria said...

Yes, the ghost of publishing is more scary than any monster or evil spirit ;)

L. Diane Wolfe said...

I imagined enough scary things when I was little. I can't imagine my parents adding to that list.

Nicki Elson said...

For me, the publishing's not nearly as fun as the writing, but throughout the whole thing just keep reminding yourself how freaking awesome it is that you'll soon be sharing your story with the world!!

Shannon Lawrence said...

Ghosts were real in my household, too. With my kids, it's all fiction.

Michelle Wallace said...

The thought of a published novel out there in the big, wide world? Definitely the scariest thought...

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