I am nervous. Some well known author just asked me to submit a story of my relationship with my mother, for consideration. He's got some new book in the works. What if I send him something and it sucks? I cannot stand rejection. I was the kid in elementary school who would cry if I got a bad grade. I could not stomach the thought of being chosen last for a baseball team. I can't even finish my book, for fear that it will stink worse than a bucket full of buttholes!
Talk about pressure! What exactly does he want? Stories of my clean freak mother who would vaccuum the house at 7 in the morning? The story of my mother's nervous breakdown and how we had to survive my dad's abandonment? Funny stories of how my mom drank too much when we took a girl's trip to Vegas and she puked all night?
What does this guy want from me????? Oh god, time for some Lexapro...