Fearless Friday – Pansy V – “I Am The Muse” May 16, 2008

Welcome to the second edition of Fearless Friday! I am so honored to introduce Pansy V, also known as “The Muse” and “Motivator.” I met her at Divapreneur and was impressed from the beginning – not only with her tremendous talent for writing in all forms, but also with her beautiful inner light and sincere desire to offer support and love to everyone she meets on the path. I’ve always been impressed by the fact that she consistently makes an effort to make everyone feel valued and special.  I believe that she would read all 720 members’ blogs if she could! Until she graciously answered the interview questions, I had no idea how busy and full her life is. I am truly in awe. Rounding out her uniquely gifted personality is the sense of humor that provides healing laughter to so many. She’s a firecracker! and comparable to that grand finale in the fireworks show with its glittering beautiful colors lighting the night sky.

Please be sure to visit her website and join me in wishing her blessings and success. Of course, this Diva is creating such good karma it can’t be any other way, but let’s do it anyway. I’ll post a follow up when her site is officially launched and her products are available.

I give you The Muse.

How were you inspired to begin writing?

I simply adore the art of cursive manuscript, (and calligraphy) my Nanny’s handwriting was a billowy, flowing, swirling concoction of thoughts and ideas on paper…just looking at it made it me happy…I wanted to mimic that….and so, before I even knew what I was actually doing, I was tracing her handwriting. From there on it was pen and paper…yes I do type from necessity, but it all starts on paper….the family story goes I was born with a pen in my hand, a smile on my face and a story to tell from my soul…!

My first poem was kindergarten and is actually pasted in my childhood scrapbook….I wrote it to a particularly nasty neighborhood boy…

u r meen.
meenizt boy i evur seen.

LOL LOL, my mother was presented that poem from his mom! Seems he couldn’t read it…so he asked his mom for some help…LOL !

(to this day it amazes me that I could get so close to the words Meanest and Ever..and nail the word seen, but just could not spell the words You and Are! LOL )

To those of us who know you, it seems that being The Muse and Motivator is your full time profession. Do you have other business pursuits and/or hobbies?

Oh yes, I am a mother, well my sons are grown, but we never stop being that I supppose…LOL…I am a wife to a very lucky man, who I utterly adore….(ok he’s left the room, so adore him? ok, 99% of the time…! )…I am a farmer…very, very hard work, but oh so satisfying. I am a designer and that my friend covers alot of ground with me…art, jewelry, architectural structure, internet…LOL you name it and I have probably designed one…LOL

I love to write of course, poetry/prose… and other genres. I enjoying singing, gardening, playing with my grandchildren and my pets (the zoo), and I love to travel !

How do you balance them all?

Balance??? Uhhhhhh……balance……is this a 3 part series? LOL

Honestly, there are moments which get lost…when I must decide where to go and what to do…I always TRY to do it all…but that never happens, those 3 hours of sleep rush in and ruin everything!

Does that prolific motor of poetry and prose ever stall out?

Goodness, if I cannot be outside, I cannot write.

I have tried to write without walking and been blocked, locked and stalled!

My passion for the language is without end and it seems as if the fuel for that flame exists in the very air of the woods…words simply come to me there…then thoughts, and emotions. I begin to literally become each and every character, I know them as I know myself, and suddenly the stories evolve. I am furiously putting pen to paper, in MUSE code LOL…it is a feeling of utter bliss.

Do you have a website?

Yes, www.i-am-the-muse.com

I am working on adding a live chat room, a blog, and an audio section where The Muse works can be bought and listened to….

Do you blog?

I try to visit many other friends blogs, there are over 100 right now, so it can be hard…many times I find blogs with no comments…that makes me very sad.

There are three design companies who asked me to blog for them..I am not sure if my schedule will permit…but they are enticing me with cash…LOL

For me, as a writer, blogging is a bit different, you want to write…but you must decide, do you actually give away your work, and if so to what degree….yes writers and blogs…a waltz.

What advice or inspiration and motivation you have for other writers and/or women in business?

Don’t stop. Don’t ever stop. Sure, you can take a break, a rest…but to quit, is to be defeated!
Also, gather around you supporters, friends, family and more! I have found some wonderful bonding relationships and it is mind boggling how uplifting and secure it can make you feel!

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