I confess that music has been influencing my drafted stories. Ariana Savalas‘ song “What Do You Wanna Know” has been one of those. Yes, your assumption from the name is correct, she is actor Telly Savalas’ daughter. She gained fame as one of the lead singers with Postmodern Jukebox.
I have several stories about the failure to launch of childless single middle aged women realizing too late a truth Pink Floyd sang:
“…you are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun”
A few line’s from Savales’ “What Do You Wanna Know” that stick in my head as I write related short stories:
What do you wanna know
How I’m 34, can’t get my shit together
Friends are moving on, I’m stuck in stone
What do you wanna know
How I’m old enough to be somebody’s mother
Still I’m terrified
These wings are too broken to fly
These words help me sympathize with the struggle of the character who would feel that sentiment.
Jaycee Woods 
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