Jade at Brainripples asked this question on her blog:
“Who were your early artistic influences?”
I answered Rod Serling
and as I started to leave a comment
on her blog
about Rod
suddenly
this little prayer popped into my
head
and I realized I say it
whenever I start to write a story.
I wonder why?
From Ghoulies and Ghosties
Long Leggitie Beasties
And Things that Go Bump in the Night
Good Lord Deliver Us
Irregular Bones 
Ha! Brilliant
Yeah, well, I don’t mean the deliver me part…not unless it means deliver me straight into it.
Come to think of it…that part of my prayer does get answered.
Wow…it works!