Won't it steal my soul or something?
Author Trivia: Yesterday’s Answer - Avi
Who is this?
Has published more than 200 books. A YA novel won Jewish Book Council Award and Jewish Libraries Award. Past president of the Science Fiction Writers of America. Lives in Massachusetts and Scotland.
At work, they want to put pictures of employees on the web site. Hmmm. I’m reading Carrie Jones book, Need, right now. In respect to that, I looked up fear of having your picture taken. I couldn’t find it. So I’ll just call it photophobia. This is a phobia that has developed recently. Like in the last few years…or perhaps pounds. I never used to mind. Back in my young and photogenic days, I’d pretend not to want my picture taken. “Oh, no, no, stop…um...is this light good?” But now when a camera is pointed at me, it is like I’m staring down the barrel of a gun. My pulse races. I want to vomit. I look around for an escape route, like the entrance to a warren. So today at work we had a mini-photo shoot and I battled hyperventilation. The poor photographer. I’m happy to report, we both survived. I didn’t even look at the results. There was no way I'd sit for more if I didn't like what I saw. And I'll never like what I see!